SFS Study Abroad: Sustainable Development Semester Program
Study Abroad in Costa Rica next semester with The School for Field Studies! The Sustainable Development Studies semester long program provides students with a great opportunity to explore the effects of globalization on various development issues. Emphasis will be on development issues like agriculture, biodiversity protection, urban sprawl, population growth, water, waste management, and economics. Costa Rica has been recognized for its major efforts on conservation and natural resource protection in the midst of quite rapid development and growth. Students will be able to see the country's varied terrain firsthand from cloud forests to volcanoes to lowland rainforests.
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The living situation is not like you're living at a 5 star hotel, but there is a pool surrounded by palm trees that if you go to early enough, you can see monkeys at in the morning. The actual house that we lived in was basically all concrete but it awesome because everyone became a family so quickly and we basically were our own social scene. The early curfew doesn't exactly allow you to develop routine of going out and exploring at night, but we definitely made due. I'd recommend this program to anyone, even if they were not interested in sustainability.
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The School for Field Studies (SFS) offers programs that revolve around field studies and research. The programs involve exploration of the human and ecological aspects of issues having to do with the local environments. Students assist SFS' global partners in their research, so that real solutions to these problems can be formulated. Study abroad with SFS to have an experience of a lifetime while making a difference in the world!
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While I was in Costa Rica I lived with 34 other students, 3 of which shared a room with me. It got to be a lot being around people all the time, however, I made some of my best life long friends during this journey. SFS provided such an enlightening experience that I never could have created traveling on my own. We went on excursions every weekend and sometimes during the week too. I saw so much of Costa Rica while I was there & can't wait to go back!