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Land, Language & Culture Fall Semester
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Land, Language & Culture offers students from all majors a chance to study in Costa Rica for an entire semester, earning from twelve to eighteen hous of UGA resident course credit. Fulfill core curriculum requirements and immerse yourself in the language, culture, and natural environment. Includes a 2-week homestay, field trips to multiple volcanoes and national parks, white-water rafting, zip lines, Pacific Ocean and more!
Faculty Spotlight
Jim Affolter See Dr. Affolter's bio here.
Dr. Dean Rojek
drojek@uga.edu 706-542-2421
Dr. Tom Vander Ven See Tom's bio here.
Courses
Students can choose from the following course offerings:
Students can earn up to 12 or more hours of UGA resident course credits.
UGA Costa Rica Campus
Students are based at UGA's beautiful campus at the head of the San Luis Valley adjacent to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. The campus is high enough in elevation to offer a temperate climate year-round. On-site nature trails can be explored, horse-back rides take students throughout San Luis, a natural pool formed by a 80m waterfall can be found after a short hike through the forest, and classes are taught in open-air classrooms and via "living classroom" excursions.
With wide verandas overlooking the Valley, a dining room with soaring ceilings, and computer facilities, the student union is a popular place to congregate. Participants enjoy three fresh meals each day (included in the total cost of the program) and are housed in spacious bungalows nested into the landscape, each with its own private bath. All rooms are doubles.
Excursions
Throughout the semester, students will explore Costa Rica on group excursions. Activities included on the excursions are an integral part of course material and the overall study abroad experience. Students will
explore lava flows and thermal springs at Arenal Volcano, go white-water rafting, experience spelunking in Barra Honda National Park, look at coastal systems (both biogeophysical and human social systems) at Playa Junquillal, visit a variety of organic farming operations around Monteverde and Turrialba, study plant diversity at La Selva Biological Reserve and CATIE (with over 350 species in their botanical garden), and EARTH University.
Costs
The program costs approximately $7000 plus in-state UGA tuition and fees. The cost of the program covers lodging and three meals per day at UGA’s Costa Rica campus, study abroad insurance, and hotels, meals, entry fees, and transportation on program excursions. Additional costs include personal items and airfare. Airfare costs generally vary from $550-$850.
***Note: Out-of-state students pay in-state tuition. The HOPE scholarship applies.
Non-UGA Student Costs & Transient Application
An additional application and $50 processing fee is required for non-UGA students to enroll. Click here for instructions and to download the Transient Student applicaiton.
Contact the UGA Costa Rica Office to confirm when you have started the application process.
Non-UGA students will be charged $250, in addition to their tuition, for their non-UGA student accounts through the UGA Bursar’s office.
Application Process
To apply, students must submit a complete application and a $300 deposit payable to UGA Costa Rica either in-person or by mail to the UGA Costa Rica Office, 110 E. Clayton St., Bank of America Building, 3rd Floor, Suite 316, Athens, GA 30602.
Enrollment is limted to 24 qualified students.
Target Dates / Deadlines
Application & $300 deposit deadline: March 3, 2009
First installment $2500 program fee payment deadline: March 30, 2009
Second installment $2500 program fee payment deadline: April 30, 2009
Final installment $1700 program fee payment deadline: June 2, 2009
Contact Us
Contact Sarah by email at ugacr@uga.edu or call 706-425-3316.
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