Attention all Undergraduate and Graduate Students: Interested in a short term intensive study abroad experience in Costa Rica? Register for: REC 429/529 Costa Rica Expeditionary Learning Program Description: This 10-day intensive study-abroad experience provides students with the opportunity to engage in a Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound course with an emphasis on cross-cultural aspects of international adventure/eco-tourism and environmental conservation. Accompanied by bilingual instructors, participants will trek throughtropical alpine tundra, enjoy a farm stay with a local ‘Tico’ family in the rainforest mountains, hand harvest and process sugar cane, rappel down a waterfall, try your hand at surfing and finish the course with a two-day sea turtle conservation project. Two bi-lingual native Costa Rican instructors will accompany the group sharing unique knowledge of the species, habitat, and culture characteristic of the area. All instruction is in English, but there will be ample opportunity to practice the native language. Previous wilderness/backcountry experience is not required. This course meets Wednesdays, 3-3:50pm during the second 8-weeks of the fall semester (first day of class is Oct. 15) and culminates in a 10-day field experience in Costa Rica, January 4-13, 2015. Permission of instructor required. To avoid late registration, REGISTER TODAY, October 13, by 4 pm. Faculty Leader: Dr. Amy Shellman, Recreation, Parks & Leisure Studies, SUNY Cortland Program Cost: $1315.00 (plus airfare and incidentals). Fee is due in mid-November Price includes: All in-country transportation, all meals, accommodations, SUNY faculty instruction, bilingual Tico Outward Bound instructors, all activities and excursions. Not included:Airfare to San Jose, Costa Rica (~600.00 from NYC), passport fee, exit taxes ($26), mandatory form processing by SUNY Cortland Clark Center for International Education ($50), books and supplies, and incidental/personal expenses; graduate tuition Check it out on YouTube:youtube/watch?v=-cDSFJMmQOg For Additional Information or Questions Contact: Dr. Amy Shellman Associate Professor, Recreation, Parks & Leisure Studies Department SUNY Cortland [email protected] 607.753.4263
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:14:47 +0000
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