SIT Study Abroad

Description: To date, over 20,000 students have benefited from the transformational learning experiences offered by SIT Study Abroad. Alumni of SIT's 57 worldwide programs return to their home campuses equipped with academic insight, strong field research skills, essential intercultural competencies, and a comprehensive understanding of critical global issues in a regional context.

Field-based learning is the cornerstone of SIT Study Abroad. In every program, students integrate academic study with field experience, creating synergies that not only enrich their time abroad--but also provide the framework for lifelong learning.

As an international center of knowledge with programs and academic partners worldwide, SIT is uniquely endowed to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary resources tailored to maximize the learning experience in every program. Academic directors, language instructors, and resource people from each host country provide SIT students with the highest quality instruction and training, thanks in part to SIT's long-established relationships with field organizations and academic institutions around the globe. Each small group of students works under the supervision of an academic director whose extensive background in education, administration, and group leadership, as well as in-country experience, opens doors to local resources, facilities, and experts that would be unavailable under other circumstances.

Highlights: SIT offers incredible opportunities to study around the world.
Latin American and Caribbean destinations include the following sites:

* Belize: Natural and Cultural Ecology
* Bolivia: Culture and Development
* Brazil: Amazonian Ecology and Natural Resource Management
* Brazil: Culture, Development, and Social Justice
* Chile: Culture, Development, and Social Justice
* Chile: Economic Development and Globalization
* Ecuador: Comparative Ecology
* Ecuador: Culture and Development
* Jamaica: Gender and Development
* Mexico: Grassroots Development and Social Change
* Nicaragua: Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society
* Panama: Development and Conservation
* Southern Cone: Culture, Development, and Regional Integration

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Worldwide Participants.

Scholarships are Available. To make study abroad opportunities available to a wide range of students, SIT Study Abroad offers a variety of scholarships. We base all scholarship awards on need and merit. Awards range from $500 to $5,000. For a full list of scholarships, and to download a scholarship application, please visit our web site.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

SIT Study Abroad's Mission Statement: SIT Study Abroad is the accredited higher education institution of World Learning, a private, nonprofit international organization promoting international and intercultural understanding, social justice, and economic development through education, training, and field projects around the globe. SIT prepares students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens through SIT Study Abroad, undergraduate, field-based academic programs operating in more than 50 countries worldwide, and thorough short-term professional training and graduate degrees in language teaching, conflict transformation, international education, social justice in intercultural relations, management, and sustainable development.

Year Founded: 1932