SIT Ecuador website
Advisor/Important notes:
- SIT programs offer students the opportunity to dive deep into a specific academic topic! These small (15-25 student) programs run on a fixed course model where all students are enrolled in the same courses. SIT highly values experiential learning and makes an effort to get you out of the classroom and into your host community as much as possible. A key component of these programs are the Internship or Independent Study Project that students complete during the last month of their global study semester.
- Prerequisite: Previous college-level coursework or background in environmental sciences, environmental studies, ecology, biology or related fields. Three recent semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent and the ability to follow coursework in Spanish, as assessed by SIT, are also required.
- Focuses on the Intersection of Spanish and Ecology, very science-y.
- Students cannot do an ISP in the Galapagos, but they do go on a 10 day excursion there. They will also spend time in mountains and a cloud forest
- Spanish majors/minors must meet with faculty in the Spanish Department prior to choosing a program.
Who to contact:
- SIT Program Contact - Abigail Fox (abigail.fox@sit.edu)
- SIT Contact a Former Student Page
- Contact a returned Gettysburg student
Program Highlights:
- Study biology and ecology in one of the world’s most biodiverse countries.
- Visit the Andes, the cloud forests, the Amazon basin, and the Galápagos Islands.
- Live like a biologist: use field research methods to study plants and animals
- Study in beautiful Quito and live with a local host family