Students live with Chilean families. Two options are available in Costa Rica. Students study conservation through community-action projects and directed research. Students live in a refurbished chalk factory on a small farm overlooking the Rio Grande River in the Central Valley. Requires one year of biology and one year of recent college-level Spanish.
Students can choose between three different programs in Ecuador.
Quito The Pitzer Program in Quito provides students with the opportunity for direct enrollment into university courses. The Universidad San Francisco de Quito is a relatively new and small university which has established itself as one of the most prestigious in South America. USFQ follows the traditional semester calendar. Seminar themes differ each semester. Previous topics include The History of Quito through its Art and Monuments, Contemporary Ecuador through Literature, Film and Drama, Urban and Social planning in Ecuador, Mestizos in Literature, Women's Changing Roles in Ecuadorian Society and Contemporary Writers of Ecuador.