International Study Opportunities

Cazenovia College takes students to Canterbury, England for a semester-long study abroad program during the Fall term. By participating in the Canterbury Program, Cazenovia students will live in, study, and explore the same city that inspired Geoffrey Chaucer. Inside the classroom, students will study an extensive variety of subject matter, including English literature and the history of Great Britain. Outside the classroom, the learning continues as students visit the very places they are studying. Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury Tales Museum, the Roman Museum, and Norman Castle are just a few of the historical landmarks students may visit.

The river that flows through Canterbury and the city's numerous parks, such as Dane John Gardens, provide countryside-like getaways within the city. Canterbury is also home to great shopping both in the award-winning Whitefriars Shopping Centre and in the historic King's Mile district. Canterbury's weekly markets and wealth of cafes and pubs offer students the opportunity to savor local customs. Students can easily extend their cultural and historical learning experience beyond Canterbury as London, with its transportation hubs, is less than an hour away by train.

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In May-June, 2012, Cazenovia College students participated in a 2-week program in Ireland. This program took place primarily in Galway, a beautiful city on the west coast of Ireland in the Connemara region. Known as the City of Tribes, Galway's splendor did not end in the Middle Ages. Today, it offers a nice coexistence of Old World heritage and modern-day inspiration as found in its art, music, theatre, and film. Galway is also host to numerous festivals and outdoor markets during the summer season.

Students spent time in Dublin, Ireland's capital. Designated a UNESCO City of Literature, Dublin radiates with literary tradition, cultural heritage, and historical inspiration.

This 2012 Summer Program in Ireland brought together a mix of medieval tradition, majestic panoramas, and rich modern culture that provided an endless source of material for the communications projects students worked on during this course.

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In coordination with Monteverde Institute, Cazenovia College will take students to Monteverde, a small village situated in the mountainous tropical forests of Puntarenas in the northern part of Costa Rica. It is also the site of the world-famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where numerous species of fauna and flora live and thrive.

This lush green setting gives students access to the ideal classroom for learning about the conservation, natural history, and sustainability of the rain forest and the people who live and work in this environment. Students will also have the opportunity to conduct research that involves reforestation and stream sampling fieldwork, and other activities involving birds, tropical biology, and animal behavior.

Additional activities will include taking Spanish classes, learning Costa Rican cooking, visiting a women’s traditional crafts and arts cooperative, observing wildlife and birds -- such as the rare Resplendent Quetzal, and visiting a coffee plantation. Various cultural and rain forest canopy activities, including 2 or 3 days on the Pacific coast, are also part of the program.

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An eight-day trip to Paris is part of the coursework for "Paris: The City that Shaped American Culture, Art, Fashion and Literature." This class utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to examine the associations between dressing and storytelling within an urban space.

Eiffel Tower. Seine. Palais Royal. Pont des Arts. Louvre. L'Arc de Triomphe. Montmartre.

Visitors to Paris have these sites, and others, on their long lists of places to see. As part of their coursework, Cazenovia College students will see them as well, but as more than the casual tourist.

Students will be studying these sites, as well as shops, streets, markets, people and the city environment as a whole. They will be reading them and trying to decipher the messages they are sending, or trying to send, and why.


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