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Special Program Options

IPSL offers a variety of special program options that allow students to combine core programs or choose a special option within a program to enhance their service-learning experience. Customized programs are also offered for groups of students.

• Having a longer experience
  Students may enhance their intercultural and service experience by extending their program. Many of the programs allow students to combine periods of time— two semesters, or a summer and a semester. When they stay for more than one term, their service can remain the same or they may choose to experience the society/culture from an additional perspective by serving in a different agency for their second term. Academic requirements and electives are determined on a case-by-case basis.

• Combining program locations
  Students interested in serving & learning abroad for an academic year are encouraged to choose two different program locations for a broader, comparative perspective. A small discount may be possible; contact IPSL. Several past students have participated in two or three different IPSL programs in consecutive terms. Some suggested combinations are:
  
  

  Ecuador — Study Spanish and learn about different aspects of Ecuadorian culture by combing terms in Guayaquil (on the coast), Quito (the historic capital in the Andes), and/or the Galapagos Islands.
  
  Mexico & Ecuador — Study Spanish and learn about Latin America from two unique perspectives.
  
  Asia — Combine terms in India and Thailand.
  
  

• Special areas of study
  In addition to cultural studies and intensive language study in many locations, a few IPSL programs offer special areas of study:
  
  

Biology/Ecology in Galapagos, Ecuador — In addition to a social science focus, this program offers a focus for students of the life sciences to pursue in-depth study of evolution, ecology, and conservation in this unique natural environment.

Native American / American Indian Studies with the Lakota Nation, USA — This program offers studies of the American Indians of the Great Plains, combined with living and serving on a Lakota/Dakota reservation, resulting in real cultural understanding of this complex "nation within a nation."

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