Through the Washington State Community College Consortium for Study Abroad (WCCCSA) Whatcom Community College offers study abroad programs to many destinations around the world. WCCCSA, in cooperation with providers like the American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS), offers specially tailored programs for first-time international travelers. Support includes pre-program advising, a pre-departure orientation, as well as in-country support throughout the study abroad program.

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." -- Mark Twain, 1857

"This trip taught me how to humanize historical study. It gave me an opportunity to see and feel all the gray area associated with those involved in seemingly obvious battle between good and evil. It was unnervingly enlightening because it was so terrifyingly relatable." -- Regan, WCC student, Germany/Poland 2018 participant (Class on the Holocaust). 

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Minimum application requirements for study abroad programs

  • Be at least 17 years of age (18 years of age for some programs)
  • Completion of at least 12 college-level credits
  • Minimum grade point average of 2.5

How to get Financial Aid for your Study Abroad experience:

Key to getting Financial Aid support for your chosen program is to make an appointment with a Financial Aid advisor. Contact Orca Central to make an appointment by calling: 360.383.3080

A very important factor in participating in Study Abroad programs is to plan ahead and make appointments, both with the Financial Aid Advisor and the Study Abroad Advisor, at least 6 months before the program begins.

 ANNA ROSEMARY HARRIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP deadline: TBD

contact Ulli Schraml for more information

 

COME PLAN YOUR 2024-2025 STUDY ABROAD ADVENTURE!

Summer 2024: Costa Rica

Fall 2024: Miyasaki, Japan & Lyon, France

Winter 2025: Australia-New Zealand (Green River College)  -  more information forthcoming

Spring 2025: Rome, Italy (WCCCSA)

Summer 2025: TBD

Fall 2025: Barcelona, Spain (more information coming soon)

https://www.wcccsa.com/

More information soon!

 

SUMMER QUARTER 2024

Costa Rica

Program Dates: August 24-September 21, 2024

https://www.wcccsa.com/costarica

  • DATES & DEADLINES
  • Application Deadline: Friday, June 21, 2024
  • Program Deposit Due of $300 (non-refundable): Monday, July 1, 2024
  • Balance of Program Fees Due: Thursday, August 1, 2024
  • Tuition: Check your campus’s calendar
  • Mandatory Pre-Departure Orientation: Saturday, August 3, 2024
  • Program Dates: Saturday, August 24 to Saturday, September 21, 2024 (4 weeks)
  • Program Dates: Saturday, August 24 to Saturday, September 21, 2024 (4 weeks)

COST: $3333

Based on an enrollment of up to 7-20 participants.

INCLUDED

Airport pick-up at SJO on August 24 (if arriving before 11pm) and transfer to SJO on September 21

Double occupancy room in homestay (single rooms available for an additional fee)

Breakfast and dinner while in homestay

Pre-Departure Orientation

On-site arrival orientations

72-hours of Spanish language instruction

Three-day, two-night trip to Manual Antonio National Park and the Pacific Ocean (transportation, lodging, breakfast, and entry fee included).

Three-day, two-night trip to Arenal Volcano, Baldí Hot Springs, and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, including a canopy tour (transportation, lodging, breakfast, and entry fees included).

Tour of Doka coffee plantation, visit to Poás Volcano and La Paz Waterfalls, ocean kayaking tour, surf lesson

Afternoon cultural activities such as dance lessons, yoga, and cooking classes

Departure ceremony

Medical and travel insurance

PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION (mandatory)

  • Date: Saturday, August 3, 2024
  • Time: TBD
  • Location: TBD – in-person and online

FALL QUARTER 2024

Miyazaki,Japan, more information at: https://www.greenriver.edu/students/academics/study-abroad/study-abroad-in-japan/

Lyon/France, more information at: https://www.wcccsa.com/lyon

 

Other programs – To Be Announced

Would you like to make an advising appointment?

Contact Ulli Schraml: uschraml@whatcom.edu

Updated: 04/4/2024