Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy
C.M.E.R.A.
Semester Abroad in Colombia
This opportunity is offered through our partner organization, Moore Marine College!
The cost of a semester is $9800.
This includes airfare, housing, dive training, aquarium internship and college courses.
There are only 5 openings available per semester!
A passport is mandatory for this trip
Interested participants are encouraged to submit an application and deposit as soon as possible to secure your space for the semester.
Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis until the semester is full.
Semester Itinerary:
Dive Training through Rescue Diver
All students will be trained at a local dive shop through certification as a rescue diver. This includes, if needed, open water scuba, advanced and rescue training.
All equipment and dives are included with the semester tuition.
Internship at Aquarium Mundo Marino
Through the internship at the aquarium you will learn husbandry, water quality and life support systems working with the staff and animals at the aquarium including their nurse sharks and sea turtle program.
College Courses
Students will study with a local professor a minimum of two courses during the semester related to your work at the aquarium and the local tropical marine ecology.
WHEN:
Three semesters will be offered.
Spring = January 8 - April 12, 2025
Summer = April 29 - August 2, 2025
Fall = September 3, 2024 through December 13, 2024
WHERE:
Rodadero and Santa Marta Colombia
What’s Included:
- Airfare from your home location to Barranquilla Colombia
- Transportation to housing in Rodadero/Santa Marta
- HOUSING IS INCLUDED
- All of your diving and dive training including books
- Transportation to and from the dive shop
- Two college courses minimum
- Internship guaranteed at Aquarium Mundo Marino
- All training and instruction at the aquarium
- 12 credit hours from Moore Marine College*
* The transferability of credits you earn at Moore Marine College is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of the credits you earn in the educational program from Moore Marine College is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the credits that you earn at this institution are not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of your coursework at that institution. For this reason, you should make certain that your attendance at this institution will meet your educational goals. This may include contacting an institution to which you may seek to transfer after attending Moore Marine College to determine if your credits will transfer.
Please contact us anytime with questions at (843) 246-0750. Email: info@coastalmera.com