- IES Abroad "Environmental Studies" summer program*
- Required Spanish language course
- Two environmental studies courses taught in English
- First four weeks of the program, based in Quito, taking courses at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), a private university located in the Quiteño suburb of Cumbayá .
- Remaining three weeks on San Cristóbal in the Galápagos Islands, studying at USFQ’s remote campus, the Galápagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences (GAIAS).
Course Load
- Program requires enrollment in Spanish language course and two IES Abroad courses.
- 9 IU credits total
- Required Spanish language course (3 credits)
- Basic Intensive Spanish (HISP-S 100)
- Intermediate Intensive Spanish (HISP-OS 100)*
- Advanced Intensive Spanish (HISP-S 250)
- Required two courses (3 credits each)
- Environmental Issues: Conservation and Public Policy in Ecuador (SPEA-V 450 or INTL-I 300)
- Ecuadorian Ecosystems (BIOL-OS 300)** lecture or lab course
*Note: -OS 100 (-OS 300) is the default designation to identify overseas study coursees recorded as 100-level (300-level) undistributed credit that can count in total hours toward graduation and may be able to satisfy major, minor or distributional requirements with the approval of participants' school or the department.
**Note: Course fulfills either an unspecified BIOL-OS 300 upper-level lecture or an unspecified BIOL-OS 300 upper-level lab in Biology B.A. and standard Biology B.S. The course fulfills an unspecified BIOL-OS 300 upper-level lab in Biology B.S. with Area of Concentration in Integrative and Organismal Biology.
*Note: IU selectively co-sponsors IES Abroad program offerings, including the one described on this page, but not all IES Abroad tracks/offerings. Please contact Education Abroad for clarification.