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Trip | Semester Abroad in Indonesia

Study "Sustainability and Eco Tourism" in Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

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About this position

Overview: Semester "Sustainability and Eco Tourism" in Bali, Indonesia

*** Application deadline: 17.02.2019 ***

This semester "Sustainability and Eco Tourism" in Bali focuses on how to create sustainable tourism practices. You will learn about a local approach to sustainability which goes back hundreds of years in Balinese history. Nature, humans and religion are the main pillars of this concept and are to be balanced in every situation. You will be taught how to make audits in Bali, which gives you the opportunity to talk to the local community and with hotel manager of big and small businesses. At the end of this course you will not only know more about eco tourism in general, but you will also be able to critically observe how sustainable some tourism businesses really are.

What to expect

Description: Semester "Sustainability and Eco Tourism" in Bali, Indonesia

Community Based Conservation

Credits: 5 ECTS

Sustainable Development based on Balinese life philosophy of the Tri hita Karana (THK)

Credits: 5 ECTS
Course Description: This course will give an general understanding of sustainability based on the Balinese life philosophy of the Tri Hita Karana (THK) and how to implement it correctly in working activities.

Green Hotels / Eco Lodge Implementation

Credits: 5 ECTS
Course Description: After taking part in this course, students are expected to be able to evaluate the implementation of green hotels or eco lodges. This course focuses on environmental problems and how they can be improved/solved with the implementation of specific criteria for green hotels and eco lodges.

Nature and Eco-Tour Guiding

Credits: 5 ECTS
Course Description: This course focuses on nature and Eco tour guiding in the most sustainable and environmental friendly way. Besides theoretical lectures such as fragile ecosystems, ethics in guiding or emergency preparation & response in guiding, students will also be able to get hands-on experience.

Biodiversity Conservation

Credits: 5 ECTS
Course Description: The course is about the conservation of biodiversity through development of ecotourism. The course will cover: (a) ecotourism definition, its principles and criteria; (b) biodiversity conservation, community empowerment, and poverty alleviation through ecotourism; (c) the Balinese life philosophy of the Tri Hita Karana (THK); (d) ecotourism products, (e) terrestrial ecotourism; (f) marine ecotourism; (g) agro-ecotourism; (h) eco lodge, (i) case studies in ecotourism and biodiversity conservation organizations. In the practical level there will be several field trips, which may include, but not limited to: Pemuteran (marine conservation and tourism programs), Tahura Ngurah Rai (mangrove conservation & mangrove tour), Subak Sembung (agro-ecotourism), Sanur or Nusa Dua (benthic organism, bio indicator, trekking, bird watching, etc.), Udayana lodge (eco-lodge), Gianyar Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Gianyar) (plant diversity and traditional way of forest conservation) and Kemenuh Butterfly Park.

Bahasa Indonesia

Credits: 5 ECTS
Course Description: Bahasa Indonesia is the official language in Indonesia and is spoken from a majority of Indonesians next to a variety of different dialects which vary locally. In this language course you will learn the basics of the Indonesian language, in order to be able to immerse into Bali’s culture and life. This course mostly focuses on teaching the students to interact/communicate in Indonesian. Besides that, the students will also learn some basics of grammatical/structural rules.

Itinerary of your stay abroad

Semester Abroad Program in Bali, Indonesia

This semester runs for 16 weeks with a 1 week break inbetween. The summer semester will be run from April to July and the winter semester from September to December. The last week of each semester is an exam week.

Curriculum

In addition to language classes in Bahasa Indonesia and a student project, students have to choose 4 out of the subjects offered. Each lecture has a practical session. The lectures will run from Monday to Friday, whereas excursion will mostly be planned on Thursday, Friday or even Saturdays.

Exam

The final exams will take part during the last week of the semester term. Only students who have participated in at least 75 % of the lectures are eligible for the final exam. The exam results are marked according to international standards.

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Study "Sustainability and Eco Tourism" in Bali, Indonesia

Flexible dates

16 weeks

from

2640 EUR

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Your accommodation

Study Abroad in Bali - Accommodation

Bali offers a variety of accommodation alternatives. Students prefer staying in coastal towns like Kuta, Saminyak, Kerobokan or Canggu. We advise students to stay at a hotel for the first one or two weeks in order to have some time for orientation. The best places to look for a hotel are Poppies Lane 1 and 2, which are especially popular with young visitors. In these first two weeks you will have enough time to search for permanent accommodation. Villa We provide contact to estate agents who offer a variety of mansions which are mostly rented to students. Oftentimes, a couple of students team up and rent a mansion together. Usually, the rent is payable monthly and on the whole. Costs for accommodation vary by standards and are between 150 and 350 € in average – of course, the sky is the limit here. Homestays If you prefer to get an authentic experience of how Balinese people live, you should chose to live in a homestay. The monthly rent of homestays are usually cheaper than villas.