Custom Service-Learning program in Hanoi Vietnam
- Vietnam
- Hanoi
About Program
IPSL students learn first-hand about Sustainable Development and Global Political Systems. Extensive excursions are both integrated into the courses as well as offered outside of class time. Our program treats fascinating Vietnam as your living classroom!
Participants will be advised and taught by the founder of The Center for Sustainable Development Services (CSDS) and Volunteers for Peace Vietnam. All courses are taught at CSDS and include COSA in Vietnam (Community Organizing and Social Activism), Vietnamese Language, Environmental Science, Sustainable Tourism, Global Health and the Environment, and Advocacy Research Independent Study.
Volunteer opportunities may include: working with disadvantaged children, environmental/conservation programs, English language tutoring; youth development; Eco-tourism program development; and working with women's empowerment programs.
Participants live at CSDS with all meals provided or you may arrange for an apartment nearby.
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Impact
IPSL specializes in volunteer-based study abroad programming. All programs are credit-bearing and will provide an official transcript upon completion of the program.
On average, 15 HOURS per week will be spent volunteering in addition to 6-21 semester credits worth of course work. Our programs are small cohorts of dedicated, service-minded students who that receive individualized attention from our staff.
Program Highlights
- IPSL programs focus on experiential learning, ethical service & engaged research. Now the independent IPSL Institute for Global Learning is authorized to offer academic credit, issue official transcripts and confer diplomas through the Master's level.
- Earn academic credit
- Upon completion of this course, students will be able to communicate effectively, utilizing everyday spoken Vietnamese, and should be able to read simple words and short sentences.
- Get an inside perspective while living, learning and working with locals and other international students!
- IPSL, the founder of Service-Learning, is a global education institute within Westminster University. They invest over 83% of their revenues directly back into the communities where they serve.