AU SABLE COLLEGE PROGRAM

Offering 22 field-based summer courses in the environmental sciences over three or five weeks of study in Northern Michigan, Pacific Rim or Costa Rica and an additional three online courses. Through hands-on learning in the outdoors, engaging professors who integrate faith into their instruction, and a supportive community of friends, we inspire and educate students to serve, protect and restore God’s earth.

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Au Sable - Costa Rica

Au Sable - Costa Rica is located in Vara Blanca, one hour north from the Juan Santamaría International Airport. Vara Blanca is 6,000 feet (1830 meters) above sea level in the beautiful cloud forests of Costa Rica. *Hosted in partnership with Association for Development through Education (ADE).

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Au Sable - Great Lakes

Au Sable - Great Lakes is located in Northern Michigan, on beautiful Big Twin Lake. Campus includes miles of hiking on 120 acres of property, 300 feet of waterfront for canoeing, kayaking and swimming, recreation fields, and lots of shady places to hang up a hammock to study and relax.

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Au Sable - Pacific Rim

Au Sable - Pacific Rim is located on Whidbey Island, overlooking the Olympic Mountains with access to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, marine life of the Puget Sound, and the snowcapped mountains of the Cascades. *Session hosted in partnership with Camp Casey.

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