Students pay for most of their lunches and dinners and incidental expenses.
Before a Queens student can go on a study tour, he or she must pass a preparation course which meets during the semester prior to the tour. Students learn about the history, geography, politics and culture of the countries they will visit. The student earns academic credit for the preparation course and for the study tour. Through this unique month-long program, inaugurated in May 2001, students live and work in Yap, a member of the Federated States of Micronesia and located 500 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific. Surrounded by mangrove forests and beautiful coral beaches, Yap has a peaceful tropical island lifestyle and traditional culture.