Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities
San José & field sites, Costa Rica
Schedule
Spring 2012 semester
January 28 - May 19, 2012
| Saturday, January 28, 2012: |
Students arrive in San José
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| Monday, January 30, 2012: |
First day of classes |
| Saturday, February 25, 2012: |
Students depart for field research sites |
| Sunday, April 22, 2012: |
Students return to San José |
| Friday, May 18, 2012: |
Last day of classes |
| Saturday, May 19, 2012: |
Students depart |
Spring 2012 quarter/trimester
April 9 - June 23, 2012
| Monday, April 9, 2012: |
Students arrive in San José
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| Tuesday, April 10, 2012: |
First day of classes |
| Saturday, May 5, 2012: |
Students depart for field research sites |
| Saturday, June 2, 2012: |
Students return to San José |
| Friday, June 22, 2012: |
Last day of classes |
| Saturday, June 23, 2012: |
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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I consider my experience in Costa Rica as invaluable to my education. Not only did I learn a new language along with a different way of living, but I also got to develop my academic interests on a hands-on level that is unknown to any classroom pedagogy. I consider myself lucky to have spent a semester in Costa Rica with the ACM, and I am positive that the worldly perspectives I gained there will be with me as an asset both professionally and personally long after college is over.
—Pål Robson, Costa Rica, Spring 2009
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