My home for the next few months is the MV Explorer. It was built in 2002 and is the fastest passenger ship of its kind. It was specifically made for this program, so everyone on the ship will be doing something that relates to this program. There are classrooms, a library, a fitness center, etc. for our college “campus” (awesome, right?!) Depending on what voyage you choose you go different routes all over the world. Since this program is an option for all college students, they offer over 75 courses to try to meet everyone’s needs. There is a minimum of taking 12 credits and a maximum of taking 15 credits. After the voyage we are given an official transcript from University of Virginia to transfer these credits back to our home school. I saved some electives for this trip so the classes I will be taking this semester are Global Studies (required for all students), Social Psychology, Sociology of Marriage and the Family, and Drawing. We have class everyday (from my understanding, or at least almost everyday) while we are on the ship. When we get to land we have 2 Faculty Directed Practica (field trips basically) for each class, but besides that we are free to do as we please as long as we stay within country boarders.
Their website is semesteratsea.org if you have any more questions!
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