Costa Rica     print flyer (pdf) Science and Society 9 days: March 15-23, 2013    itinerary (pdf) Includes Round trip airfare, airport transportation from Mercer, parking, home-stay accommodations, all breakfasts and dinners, travel insurance, 2 faculty guides, guided tours and seminars. Highlights Discover the culture and people of Costa Rica by living with a local family. Experience Costa Rica through presentations from experts as well as visits to: the National Cultural Museum, Central Cathedral, a teen pregnancy center, a Costa Rican “community college,” a local medical clinic, a Latin dance class, Spanish classes, an organic coffee farm, botanical gardens, Volcano Poas, a marine biology research station, Curu Wildlife Preserve (monkeys, macaws, coati), a zip-line tree canopy tour, and snorkeling at Tortuga Island. Learn from conversations with a physician, an immigration expert, native biologists and many others. Associated Courses SOC101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits) SOC201 Marriage and the Family (3 credits) BIO101 General Biology I (4 credits) BIO102 General Biology II (4 credits) BIO208 Genetics (4 credits) Faculty Leaders Dr. Gianna Durso-Finley (Sociology)   LA169   609-570-3301   finleyg@mccc.edu Prof. Laura Blinderman (Biology) MS110 609-570-3833 blinderl@mccc.edu 12/7/2012 12/7/2012 initial deposit  final payment   $500 $2,200   >>> more details / how to apply    information sessions   $2,700

Poland     print flyer (pdf) The Holocaust 10 days: May 24 - June 2, 2013    itinerary (pdf) Includes Roundtrip airfare, accommodations, airport transportation from Mercer, parking, 2 faculty guides, guided tours, breakfasts, 2 dinners, excursions, and travel insurance. Highlights Our 10-day trip begins in Warsaw where we will learn what life was like in Nazi-occupied Poland. We will study not only how the Nazis murdered on an industrial scale but also how societies choose to memorialize and remember genocide. We will visit the Pawiak Prison - the infamous detention center where Jews and Poles were held during the Nazi occupation - and the Museum of the Jewish Historical Institute and walk along the Path of Jewish Remembrance to the Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto. We will directly confront the Holocaust by touring two of the most infamous labor and death camps: Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau. In Krakow, we will walk through the Jewish Quarter and tour Oscar Schindler's factory. In addition to our study of the Holocaust, participants will learn about Jewish and Polish culture and visit a number of important cultural sites in Warsaw and Krakow. In the evenings, our group will partake in traditional eastern-European music and cuisine. Associated Courses HIS215 The Holocaust and Other Genocides (3 credits) ENG239 Literature of War and Conflict (3 credits) Open to noncredit students Faculty Leaders Dr. Craig Coenen (History)   LA123   609-570-3533   coenenc@mccc.edu Dr. Jack Tabor (English) LA133 609-570-3838 taborj@mccc.edu 12/7/2012 12/7/2012 1/25/2013 initial deposit installment  final payment   $500 $1,450 $1,450   >>> more details / how to apply    information sessions   $3,400

Amsterdam     print flyer (pdf) Sex and Drugs in Amsterdam: Cultural Acceptance and Pragmatic Social Policy 10 days: May 25 - June 3, 2013    itinerary (pdf) Includes Round trip airfare, airport transportation from Mercer, parking, 3-star accommodations, all breakfasts, 2 dinners, travel insurance, 2 faculty guides, guided tours, seminars, and excursions. Highlights There is more to Amsterdam than tulips, cheese, and windmills. This progressive city in the Netherlands is defined by its tolerance, openness, and respect for individual uniqueness. Students who are eager to take a fresh look at the world and themselves will enjoy this 10-day study abroad trip exploring a culture that has a harm reduction approach to what can be argued are “victimless” deviant behaviors/crimes, specifically drugs, prostitution, and homosexuality. This study abroad program will include cultural excursions, field-based service learning experiences, and informative lectures. Cultural excursions will include tours through some of the city’s most famous sites (including Amsterdam’s canals, Anne Frank’s house, and the Red Light District) and informative visits to museums and information centers (including the Sex Museum – the Temple of Venus, the Hash Marihuana and Hemp Museum, Cannabis College, the Prostitute Information Center, the International Gay and Lesbian Information Centre and Archives, and the Trimbos Institute). In addition, students will have opportunities to observe the work of, or volunteer with, organizations working with populations engaged in drug use, prostitution and/or non-heterosexual/alternative sexual behavior. Associated Courses PSY215 Human Sexuality (3 credits) SOC214 Sociology of Drug Use and Behavior (3 credits) STA101 Study Abroad Seminar (1 credit) Open to noncredit students with prior faculty approval Faculty Leaders Dr. Karen Bearce (Psychology)   LA131   609-570-3564   bearcek@mccc.edu Prof. Denise Ingram (Sociology) LA125 609-570-3587 ingramd@mccc.edu 12/7/2012 12/7/2012 1/25/2013 initial deposit installment  final payment   $500 $1,550 $1,550   >>> more details / how to apply    information sessions   $3,600

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