Description:
This unique 8-week study abroad program provides students with the opportunity of living in Costa Rica with a host family, while also expanding their international career options through intensive language training and work experience. Internships are available in a wide variety of areas.
Highlights:
Field trips will be scheduled to other regions of Costa Rica in order to acquaint students with different socio-economic areas of the country.
Qualifications / Skills Needed:
Students at all levels of Spanish fluency are encouraged to apply. During the first three weeks of the program students concentrate on the development of Spanish language and human resource skills. Students are required to provide an essay and resume with their application describing the personal program/internship they are seeking.
Intern Types:
Accounting,
Art/Fine Arts,
Botany,
Interdisciplinary,
Marketing, Ad, PR,
Music,
Political Science/Politics,
Social Work
and Sociology
Language:
Spanish
Language Used As A Medium of Teaching:
Spanish
Subject Areas:
Culture
and Internship Programs
Cost in US$: $3,645, Summer 2008
Cost Includes:
- Housing (May 23 - July 18) and two meals daily. Optional extended three-day family stay at no extra cost (depending on arrival date).
- Transportation from Juan Santamaria International Airport (if student arrives before 9:00 p.m. on May 23).
- International Student I.D. Card.
- NIU tuition for 9 semester hours of undergraduate credit.
- NIU health insurance.
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
This Program is open to
American
Participants.
.
Participants Travel to Costa Rica
Independently
Typically Participants Work
in Groups of 5
Application Process Involves:
- Letters of Reference
- Resume
- Transcript
- Written Application
Year Founded: 1969