University of Georgia - Costa Rica

Costa Rica: San Jose, Monteverde

Students will experience and reflect upon the nature and culture of Costa Rica through study, direct observation and interaction with its people, natural and built environment, and institutions of culture. As a result of their experiences and reflect...

Costa Rica: San Jose, Monteverde

The Fall Landscape Architecture Program in Costa Rica is designed to provide a hands-on, field studio experience where participants will engage design opportunities at the UGA Costa Rica Campus and other locations in the community of San Luis, and at...

Costa Rica: San Jose, Guanacaste, Monteverde

The uniqueness and size of Costa Rica's biodiversity and natural resources, plus the conservation and biodiversity protections instituted by the Costa Rican government in the past thirty years make the country particularly well-suited to conducting a...

Costa Rica: Alajuela, Guanacaste and 2 other cities, Monteverde, San Jose

Conservation medicine is an emerging field that is concerned with the interface between human health, animal health (both wild and domestic) and ecosystem health. It is a synthesis of the fields of veterinary medicine, public health, ecology, forestr...

Costa Rica: Monteverde

Our 6th Franklin Residential College seminar on the culture and ecology of Costa Rica counts for 3 credits from the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI). The seminar meets weekly beginning in January to prepare for the Spring Break ...

Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Manuel Antonio and 2 other cities, Monteverde, San Jose

Nowhere in the world is it easier to be "at one with nature" than in Costa Rica. Exploring the misty cloud forests, volcanic mountain ranges and tropical rain forests will reveal an unmatched biodiversity. During this two week adventure, we'll hike j...

Costa Rica: San Jose, Monteverde

The intention of this course is for students to obtain a meaningful experience relevant to their program of study in such a way as to enhance their global awareness of environmental and cultural issues through the use of insects as teaching tools, co...

Costa Rica: Monteverde, San Jose

During this program, students will explore multiple regions of Costa Rica on group excursions. Activities included on the excursions are an integral part of course material and the overall study abroad experience. Students will begin the program base...

Costa Rica: Monteverde

This program offers undergraduates, graduates, and in-service teachers the opportunity to gain professional experience in an educational setting in Central America. Students will have the chance to immerse themselves in another culture, improve their...

Costa Rica: Monteverde, San Jose

This unique program will focus on selected topics in Latin American Literature, emphasizing fantasy and magical realism in the Latin American narrative of the 20th Century. The course will discuss how various genres question and shape the "truths" of...

Costa Rica: Monteverde

This program combines travel and design exploration in Costa Rica through the eyes of a landscape architect. The focus of the course is on environmental design and landscape architecture in tropical ecosystems. The natural and cultural diversity of C...

Costa Rica: Monteverde, San Jose

The Spring Semester program offers students a chance to fulfill up to 18 credit hours of their core curriculum requirements while studying in Costa Rica for a semester. The program also includes many core courses for Education majors. All levels of s...

Costa Rica: Monteverde, San Jose

The International Studies program is ideal for students interested in Latin America and studying international affairs, international business, social aspects of international agriculture issues, and Spanish. Students will select 3 courses from a wi...

Costa Rica: Monteverde, San Jose

This is an amazing program, with many of the top faculty from UGA's School of Ecology teaching. The program is geared toward being out in the field and learning by hands-on experience. Students design their own field research projects, collect and an...

Costa Rica: San Jose, Monteverde

The Costa Rica Ecology Program is an interdisciplinary tropical field course involving study of tropical environments, their natural history and their people. The approach is hands-on, with an emphasis on developing skills of observation, analysis an...

Costa Rica: Monteverde

UGA Costa Rica offers 19 study abroad programs in many disciplines, including interdisciplinary spring and fall semester programs with a minimum of 12 hours and a maximum of 18 hours credit. We offer core courses in the sciences and humanities (a m...