Location:

Port-Vila, Vanuatu; Apia, Samoa

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

This is a unique opportunity for students to study and live in what is considered as two of the three major South Pacific Island cultural and geographical contexts: Melanesia and Polynesia. Based on community living and home stays, students will immerse themselves in intensive writing about their experience as well as participate in a collective research project pertaining to infant and child development.

Students will be introduced to the family environment and specific educational issues and will be provided with an extensive introduction to the physical and cultural ecology by native scholars from local universities. In addition, over the five-week program, students will have regular research seminars and an on-going supervision regarding their field note-keeping and extensive personal writing, as well as on their data collection as part of the collective child psychology and developmental research project.

The total cost of the program includes an academic fee and a program fee for room, partial board, and insurance.

Cost:

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