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Marine Biology in Roatan (Outgoing Program) Featured:

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  • This program is currently not accepting applications.
Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Winter Break 2025 10/09/2024
** 		Rolling Admission 01/11/2025 01/18/2025

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Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Program Type: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Coordinator: Mari Keyser
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English Click here for a definition of this term Minimum GPA Eligibility: 2.5 GPA
Open to Non-KU students: YES Open to graduate students: YES
Click here for a definition of this term Fulfills KU Core Advanced Education Goal 4.2 - Culture and Diversity: NO
Program Description:


Funding your Study Abroad Program

KU Study Abroad can do personalized financial aid and scholarship advising for students.  Please visit 108 Lippincott Hall or call 785-864-3742 to set up an appointment.  KU students who qualify for financial aid in the form of Stafford and/or other loans, Federal Grants, and KU or outside scholarships may apply the aid to the cost of a study abroad program.  
 
KU Study Abroad supplemental scholarships are available to KU degree seeking students. Applications are available online. The scholarship application deadline is March 1 for Summer, March 15th for Fall and Academic Year programs and October 1 for Spring, Winter Break and Spring Break programs.
 
For additional scholarship opportunities visit:  www.studyabroad.ku.edu/other-scholarship-opportunities
 

Application Procedures

All applicants will be required to complete several documents for each study abroad application.  Below is a list of documents that will need to be completed for an application.

        a. Statement of Purpose
        b. Verification of Minimum GPA Requirement
        c. Unofficial Transcript or Advising Report
        d. 1 Recommendation
        e. Authorization to Release Student Information
        f. Student Conduct Verification
        g. Financial Aid Questionnaire

For more detailed information about the application process, please visit our Application Process page.



Program Ratings:
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Academic Experiences:
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Cultural Experience:
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Program Reviews:
Winter Break 2020 Participant
My favorite part of this program was the diving. We had the chance to participate in as many as 5 dives per day, and we visited different dive sites every single day. The reefs and abundant marine life we saw were absolutely beautiful, and it was fun identifying everything we saw at the end of the day. In addition, all the divemasters and boat captains at CoCo View were extremely kind, helpful, and knowledgeable, and they really helped make the diving experience even better.

Winter Break 2020 Participant
One of the most rewarding aspects was getting to personally witness the huge reef ecosystems, which I have learned about only in classrooms until now, teeming with all kinds of life. It was also very eye-opening to firsthand see coral bleaching and be reminded of how humans are impacting the ocean. Another rewarding aspect, although not the exact purpose of the program, was getting to learn about the culture and history of Roatan.

Rianon M Wallace-Demby, Winter Break 2018 Participant
What really helped me on the study abroad was the lectures after our dives, being able to discuss what we saw, working directly with the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences, and that the professor brought along an underwater writing pad to write down and point out the specific organisms we were seeing.

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This program is currently not accepting applications.