Participants live at the research station and with Costa Rican families. Spanish language highly recommended. The seminar is taught by Ecuadorian faculty drawn from USFQ as well as other Universities in Quito. Students live in home stays with Ecuadorian families. Students are integrated into the normal curriculum and usually study under the tutorial system in which responsibility for learning is placed directly upon the individual.
Students live in dormitories with resident British and international students.
Prior to the beginning of the academic year, students live with a French family while taking an intensive language and area studies course arranged through the Universite de Toulouse Le Mirail. In Rennes, students live in dormitories of the Cite Universitaire along with resident French and international students and take regular University classes in French. Course work in Rennes and Toulouse is evaluated and graded by resident French faculty. Course titles are translated into English and grades are converted into Occidental equivalents by an Occidental faculty member designated as Program Adviser. Prior to the beginning of the Saarlandes academic program, students take an intensive language and area studies program arranged by the university.