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USAC - Semester in Costa Rica

COURSES

The San Ramón program offers both Spanish and courses in English,
including a strong pool of cultural and science-oriented studies. All
courses are not offered each semester, but a sampling of recent courses
includes:
• Elementary, Intermediate & Advanced Spanish Language More than 25% of
• Government & Politics of Latin America Costa Rica’s land
• Latin America & its Cultures
• Global Health is protected as
• Environmental Policy
• Natural History of Mesoamerica national
• Plant Taxonomy
• Society & Environment parks, reserves
• Sustainable Development
• Tropical Ecology and wildlife
• Women’s Health
• Biodiversity refuges.
• Ecology & Population Biology
• Global Issues in Environmental Sciences
• Tropical Conservation Biology
• Tropical Marine Biology

HOUSING

All students are placed with a host
family who lives within easy
commuting distance to the university
and which will provide 3 meals per
day. You will have a private bedroom
and the family will provide laundry
v
service. Of course they will also serve
as your entry point to local culture
and provide advice on living and
learning in Costa Rica.

For information & course offerings,
visit the USAC website at:
https://usac.edu/study-abroad-
programs/costa-rica/san-ramon/about

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