Honduras

APPROXIMATE DATES

• Summer: mid May - early August (students are required to participate a minimum of two weeks in the program)
• Students will depart as a group generally a few days after Mother's Day and students will return individually.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

• The Honduras Language & Cultural Immersion Program is an immersion Spanish language study with onsite exposure to primary and community health care in a developing country. The experience provides 20 hours/week of one-on-one instruction in the Spanish language, using the facilities of the “Escuela de Idiomas Truxillo”, the Salvador Parades Hospital and volunteer physician preceptors in Trujillo, Honduras.
• Students spend two half-days/week mentored by Honduran physicians working at the public hospital, Salvador Parades, the only hospital in the region. Students also spend a minimum of one half-day per week volunteering with local public health clinics and with a private medical clinic at a local orphanage.
• Students will not receive credit.

ELIGIBILITY

• Any student having completed their MS1 year and in good academic standing from any of the nine regional campuses may apply for participation.
• Program is limited to 12 participants.

HOUSING

• Students will live with a Honduran host family.

ESTIMATED COSTS

• A 4-week budget for the Honduras Language & Cultural Immersion Program is approximately $2000.

  *costs will vary depending on the current exchange rate and individual expenditures

FINANCIAL AID

• IUPUI scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs. (Performance scholarships, Guaranteed Tuition certificates, fee courtesies, Indiana Higher Education Awards and awards to children of disabled veterans not applicable.)
• Find general information about financial aid and links to additional scholarship opportunities here: www.iupui.edu/~oia/SA/scholaid.html.

For More Information or an Application, Contact:

For More Information on Studying Abroad, Contact:
Study Abroad Office: abroad@iupui.edu
(317) 274-2081