Housing with host families. Students work with members of the local community to examine alternative methods of development which balance economic needs with ecological limitations. Our search to identify successful management strategies may take us to a tropical cloud forest, the Guanacaste Conservation are, the Poas Volcano, the Carara Biological Reserve and a number of other Protected Zones. Semester are taught in Spanish, Summer program in English. Homestay with local families.
All course work is taught in Spanish.
Program includes a month long orientation, excursions and homestays.