Trips Abroad with Miami:
Miami University requires every student to complete a study abroad requirement before they graduate. You can fulfill the requirement in two ways: Taking two courses that are on a list and taking a trip abroad. Most of Miami's trips abroad are European and they only offer a fraction of those trips to Latin American countries and one to Spain. Below are a few popular trips Miami offers to Latin American countries.
Radar and Matlab in Puerto Rico
This trip is to learn how to collect data and write research papers from that data. The use of Matlab will occur on this trip to analyze data found. Two courses from the list below will be taken:
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ECE302, ECE395, ECE427/527. ECE427 and 527
Miami in Spain
The trip to Spain is a summer program where you spend a few months traveling popular Spanish cities and you take two classes while you are there plus a cooking class. Below are the courses available:
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SPN 312, SPN 317, SPN 342, SPN 352, SPN 351 and SPN 450. Students also have to register for SPN 370 (3 cr) for the Culinary Trip component.
Immersion Spanish for intermediate Level: Costa Rico
In Costa Rica, you will spend a month with a host family in Heredia, Costa Rica. This is a faculty led program meaning the courses will be taught by a Miami Professor with occasional guest professors that live in Costa Rica. The classes offered are listed below:
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SPN 201, SPN 202
Tropical Marine Ecology: Florida Keys, Everglades and Bahamas
On this trip you will explore the marine systems in the Bahamas and Florida Everglades. The courses that you will get credit for are:
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GLG/GEO/LAS 413 and IES 423
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Field experience
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Biology credit
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