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Specific Program Resources
Learning Abroad Center Program Forms and Resources
Budget Estimate: Breakdown of program fee for financial aid purposes, plus estimates of additional expenses
Ecuador Program Guide (pdf)
Institutions that have sent students on MSID programs
Student Profiles: see what other students have to say about this program and others
Student Handbook: "Know Before You Go" Guide (pdf): Learning Abroad Center student handbook covering policies, procedures, health and safety considerations, and tips on cultural adaptation.
Application Checklist: Apply Now - space may be limited
Acceptance Checklist: for after you are confirmed on the program
Ecuador Resources
Ecuador Map (pdf)
Cimas: Home page of MSID's Ecuadorian partner, Fundación Cimas del Ecuador.
Ecuador: A Country Study: Online version of the Ecuador volume in a series of US government publications on different countries.
Handbook of Latin American Studies: Online version of the most important bibliographic source for scholarship on Latin America, maintained by the Library of Congress. A gold mine for advance work on research projects.
Environmental History of Latin America: Online bibliography from Stanford University. Not specific to Ecuador.
BUBL link: Ecuador: Dewey-decimal-based catalog of internet resources on Ecuador. Maintained by Strathclyde University, Scotland.
El Comercio: A major national newspaper published in Quito. Its web site is updated daily.
Hoy Online: Hoy is Ecuador's version of USA Today.
Teleamazonas: An online Ecuadorian news service.
Exploring Ecuador: Brief overview in the travel guide genre.
South American Explorers Club: Includes useful links to other sites on Ecuador.
General Web Resources
Current Events Abroad
Country Reports. Country information from around the world. Regularly updated information and maps, including lots of statistics.
OneWorld.net. A British site with links to current news from and above the "two-thirds world."
Health & Safety
Centers for Disease Control. Travel and prophylactic health information by country.
Travel Health Online. Another good travel health site.
List of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad. US Department of State list of doctors and hospitals abroad.
Health Information by Country. Information distributed by the World Health Organization.
SAFETI/Peace Corps. Peace Corps materials adapted to study abroad.
US State Department Travel Information. Travel Advisories and Consular Information Sheets for US citizens traveling abroad.
Additional safety monitoring sites. Include links to British, Canadian, and Australian counterparts to the State Department site.
U.S. Embassies. Websites of US Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions abroad.
Experiences Abroad
Gender Abroad. Northwestern University site providing web links and bibliography of print pieces on gender issues in study abroad.
Multicultural Students Abroad. Learning Abroad Center page designed for multicultural students studying abroad.
GLBT Students and Study Abroad. Indiana University site containing travel/study abroad information and links for GLBT students.
Mobility International USA. For international travelers with disabilities.
Access Abroad. Learning Abroad Center page designed for students with disabilities.
Foreign Currency
Foreign Currency Converter. Permits you to check on exchange rates between currencies of any pair of countries.
VISA ATM Locator and MasterCard ATM Locator. From the VISA and MasterCard websites.
Communication Abroad
Country Codes. Gives country codes and explains how to dial out of one country to another.
Cybercafes Abroad. Easy-to-use search engine for cybercafes.
Time Zones. Allows you to convert time in one country to time in another (helpful when calling home!).
Web Translator. Translates blocks of text and webpages in English, simplified or traditional Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Translating Dictionaries. Offers basic phrases in multiple languages, including less-commonly taught languages (such as Amharic and Basque).
Global Climate
World Climate. Climatic data on thousands of cities throughout the world.
By City/Country. Covers most cities in each country, and lists current and near future conditions.
Through BBC. 5-day forecasts, excellent for European weather conditions.
International Development
Eldis Gateway to Development Information. British/Scandinavian gateway site to a wide variety of information about development, including 15,000 online documents and 4,500 organizations.
Praxis: Resources for Social and Economic Development. Another gateway site to lots of development resources, this one maintained by a University of Pennsylvania professor.
Last modified on May 20, 2008 |