Southeastern Louisiana University Nicholls State University 2010 BUSINESS STUDY TOUR IN COSTA RICA Date: May 15 - 25, 2010
Rate per student: $1275 For applications and brochures: Dr. Aristides R. Baraya Director Latin American Business Development Initiative College of Business Southeastern Louisiana University SLU Box 10813 Hammond LA 70402 Tel: 985 - 549-3976 / 2086 Fax: 985 - 549-2881 Email: abaraya@selu.edu

Ten day program with 5 complete days of lectures and visits to INTEL, BAXTER, Commerce of Chamber, AMCHAM, Tourism lecture, La Nacion Newspaper, Latin American dance classes, Keynote lecturer: Former Minister of Internal Revenue of CR, INCAE, the best Business school of Latin America, Café Britt, all in a full service hotel in the center of San Jose. Three complete beach days at Barcelo Playa Langosta, a four star all inclusive hotel at Tamarindo Beach and a visit to Irazu Volcano.

	Southeastern Louisiana University MARINE TURTLES STUDY TOUR IN COSTA RICA Date: August 03 - 15, 2010
Rate per student: $950 For applications and brochures: Roldán A. Valverde, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Southeastern Louisiana University Dept. of Biological Sciences 808 North Pine Street SLU 10736 Hammond, LA 70402 Tel: 985-549-3029 FAX: 985-549-3851 e-mail: roldan.valverde@selu.edu www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/rvalverde/

From the Caribbean coast to the Pacific coast, first on Tortuguero National Park for field work at Caño Palma Station the most important nesting site of the endangered green turtles. Afterwards two local flights towards Ostional National Park at Guanacaste created to protect one of the world's most important nesting beaches of the marine turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley). Two nights at San Jose for a visit to Poas Volcano National Park.

	University of West Florida MARINE BIOLOGY AND TROPICAL ECOLOGY Date: August 09 - 19, 2010
Rate per student: $1200 For Applications and brochures: Wayne A. Bennett, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Vertebrate Physiology University of West Florida Department of Biology 11000 University Pkwy. Pensacola, FL 32514 Office: 850.474.3362 Fax: 850.474.2749

14 day program beginning in Hermosa Beach, Guanacaste, at the legendary Gulf of Papagayo, world famous as a great fishing destination and home to abundant marine animals and variety of species. Three marine excursions that include scuba diving, fish counting, mangrove tour, coastal species. Visit to the three main tropical forests present in Costa Rica. Two nights at the Guanacaste Conservation Area, for an in site visit to the last dry tropical forest of Central America and a historical visit to Hacienda Santa Rosa, one night at Rincon de la Vieja National Park and two nights at the precious Monteverde Cloud Forest.

	Nicholls State University HONOR PROGRAM IN COSTA RICA Date: December 03 - 21, 2010
Rate per student: $1850 For Applications and brochures: Dr. Martin L. Simpson, Professor of Sociology, Coordinator Honors Abroad Program, Dept. History & Social Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La. 70310. Phone: (985) 448-4628 e-mail: martin.simpson@nicholls.edu

Beginning in San Jose during a eighteen day period, students will be traveling the entire length of the program, visiting seven different locations from coast to coast: San Jose: City tour, market and Poas Volcano Tortuguero: , the most important nesting site in the Western Hemisphere of the green turtles boating on channels surrounded by rain forest; Earth University: ongoing projects on the rain forest; Organization for Tropical Studies reserve at Sarapiqui: Guided tour in the best rain forest of Costa Rica; Monteverde Cloud Forest: Visit to the world heritage cloud forest; Guanacaste National Park: the last remain of the tropical dry forest; Rincon de la Vieja Volcano: Hike up the volcano; Hermosa Beach: 4 nights at the famous Papagayo Gulf for rest and optional activities.

Veritas University Intensive Summer Spanish Courses

For information on these courses please write to us at visitcr@racsa.co.cr

Our Intensive Spanish and culture program offers 12 different intensive (4 week/80 hours) courses in Spanish grammar, conversation and composition (applied linguistics).The use of authentic and practical contexts facilitates the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical structures. Students are coached in the analysis of linguistic and extra-linguistic elements during the reading and writing practices. Our evaluation system in all Spanish courses integrates convergent (grammatical structures) and divergent (global use of language) techniques in our test procedures. All levels evaluate oral, listening, reading and writing assignments.

There is a maximum of 10 students in each language acquisition course.
Students who wish to take other courses in Culture, International Business, Intercultural Communication, Environmental Sciences and Photography but don't have an advanced level of Spanish can enroll in courses taught in English through our Department.
Advanced Spanish students can enroll directly with Costa Rican students in Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, Digital Animation, Film, Cinema and T.V. and Photography. There are also several of the International Programs Department electives which are taught in Spanish.

+Course Descriptions Spanish Language (4 Weeks)