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SIT Study Abroad Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation (Outgoing Program)

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  • Locations: Quito, Ecuador
  • Program Terms: Fall, Spring
  • Partner Website: Click to visit
Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Spring 2025 10/15/2024 ** Rolling Admission TBA TBA

** Indicates rolling admission application process (with the exception of UT Faculty-directed programs & CGE Scholarship). 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.
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Click here for a definition of this term GPA Requirement: 2.5 Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English, Spanish
Click here for a definition of this term Program Type: UT Affiliate Click here for a definition of this term Experience Type: Research, Study
Click here for a definition of this term Field of Study: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Foresty, Spanish, Wildlife and Fisheries Click here for a definition of this term Type of Credit: Transfer
Program Description:

SIT Study Abroad Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation

NOTE: SIT will make every effort to maintain its programs as described. To respond to emergent situations, like COVID-19, SIT may have to modify programs.

WHY STUDY CONSERVATION IN ECUADOR?

You will live like a biologist as you explore the Amazon basin, the Andes, cloud forests, Pacific Ocean coastline, and the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador—unique climatic niches that harbor ecological treasures and a plethora of flora and fauna. Within these diverse and vulnerable settings, you will conduct biological fieldwork, studying plants and insects, taking soil samples, conducting species counts, using mist nets, and observing birds. You will also have the opportunity to live with two different homestay families: in capital city of Quito and the rural cloud forest.

See for yourself the importance of Ecuador’s biota as you learn from researchers during excursions to the Andean páramo highlands, the Amazon Region, and the Cloud Forest of North-Western Ecuador. You will also spend a week exploring the Galápagos Islands by land and sea.

Hone the Spanish language skills you will need to talk about environmental and conservation issues, conduct field research, and engage in institutional and community discussions related to ecology and biology.

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

PREREQUISITES

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.