Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities
San José & field sites, Costa Rica
Schedule
Spring 2013 semester
February 2 - May 25, 2013
| Saturday, February 2, 2013: |
Students arrive in San José |
| Monday, February 4, 2013: |
First day of classes |
| Saturday, March 2, 2013: |
Students depart for field research sites |
| Saturday, April 27, 2013: |
Students return to San José |
| Friday, May 24, 2013: |
Last day of classes |
| Saturday, May 25, 2013: |
Students depart |
Spring 2013 quarter/trimester
April 1 - June 22, 2013
| Monday, April 1, 2013: |
Students arrive in San José |
| Tuesday, April 2, 2013: |
First day of classes |
| Saturday, April 27, 2013: |
Students depart for field research sites |
| Saturday, May 25, 2013: |
Students return to San José |
| Friday, June 21, 2013: |
Last day of classes |
| Saturday, June 22, 2013: |
Students depart |
Full spring semester program
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Spring trimester program
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Weeks 1-4: Orientation in San José
- Intensive course in Spanish language and Costa Rican culture
- Select a research topic, confer with your advisor, write a detailed research proposal and visit the field site
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Weeks 1-4: Orientation in San José
- Intensive course in Spanish language and Costa Rican culture
- Select a research topic, confer with your advisor, write a detailed research proposal and visit the field site
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Weeks 5-12: Field research
Conduct research, collect data and periodically confer with your advisor
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Weeks 5-8: Field research
Conduct research, collect data and periodically confer with your advisor
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Weeks 13-16: Wrap-up in San José
- Continue Spanish language course
- Confer with your advisor and complete the research paper
- Present research results
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Weeks 9-11: Wrap-up in San José
- Continue Spanish language course
- Confer with your advisor and complete the research paper
- Present research results
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My semester in Costa Rica with ACM was hands-down the most exciting, interesting, and formative semester of my college years. In one semester, I absorbed more Spanish, Costa Rican culture, and knowledge of ecology and the scientific process than I knew possible. Personally, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone in the security of the supportive ACM staff and my host family and gained self-confidence and independence while seeking out the adventure I craved. The ACM Costa Rica Field Research Program is unique among Costa Rica study abroad semesters in that they guide you, with the support of a mentor, in an independent research project that has the potential of being published. In my case, I was told that my first-author publication was a deciding factor in my acceptance to graduate school, where I received my Ph.D. in Zoology. It worked out well for me, since it was my experience in this program that fostered my passion to pursue graduate school in the first place.
—Sarah Jane Algar, Costa Rica, Spring 1997
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