The COE Teacher Education Spring semester offers students majoring in the field of education a chance to fulfill core curriculum requirements while studying in Costa Rica. Students will take a Spanish course as well as engage in a language immersion experience through a homestay.

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.

Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Diane Napier - See Dr. Napier's bio here.

Dr. John Napier - See Dr. Napier's bio here.

Dr. Paula Schwanenflugel  See Dr. Schwanenflugel's bio here.

Course List

Students can earn 12-18 hours of UGA resident course credits.

Excursions
Students will start the program in San Jose and will visit a volcano and indigenous cultural ruins.

Costs
Program costs - $6900
*If you apply by Oct. 1, 2008 then you will be offered a free iPod mini shuffle or $50 discount.

The cost of the program covers lodging, three meals per day, study abroad insurance, hotels, meals, entry fees, and transportation.

Airfare is paid separately by the students.

Tuition is paid separately to the UGA Bursar's Office. For more information on tuition and fees, please visit the UGA Bursar's web site at https://busfin1.busfin.uga.edu/bursar/schedule.cfm.

***Note: Out-of-state students pay in-state tuition.
The HOPE scholarship applies to study abroad tuition.

Non-UGA (Transient) Student Costs & Application
An additional application and $50 processing fee is required for non-UGA students to enroll. Click here for instructions. 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, which is assessed by the UGA Bursar's office.

Application Process
To apply, students must submit a complete application, transient application (if applicable) and a $300 deposit. Make the check or money order 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
Early admission deadline - Oct. 1, 2008
(application, transient application, & $300 deposit)
*Special offer: early applicants accepted to the program can choose to receive an iPod mini shuffle or $50 discount.

Application deadline - Oct. 29, 2008
(application, transient application, & $300 deposit)

First installment deadline - Nov. 12, 2008
$3200 program fee payment

Withdrawal deadline - Nov. 12, 2008
To receive deposit, applicants must withdraw on or before this date.

Second installment deadline: Dec. 1, 2008
$3200 program fee payment

Contact Us
Quint Newcomer, Director of UGA Costa Rica at 706-425-3317 or
Page McCormick, Assistant Director at 706-425-3318