Itinerary Highlights
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Program 1: Marketing and Business in London – $1,978
March 16 – March 24, 2019
March 30 – April 7, 2019
Find out more here: https://worldstrides.com/custom/marketing-in-the-u-k/
- Company Visits: Visit companies in London working in the marketing industry, and compare marketing efforts in the U.K. to those in the United States. Themes for company visits include Market Research Strategies and Emerging Consumer Market Trends, Product Growth, Development, and Merchandising in the British Market, Consumer Attitudes, Confidence, and Spending.
- Guest Lecture: Students will also have the chance to attend a guest lecture, and learn from a faculty member whose expertise is in marketing strategy in the United Kingdom. This class will touch on how the UK’s culture influences business, management and innovation
- Financial District: The City of London is a leading financial hub and home to some of the biggest banking and insurance institutions in the world. Your guide will show you how the City of London developed into a global financial centre, taking in key buildings such as, the London Stock Exchange, Guildhall, the Bank of England, Lloyds of London and Rothschild’s.
- Service Project: Give back to the community by participating in a service learning project, details TBA.
- Independent Study: Students are given time to work on independent projects or coursework assigned by home universities.
Program 2: Entrepreneurship and Business in Dublin – $1,478
March 30 – April 7, 2019
Find out more here: https://worldstrides.com/custom/entrepreneurship-and-business-in-dublin/
- Company Visits: Explore Dublin’s expanding start-up companies by meeting with businesses in Ireland. Learn from management about challenges associated with start-ups and how businesses are designing growth and exit strategies.
- Central Bank of Ireland: Explore the story of the Central Bank of Ireland and the development of an independent Irish currency, following the establishment of Saorstát Éireann (the Irish Free State) in 1922’.
- Service Project: Give back to the community by participating in a service learning project, details TBA.
- Trinity College: Visit the world famous Trinity College, where students will have the chance to meet with peer students at Trinity College.
- Guinness Storehouse: Contrast visits to local start up companies with a visit to one of Ireland’s best known companies. Learn about business practices at this world renowned company on a self-guided tour of the storehouse.
- Homestays: Students will have the unique experience of living with a family for the duration of your program. This gives students the ability to learn more about doing business in Ireland from local Irish families, and source information to supplement the focus of assignments or coursework.
- Independent Study: Students are given time to work on independent projects or coursework assigned by home universities.
Program 3: Environmental Studies in Costa Rica – $1,574
March 16 – March 24, 2019
March 30 – April 7, 2019
Find out more here: https://worldstrides.com/custom/environmental-studies-in-costa-rica/
- Site Visits: Learn about the efforts made in Sustainable Development in Costa Rica, and compare to how the United States works in conservation. Explore Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity and understand how the country has made strides in environmental preservation.
- Guest Lectures: Guest lectures will be given by host university professors, and will discuss environmental issues in Costa Rica. Topics will include Sustainable Development and Energies of Costa Rica, Biodiversity of Costa Rica, and the history of environmental preservation.
- Poás Volcano (or Irazu Volcano): Poás Volcano is one of the major attractions in the Central Valley of Costa Rica and one of the most visited national parks in the country. Poás is home to many species of birds including hummingbirds, tanagers, flycatchers, toucans and the quetzal that can be seen while hiking on the trails around the park.
- Cafe Britt: Café Britt was founded in 1985 as the first gourmet coffee roaster in Costa Rica. It has grown into a thriving company with access to the quality gourmet coffee beans from the country’s best plantations, the finest mills, knowledgeable roasters, an obsession with quality. Cafe Britt gives students the unique chance to learn from a local coffee company about their efforts to remain environmentally responsible. As a major agricultural product grown in the tropics, coffee is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change. The overall result will be a decrease in both quantity and quality of coffee, as well as an increase in the cost of production. Although many major changes are still to come, producers are already taking steps to adapt their production in light of alterations to precipitation, temperature, humidity, pests, and more. Learn about how Cafe Britt is adopting new agricultural practices due to climate change.
- Service Project: Give back to the community by participating in a service learning project, details TBA. Give back to the community by participating in a service learning project, details TBA. Find more information about potential service learning projects on the Costa Rica ISA Service Project website.
- Homestays: Students will have the unique experience of living with a family for the duration of your program. This gives students the ability to understand environmental concerns from local Costa Rican families, and source information to supplement the focus of assignments or coursework.
- Independent Study: Students are given time to work on independent projects or coursework assigned by home universities.
Program 4: Communications and Journalism in the Dominican Republic – $1,288
March 16 – March 24, 2019
March 30 – April 7, 2019
Find out more here: https://worldstrides.com/custom/communications-and-journalism-in-dominican-republic/
- Site Visits: Visiting various sites will give students the chance to develop stories based on what they find important and relevant. Students will visit Centro León, Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración, La Catedral, Parque Duarte, along with other sites that speak to the history and complexity of the Dominican Republic.
- Guest Lectures: Guest lectures will be given by host university professors, and will discuss digital communication, audiovisual communications, and touch on the complex history of the Dominican Republic and Haitian relations.
- Hermanas Mirabal Museum & Cocoa Trail: Students will have the opportunity to view the movie ‘In the Time of the Butterflies’ which tells the story of the Mirabal Sisters, who became some of the most iconic faces of the opposition to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, ruler of the Dominican Republic from 193-1961. This movie will give students a glimpse into this dark period of Dominican history and an idea of how just how recently the Dominican Republic was under Trujillo’s brutal regime, which is often overlooked outside of Latin American history books. Later, students will visit the home-museum of the Mirabal sisters, which houses many historical artifacts from the sisters’ movements and legacies. (Entrance fee included). On the way to the museum, students will visit the Sendero de Cacao, or Cocoa Trail, a plantation and factory where they will learn the process of planting Cacao plants and what makes the Dominican Ecosystem perfectly suitable for the plants. Then, students will visit the chocolate factory and learn how the plantation’s cacao beans are made into chocolate.
- Cigar Factory: Learn about the importance of tobacco in the economy in the Dominican Republic. Tour a cigar factory and learn about the art of cigar making, which can take anywhere from 2 to 3 years, from planting the tobacco to rolling the cigar. The history and tradition of cigar smoking in the Dominican Republic offers many possibilities to create journalistic work. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in the Dominican Republic, and history generally credits Christopher Columbus with introducing tobacco to Europe. Learn more about this industry and uncover the history behind cigar manufacture in the DR.
- Service Project: Give back to the community by participating in a service learning project, details TBA. Find more information about potential service learning projects on the Dominican Republic ISA Service Project website.
- Homestays: Students will have the unique experience of living with a family for the duration of your program. This gives students the ability to learn more about their topic of interest, and source information to supplement the focus of assignments or coursework.
- Independent Study: Students are given time to work on independent projects or coursework assigned by home universities.
