Price Without Airfare: $2495
Price Including Airfare: $2995
Application Deadline: February 25, 2011
Early Application Deadline: $100 Discount for applications received by February 11, 2011!
Credit: 3 hours
Having appropriated the name American all to ourselves, residents of the United States have been slow to explore the excitement, grandeur and diversity of Canada, our neighbor to the north. Join the CCSA Canada Program based in Vancouver, site of the most recent Winter Olympics, and gateway to both the Pacific Rim and to the rich biological and Native American cultural diversity of what might be called the Pacific North-Northwest. Join us in experiencing this magnificent harbor city and its surroundings, which boast one of the only true temperate rainforests on earth, an Olympic village built with sustainability as one of its key features, and an island whose gardens out-English the English.
By combining this intensive study abroad experience with course-specific directed study activities preceding and/or following the travel portion of the program, students may earn three semester hours of college credit.
ACCOMMODATIONS & MEALS
Participants in the Canada Program reside in local hotels and dormitories as well as budget accommodations, if appropriate. Accommodations are based primarily on double occupancy with occasional use of multi-bedded rooms; single rooms may be available at an additional price. Daily breakfasts and some additional meals are included in the program price.
PROGRAM COSTS
For those making their own flight arrangements, the price of the Canada program is $2495. This includes internal transportation between program sites, accommodations, daily breakfast, program excursions, health insurance, and some additional meals. Please note in making transportation arrangements: program orientation and activities will begin in Vancouver on July 12th. Participants arranging their own transportation must contact the CCSA Central Office before initiating travel arrangements and must file a copy of their flight itinerary with the office after reservations have been made. Please note that airport transfers to and from the accommodation site are provided ONLY to those participants for whom CCSA has arranged air travel.
For those traveling on a flight arranged by CCSA, the price of the Canada Program is $2995. This includes round-trip transportation from designated cities, airport transfers, internal travel between program sites, accommodations, daily breakfast, program excursions, health insurance and some additional meals.
Most meals, other than breakfast, are at the participant’s own expense. A minimum of $400 should be budgeted for meals, additional transportation, entrance fees and departure tax (if applicable). Participants should also budget additional funds for personal expenses such as souvenirs and independent travel, based upon their individual spending habits.
Tuition is not included in the program costs detailed above. Please refer to Registration/Tuition & Fees for additional information. All prices are subject to change in the event of unanticipated increases in airfares, monetary exchange rates or other changes in program costs. In some cases, program items may be deleted in lieu of a price increase.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE & DEADLINES
Applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance of the February 25, 2011 application deadline, as priority is given to early applications. Notification regarding acceptance to the program will be sent shortly after receipt of the application and deposit in the CCSA central office.
For students from outside the CCSA consortium, notification will follow receipt of the application, deposit and additional application materials. Confirmation of specific course selection will be provided approximately three weeks after the application deadline.
NOTE: A $100 reduction in the program price will be awarded to those who submit their applications before or on February 11, 2011. This discount will be applied to the final payment due on April 20, 2011.
- A $200 deposit is due at the time of application.
- A first payment of $1200 to cover the airline ticket price and deposits on arrangements in Canada is due by the application deadline date, February 25, 2011.
- The second and final payment of $1595 with airfare, $1195 with out airfare, plus single room price (if applicable), is due by April 20, 2011.
Please familiarize yourself with the Cancellation Policy. Checks should be made payable to “CCSA.” Please consider your cancelled check as receipt for payment. Returned checks will incur a $20 penalty fee. CCSA also accepts Visa and MasterCard.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The following is a description of the course of study offered for this CCSA program. Applicants may register for courses offered by professors from any member institution. Students are encouraged to e-mail faculty to learn more about the classes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Urban Sustainability as Local Public Policy
Vancouver is not only a West Coast magnet for economic development and international trade but a world class city moving toward “urban sustainability.” Here we take the theoretical foundations of sustainability out into the “built” environment of the city and beyond, where we will visit such sites as Bamberton, the “greenest city never built”, the “eco-village” at Whistler-Blackcomb Mountain, and Simon Fraser University. We may meet a Sustainability expert, and perhaps even see a sustainability “implant” first hand: The 2010 Olympic Village at Southeast False Creek.
(3 cr. hrs., UD, Dr. Robert W. Lancaster, [robert.lancaster@kysu.edu], Kentucky State University)