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Lima
17,000
3.0 (4.0 scale)
5 semesters of university-level Spanish or equivalent
Semester 1 (Feb-July)
Calendar year (Feb-Dec)
Semester 2 (July-Dec)
Academic year (July-July)
October 15 for semester 1 and calendar year; April 1 for
semester 2 and academic year
http://www.pucp.edu.pe/content/index.php
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Ashley Anderson

• A large, 100-acre campus with modern buildings, picturesque gardens and archaeological excavations
• Outstanding academics at one of the highest ranked universities in Latin America
• Vibrant academic life that includes international congresses and seminars, a diverse and international student body and some of the best professors in Peru
• A community service component that enhances the study abroad experience by helping students become involved in Peruvian social, economic and political issues through community service and research with major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Lima

Housing

• IFSA-Butler arranges housing with a carefully selected host family
• The program fee includes two meals a day Monday through Saturday and one meal on Sundays

Community Service

• Opportunities are assigned according to your academic interests
• Available organizations focus on human rights, women’s movements, ecology and other issues
• Archaeology majors can do community-based research at Huaca Pucllana, a pre-Incan site still under exploration
• Supplement your academics with activities sponsored by some of PUCP’s research centers, including the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Oriental Studies, or the Center for Social, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research

Academics

• Courses available in a wide range of subjects
• PUCP offers courses that are difficult to find in other Latin American institutions
• The program includes two courses designed exclusively for IFSA-Butler students: Advanced Academic Writing and Peruvian Culture and Peruvian Social Reality
• Students take two or three university courses at PUCP
• NEW! Archaeology majors can work at Huaca Pucllana, a pre-Inca site from the Lima culture that dates from 0 to 700 AD. It was an administrative as well as religious center and is located in the Miraflores area.

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