Science and Medicine Programs

Real-world environments make the best laboratories.

For years, we’ve taken students like you on hands-on learning adventures out in the field—in Belize, St. Kitts, Panama, the Galapagos and many more incredible places. If you’d like to see what a future career in emergency or veterinary medicine might be like, or if you want to gain practical experience and earn college credit in some pretty unbelievable settings, we can take you there. Our students are given unprecedented access and rare opportunities to learn alongside professionals, in situations no classroom can match. Learn diagnostic skills and put them into practice in a working hospital. Witness professional primatologists conduct research out in the rainforest. Live in a wildlife sanctuary and assist vets as they rescue and rehabilitate endangered species. Come build skills that you will use now, throughout your academic career, and beyond.

Below you’ll find a list of science and medicine programs, all of which include community service hours and the opportunity to earn college credit. Use the filters on the left to further sort by area of interest, grade or destination.

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Our Most Popular Science and Medicine Programs (3)

Belize Wilderness Emergency Medicine

High School Program

Earn a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification on a real world emergency medicine adventure. Spend time working at a rural public health clinic, plus explore Mayan ruins, tube down a lazy river and go spelunking.

Itinerary: 22 days Departing: June, July Cost: $4980

Costa Rica & Panama Primate Studies

High School Program

Track white-faced capuchins, howlers and black-handed spider monkeys, and use field research techniques to study them in their natural habitats. The adventure begins with a thrilling rafting trip through the rainforest.

Itinerary: 21 days Departing: June, July Cost: $5180

Costa Rica Veterinary Medicine

College Program

Shadow professional veterinarians at wildlife refuges, rescue centers and animal hospitals. Gain hands-on experience in nutrition, pathology, immunology, animal husbandry and surgery. Take a break for some rafting and explore an active volcano.

Itinerary: 25 days Departing: June Cost: $5480

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Belize Dolphin Studies

High School Program

Encounter wild bottlenose dolphins in their natural habitat. Work with researchers from the Belizean Oceanic Society and help collect data for ongoing research. Dive uninhabited Cayes and snorkel the Blue Hole.

Itinerary: 21 & 23 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $5580 - $5900

Costa Rica & Panama Primate Studies

High School Program

Track white-faced capuchins, howlers and black-handed spider monkeys, and use field research techniques to study them in their natural habitats. The adventure begins with a thrilling rafting trip through the rainforest.

Itinerary: 21 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $5180

Belize Wilderness Emergency Medicine

High School Program

Earn a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification on a real world emergency medicine adventure. Spend time working at a rural public health clinic, plus explore Mayan ruins, tube down a lazy river and go spelunking.

Itinerary: 22 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $4980

Panama & Costa Rica Primate Behavior and Conservation

College Program

Learn research method used by primatologists working in the field today. In the rainforests of Panama and Costa Rica, we’ll examine the behavior and biology of New World monkeys as well as ways to mitigate threats to their future survival.

Itinerary: 25 Days Departing: June, December Cost: $4980 - $5280

South Africa Wildlife Studies

High School Program

Live at a wildlife sanctuary and assist conservationists in rehabilitating and re-introducing injured species into the wild. Explore Kruger National Park, take a game drive and keep your eyes peeled for lions, elusive leopards and more.

Itinerary: 24 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $5980

South African Conservation Biology

College Program

Live at the Enkosini Wildlife Sanctuary and work with conservationists as you aim to increase endangered wildlife populations. At the Siyafunda Research Centre, we go on daily game drives in search of lions, elephants and leopards.

Itinerary: 25 Days Departing: June Cost: $5780

South Africa Ultimate Predators

College Program

Come face to face with Africa’s predators, including Great Whites and lions, and study poaching, habitat loss and other threats to their future survival. Hunt for sardines during the Great Sardine Run and stalk penguins at the African Penguin Colony.

Itinerary: 27 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $5880

Galapagos & Amazon Biodiversity

College Program

Set up a base in the Ecuadorian Amazon to study the diversity of tropical ecosystems and the incomparable species that inhabit this area. Learn survey techniques from professional field researchers and take time to trek the Andes at 14,000 feet.

Itinerary: 25 Days Departing: June Cost: $5980

Belize Wilderness First Responder

College Program

In real-world simulations, you’ll make an improvised stretcher, stop massive bleeding and carry someone larger than you, as you work toward earning a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification. Plus travel to a rural village and work in a public health clinic.

Itinerary: 25 Days Departing: July Cost: $4980

Costa Rica Veterinary Medicine

College Program

Shadow professional veterinarians at wildlife refuges, rescue centers and animal hospitals. Gain hands-on experience in nutrition, pathology, immunology, animal husbandry and surgery. Take a break for some rafting and explore an active volcano.

Itinerary: 25 Days Departing: June Cost: $5480

Costa Rica Field Biology Discovery Trip

Middle School & High School Sessions - 12-Day Discovery Trip

Where else can you get the opportunity to work alongside professional field biologists and primatologists as you study sea turtles and New World monkeys in their natural habitats? Collect data for research, observe behavior in the wild and end with a two-day whitewater adventure.

Itinerary: 12 Days Departing: June, July Cost: $3180
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