Global Programs: Student Info

Spring Semester at Zamorano University

How would you like to live for a few months in Central America, soaking up the culture, enhancing your Spanish language skills, all while earning a full semester of UGA course credit?  This program will allow you to live in Honduras for up to 12 weeks… and will cost you less than spending a semester on campus at UGA! 

Students will spend one week in the hills of beautiful Santa Lucia while participating in intensive Spanish language training and living with a local host family.  From there, they will move to the campus of Zamorano University where they will interact with students from all over Central and South America.   Participants will enroll in 3 academic courses taught by UGA professors and will also participate in hands-on learning on the Zamorano campus for internship credit.

Lago de Yojoa, Honduras

 

Weekend excursions and a week-long trip at the end of the program will ensure that you see much of what Honduras has to offer, including ancient Mayan ruins, the protected mountain slopes of Pico Bonito National Park, and the tropical Bay Islands on the Honduran coast. 

Finally, students will have the opportunity to be matched with a US Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras.  If desired, UGA students will shadow a US Peace Corps volunteer for one week at their site in rural Honduras.

Each UGA student is guaranteed a minimum $1000 grant for participating in this semester abroad!

Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

 

UGA Student at Zamorano University

Quick Facts

• Courses:

1. ADSC 3660-3660L - Warm Water Aquaculture: 3 hours
2. AAEC(HACE) 4910/6910 - International Agribusiness Marketing and Management: 3 hours
3. HORT 3010 - Introduction to Vegetable Crops: 3 hours
4. AESC 3910 - International Agriculture Internship: 3 hours

• Travel Dates: Spring semester 2010 (January to Mid April)
• Academic Credit: 12 semester hours
• Application and Deposit Deadline:October 15, 2009 (Applications will be accepted past due date if space is available)
• Estimated Costs:

Estimated Costs for an Average Semester of an in-state UGA student Living and Eating on Campus		Estimated cost of the CAES Semester in Honduras Program
UGA Tuition	$1,956.00	UGA Tuition	$1,956.00
UGA Student Fees (Transportation, Activity, Athletic, Health, Student Facilities, Technology)	$687.00	UGA Student Fee (Technology Only)	$105.00
Housing	$2,758.00	Study Abroad Program Fees	$2,884.00
Meals	$1,645.00	Airfare	$700.00
Books and Supplies	$500.00	Immunizations	$200.00
		Travel Insurance	$84.00
Total	$7,546.00	Total	$5,929.00

Additional Info of Zamorano University

Zamorano, also known as Escuela Agricola Panamericana, is a private university located 45 minutes east of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The student body consists of 1000 students representing 20 countries. Zamorano is Central America’s premier agricultural university and offers a four-year, college-level degree with majors in Agricultural Science and Production, Agribusiness Management, Agroindustry, and Socioeconomic Development and Environment.

The core principles of education at Zamorano are character formation and leadership, panamericanism, academic excellence and Learning-by-Doing.

The ZU model consists of a rotation schedule where students spend half of their time in the classroom and half of their time in the field each week. This ‘Learning-by-Doing’ model provides students with hands-on experience through real-world enterprises, applied agro-industry operations (i.e. dairy and meat processing, food quality inspection), agricultural production methods (i.e. aquaculture, apiculture, horticulture) and rural development projects in local communities. These work rotations are team-oriented and provide students with problem-solving and decision-making opportunities.

• http://www.zamorano.edu

Zamorano University Campus