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.
We are now accepting applications for 2024.
College Program information and links
Campus Information
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).
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.
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. *Sessions hosted in partnerships with Rosario Beach Marine Lab & Camp Casey.
Course Offerings
Au Sable - Online
May Session
May 20 - June 7, 2024
Summer session I
June 10 - July 12, 2024
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Summer Session II
July 15 - August 16, 2024
Au Sable - Costa Rica
May Session
May 20 - June 7, 2024
Au Sable - Great Lakes
May Session
May 20 - June 7, 2024
Summer Session I
June 10 - July 12, 2024
Research OPPORTUNITIES
May 20 - August 16, 2024
Summer Undergraduate Preparation in Environmental Research (SUPER)