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Bridge in Madagascar

Biodiversity & Natural Resource Management

Program Type: SU-Sponsored

Program Provider: SIT

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Application Deadline: February 1

Program Summary

Explore environmental challenges, conservation, and development strategies in Madagascar, an island nation isolated from neighboring landmasses for more than one hundred million years. This program offers classroom and field-based instruction in natural and social scientific methods to encourage students to analyze environmental issues in an array of ecosystems - including rainforest, dry spiny thicket, alpine and transitional forest, savannah, gallery and littoral forest, mangrove, and coral reef - and within multiple economic, socio-political, and cultural contexts.

Housing

  • Housing is included
    • Homestay

Program Dates

  • Fall Semester: early September to mid-December
  • Spring Semester: late January to mid-May

Application Steps

  1. Complete Module I of Global Engagement with Education Abroad Canvas course, including Education Abroad 101 and attending a Planning Meeting with your Education Advisor.
  2. Complete the SU-Sponsored/SU-Exchange Program Application in Module II of the Canvas course by February 1 for selected program.

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Scholarships

The following are scholarships that are associated with this particular program. Scholarship application dates can vary, please check accordingly.

  • https://www.seattleu.edu/abroad/resources/financial/scholarships/

Credits

  • Credit Range: 16
  • Credit System: U.S. Semester Credits
  • Credit Conversion Rate: 1 U.S. Semester Credit = 1.5 SU Quarter Credits
  • Quarter Range: 24
  • Credit Per Course: 3 or 4
  • Average Courseload: 5

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Program Overview

Program Fee:

  • Fall Semester: $6,000
  • Spring Semester: $6,000

Terms Available:

  • Fall Semester (Fall Quarter)
  • Spring Semester (Winter & Spring Quarters)

Pre-Requisites:

  • GPA: 2.5
  • At least 4-5 quarters of college-level French or equivalent; previous college-level coursework in environmental studies
  • ecology
  • biology
  • or related fields

Budgets by Term

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Model

  • Study Center
  • Experiential/Immersion

Features

  • Courses with Study Abroad Students
  • Internship Opportunities
  • Research Opportunities
  • Study Center Program

Fields of study

  • African & African American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • French
  • International Studies
  • Marine and Conservation Biology
  • Modern Languages
  • Nonprofit and Public Administration
  • Political Science
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    901 12th Avenue
    Seattle, WA 98122
    +1-206-296-2226
    educationabroad@seattleu.edu
    seattleu.edu/abroad/
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