In La Plata, IES students select from a multitude of courses focusing on Argentina and on the Southern Cone in a comparative context. Students also enroll at Universidad Nacional de La Plata where a full range of courses in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences is available. Students live either with an Argentine family, in a modern residence hall or in a student apartment with Argentine roommates. Requires a minimum of two years of college-level Spanish. Participants study Spanish, contemporary issues with a particular focus on development and complete an independent study project.
Students live in a variety of accommodations, including hostels and homestays.
Requires three recent semesters of college-level Spanish and the ability to follow coursework in Spanish. The Marine Resource Management Program in South Caicos Island sponsored by The School for Field Studies emphasizes interdisciplinary study and focuses on the conflict between the management of fishery resources and the development of ecotourism. Requires one semester of college-level biology or ecology. Students live in a former hotel on the southern edge of South Caicos Island and participate in kitchen duties. Because water is supplied by a rainwater catchment supply system, a goal of the center is to operate as sustainably and self sufficiently as possible in its use of natural resources.