Summer Programs

Choose from several unique 2-4 week long programs in various countries.  Click here to learn how to apply.  Scholarships are available! 

Upcoming 2010 Summer Programs

Bali, Indonesia
"Art, Spirit, and Economy:  the Unique Culture of Bali"
Length:  3-4 Weeks
August/September 2010
Applications due: April 5, 2010

This 5 credit course, led by Professor Tim Payne, will take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the social, cultural, economic, political and environmental forces that determine the quality of life for people living in Bali and in developing countries around the world. Students will examine issues of sustainability, social justice, and globalization through visits to villages, temples, forests, farms, galleries and markets, through service-learning with local development organizations, and through home stays with local families.

Ireland
“Writing in Ireland: Stories to Last Forever”
Length: 3 Weeks
August/September 2010
Applications due: April 5, 2010

In this 5 credit course, led by Professor Gary Parks, students will learn about Irish culture and creative writing through class lectures, visits to Ireland’s plentiful heritage sites and inspiring landscapes, and attendance at literary readings, theater, and other cultural events.  Literary arts are thriving in Ireland and the class will be exposed first hand to the Irish literary scene and various inspirations for creative expression.  Class choices include Introduction to Irish Literature or Beginning Short Story Writing. 

Jamaica Service Learning Project:
"Child Development in the Developing World"
Length: 2 1/2 Weeks
June 2010*

Earn 5 credits: PSYCH 285 Special Topics, International Service Learning
Applications due: March 29, 2010
To Apply Contact Professor Bob Thompson rthomps@shoreline.edu

Live and work for 16 days in the Blue mountain region of Jamaica, a rural and economically impoverished area. Students will work on community projects primarily with children at one of two local school houses.  Prior to the trip students attend a series of class sessions covering subjects that are particularly relevant to the trip, including discussion on cross-cultural psychology, child development and issues of race, gender, and power.  The course and trip is at the very least an adventure, and for than 180 students that have participated, the experience has been life altering.

For more information:
Professor Bob Thompson
rthomps@shoreline.edu
206-546-4678

*Tentative until group airline reservations are secured.

2009 Summer Programs

Study Spanish in Peru
WCCCSA Program
August 20 - September 19, 2009

Applications Due: No longer accepting applications
Trip Cost:  $2645 + Tuition & Airfare

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Contact:

Pollie McCloskey
studyabroad@shoreline.edu
206-533-6656
Jamaica Service Learning Project:
Child Development in the Developing World
June 5- June 21, 2009*
Applications Due: PROGRAM IS FULL for 2009,
Earn 5 credits: PSYCH 285 Special Topics, International Service Learning
Trip Cost:  $1700 + Tuition

Live and work for 16 days in the Blue mountain region of Jamaica, a rural and economically impoverished area. Students will work on community projects primarily working with children at one of two local school houses Prior to the trip students will attend a series of class session in which we cover subjects that are particularly relevant to the trip, including discussion on cross-cultural psychology, child development and issues of race gender and power. The course and trip is at the very least an adventure, and for many of the more than one hundred students that have previously participate, the experience has been life altering.

For more information:

Professor Bob Thompson
rthomps@shoreline.edu
206-546-4678

*Tentative until group airline reservations are secured.