Also included are historial, archaeological, and cultural analyses of the Bermuda islands. Participants earn four credits. Munson Summer Session in Cuba Washington College's 15-day Seminar in Cuba provides an overview of the current political and economic situation in Cuba as it struggles to sustain its version of revolutionary Socialism. Students will learn about Cuba's economy, government, health care, education, art and literature and more. The group spends most of its time in Havana, making side trips to the provincial capital of Cienfuegos and the historic city of Trinidad.
Participants earn three credits.
Premo Summer Program in Ecuador Students interested in environmental studies, the impact of ecotourism, and global conservation issues have a rare opportunity to participate in a three-week environmental course in Ecuador, offered jointly by Washington College and the Universidad De Quito. The course entails 40 hours of formal classroom instruction and more than 50 hours of field experience. Students visit the Tiputini Biodiversity Station and explore Yasuni National Park in the Amazon, visit a shrimp factory and fishing village on the Pacific Coast. The highlight of the trip is a weeklong visit to the Galapagos, home of the Charles Darwin Station and some of the most distinctive species on earth. Connaughton and Munson Summer Session at Kiplin Hall During a three-week summer excursion to North Yorkshire, students experience the poetic landscape of England.