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CIEE Service-Learning Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic (Outgoing Program)

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Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Language of Instruction: Spanish Class Standing: 2. 3rd Class
Housing Options: Host Family Program Type: Study Abroad
Minimum GPA: 2.75 Areas of Study: Modern Languages
Program Description:

Santiago, DR
CIEE Service-Learning Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic
In Santiago, engage in a collaborative approach to academics and urban and rural community development.

Service Learning in the Dominican Republic provides you with the analytical tools to engage in participatory service, and the skills to process and reflect upon your experiences and actions. Through a combination of coursework, field work, internships, and a variety of cultural activities and excursions, studying abroad in Santiago offers you a uniquely challenging, immersive and rewarding intercultural experience.

Study abroad in Santiago and you will:logo

  • Enjoy an internship placement in a service site corresponding to your academic interests
  • Expose yourself to an experiential, collaborative learning model through grassroots and community-based engagement and learning
  • Engage yourself in promoting community action and change through applied field research and a Capstone Project
  • Build portfolio of practical life and job skills such as undergraduate research, grant writing, critical analysis & problem solving, and public speaking and presentations in target language
  • Be a part of an ongoing and co-curricular rural partnership in organic farming and environmental justice
  • Visit sites of cultural, economic, and social importance, including the Free Trade Zone,  the Dajabón bi-national market on the Haitian border, Boca de Nigua and Engombe (historic ruins of slave-run sugar mills). Visits include readings, debriefs, and facilitated group reflections on each experience
     

Find out more.

Please check the CIEE website for final program dates, and speak with your CIEE Study Abroad Advisor prior to booking airfare. 
 



Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Spring 2024 05/16/2024 ** Rolling Admission TBA TBA
Fall 2024 12/31/2024 ** Rolling Admission TBA TBA

** Indicates rolling admission application process. Applicants will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.