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Marketing and Business in London, Environmental Studies in Costa Rica, Communications and Journalism in Dominican Republic

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Seminar Program Information

Why Participate in a Seminar Program? Taking your studies abroad can enhance your global learning and understanding, along with helping career growth and advantages. Studies have shown that studying abroad can help students get into graduate school, gives workplace adaptability, and offers unique perspective on cultural awareness. Take your studies to the United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, or Costa Rica this spring and do something unique with your break.

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Ground Transportation
8 Nights Accommodation (homestay or hotel, depending on program)
Guide and Staff Support
Site Visits and Guest Lectures
Admission Fees and Cultural Visits
Embedded Medical Insurance
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To read more about a specific program, click the links below to find out more and register.

Program 1: Marketing and Business in London

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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: Environmental Studies in Costa Rica

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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 3: Communications and Journalism in the Dominican Republic

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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.

Itinerary Highlights

Register By: 12/20/2019

To read more about a specific program, click the links below to find out more and register.

Program 1: Marketing and Business in London

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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: Environmental Studies in Costa Rica

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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 3: Communications and Journalism in the Dominican Republic

Dates: March 28, 2020 – April 5, 2020

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.

Seminar Program Information

Spring Break 2020 Study Abroad Programs: Making Spring Break Count

Open Access: These programs are open to any U.S. college or university student with a 2.0 GPA or above in good academic and social standing at their home college or university campus. For many students, a semester, year, or even a summer study abroad program may not fit their schedule for academic, financial, or other personal reasons. Many campuses do not have programs providing students with the opportunity to study abroad during spring break. These programs have been developed to be open to any student at any U.S. college or university who have that spring break week available for study abroad.
Thematic Focus: By creating an academic theme to support each of these programs, it will be clearer to students, faculty, and staff (and parents) how these learning opportunities will be relevant for student academic, professional, and personal learning and growth. Whether the subject area is part of a student’s major, minor or general education interest, the learning abroad is designed to enhance the knowledge of each participant in that country, region, and subject area.
Program Sponsor: WorldStrides ISA Custom Programs has been operating programs in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom for many years. We have a permanent office in each location to ensure effective support of these spring break programs.
Expertise of On-Site Faculty: Many of the faculty who will be providing lectures for these programs come from local universities, with expertise in the subject-matter area that is the focus of each of these programs.
No Pre-Requisite Courses are Required: Readings will be provided to students prior to their departure to provide a relevant background to enhance the learning abroad. However, the learning abroad will be focused on the international context of the area of focus, which is intended to provide insights and knowledge about the academic area of focus of the program.
Credit for these Programs: Integrating Learning to Existing Home Campus Coursework: To reduce costs to students and enable students from a broad range of colleges and universities to participate, we have designed these programs so that they would be relevant for a student to integrate into the learning they are doing at any U.S. college or university. For instance, if a student enrolls in the program in Costa Rica with a focus on Environmental Studies, they can find ways to integrate the learning into an environmental studies course, other science course, or global studies course on their campus by meeting with their faculty to confirm how it could be counted as regular credit or extra credit in support of the coursework required by that instructor. Whether students are new to that academic area or are an upper division student with that area of focus, important learning will be available based on the local context of the curricular area of focus. Although upper division students may have a stronger general background in the subject area, they will be learning about the subject from the perspective of the region and country of the program they will be participating in.
Home Campus Pre-Departure Advisement: From the Study Abroad Office to the Academic Departments: We will be providing a pre-departure home campus advisement form that students can use to confirm how the study abroad program learning can be integrated into their home campus spring semester 2020 courses.
Home Campus Financial Aid: We suggest that students meet with staff in their home campus study abroad office and financial aid office to confirm whether they will have access to home campus financial aid to support participation in one of these programs. Once students are able to receive confirmation that the study abroad program will count towards one or more courses they are taking during spring 2020, they can meet with staff in the financial aid office on their campus to confirm whether additional grants, scholarships, or loans may be made available to support the costs of program participation.

Host Universities and Content

WorldStrides Global Academic Team

Marketing and Business in London

These dedicated curriculum consultants create customized academic engagements and will arrange company visits for this program. Each member of our Global Academic Team collaborates with companies, NGOs, schools, governments, and WorldStrides’ extensive network of professional contacts.

Universidad Veritas and Universidad Latina

Environmental Studies in Costa Rica

Universidad Veritas was founded in 1975 as the Collegium Veritias, a college of the Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica, the first private university in Costa Rica. Veritas University is now an independent private university, fully accredited by the Costa Rican Ministry of Education and authorized by the National Council of Private Higher Education (Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Privada, or CONESUP). The University is renowned in Costa Rica for its design, art, architecture and photography programs. In addition, the University welcomes international students to study Spanish through its International Programs Department (DPI). There is an enrollment of approximately 1,850 Costa Rican students and about 320 international students during any given semester or summer. Universidad Latina - Heredia is a highly regarded private university and part of the Laureate International Universities network. The campus is made up of a number of buildings interspersed with sun-lit courtyards, green spaces and quiet tropical gardens. Founded in 1985 as the Universidad Internacional de Costa Rica, the school's undergraduate and graduate programs are fully accredited by the Costa Rican Ministry of Education. Today, the school offers undergraduate courses in a wide area of practical sciences, education, and business-related fields. The university also has a metropolitan campus in the capital city of San José, located 15-30 minutes by bus or car away from the central campus in Heredia.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra

Communications and Journalism in Dominican Republic

Ranked the 2nd best university in the Dominican Republic by the annual QS World University Rankings, the Pontifical Catholic University "Madre y Maestra" (PUCMM) is one of the country's most respected universities. Founded in 1962 in Santiago by the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, the University began its teaching endeavors in the fields of Law, Education, and Philosophy with sixty students and fifteen professors. The University has grown considerably over the past four decades and now enrolls nearly 13,000 students at three different campuses pursuing coursework in disciplines ranging from the Natural and Social Sciences and Humanities to Business, Engineering, and Health Sciences. The University is fully accredited by the State Department of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Secretaría de Estado de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología). Around 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students study at the main campus in Santiago. The University is, in its own words, an "institution committed to academic excellence and that has among its goals the objective search for truth, the transmission and increase of knowledge, and the integral development of the human person."

Scholarships and Financial Assistance

WorldStrides is committed to making international travel accessible for students. To find out how to apply for $500 in need-based assistance or our merit-based $3,000 Higher Education Traveler Scholarship, click here.

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