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Kinesiology in New Zealand
Program Description
The overall goal of this program is to allow students to develop both an understanding and an appreciation for the New Zealand/Oceania culture and how it influences both health and sport today.
Top 10 Reasons to Attend:
10. Earn 6 LSU credits in 3 weeks.
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Activity-filled classes, including trekking on mountains, glaciers and where Lord of the Rings was filmed, swimming with dolphins, blackwater rafting, abseiling (i.e., rappelling), caving, kayaking, and skyline luge (i.e., gondola ride).
8. Program cost includes daily breakfast, five dinners (one at Auckland’s skytower!), 20 nights of accommodation, ALL excursions, and transportation on our very own mini-bus throughout the North and South Islands.
7. No prerequisites needed. Courses meet academic requirements for elective hours.
6.
Includes two cruises – one overnight while touring Fiordlands National Park, the other onboard America’s racing yacht overlooking Auckland with breakfast.
5.
Experience the rich customs and traditions of the Maori culture via museums and a cultural dinner show.
4.
Built-in days off in Queenstown, the extreme sports capital of New Zealand.
3.
Attend a rugby match. Need we say more?
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Teachers are fun-loving, young, experienced (led a previous study abroad trip to Italy), and have a keen appreciation for culture, history, and physical activity.
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It will be loads of fun!
Program Eligibility
2.5 GPA for undergraduates students
Program Dates
May 23 - June 13, 2010. In addition, four 2-hour class sessions will be held at LSU before the program leaves for New Zealand.
Location(s)
South Island: Christchurch, Lake Ohau, Te Anau, Milford Sounds, Queenstown, Fox Glacier, Hamner Springs, Kaikoura
North Island: Wellington, Tongariro, Mt. Ruapehu, Waitomo, Rotorua, Auckland
Courses Offered
KIN 3660 – The Holistic Health Approach to Stress
KIN 4501 – Contemporary Issues in Oceania Sport and Culture
Expected Program Costs
$4,300, which includes housing, most meals, transportation between sites, entrance fees and excursions, and health insurance. LSU tuition and airfare are not included in the program cost.
Faculty
Dr. Russell Carson will be directing the program. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pedagogical and Sport Sciences in the Department of Kinesiology. He lived in Rome, Italy, for 2 years (’97-’99) working as a physical education/health teacher at Marymount International School. As an undergraduate student himself, Dr. Carson spent a semester abroad (‘96) studying physical education at the Chelsea School of Physical Education, Sports Science, Dance and Leisure, University of Brighton, in Eastbourne, England. He has since received a M.S. in Sport Psychology and Organization and a Ph.D. in Pedagogy. Throughout these experiences, he has gained an appreciation for culture, the ideological significance of sport in culture, and the historical and contemporary meanings of sport involvement; each will enrich his summer abroad course in New Zealand. Dr. Carson directed a very successful academic abroad trip (first ever in the Dept. of Kinesiology at LSU) to Italy in the summer of 2008.
Dr. Laura Stewart is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Exercise Physiology in the Department of Kinesiology. She is familiar with the challenges of traveling and living in an international setting, as she has spent extended visits to Seoul, Korea, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Italy. Along with Dr. Carson, she also was an instructor for the Kinesiology in Italy trip in Summer of 2008. She has an M.S. in health promotion and a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and nutrition and has taught a course featuring wellness.
Itinerary
May 22 – depart US
May 24 – arrive in Christchurch
May 25 – Lake Ohau
May 26 – Lake Ohau
May 27 – Te Anau
May 28 – Milford Sounds overnight cruise
May 29 – Queenstown
May 30 – Queenstown
May 31 – Queenstown
June 1 – Fox Glacier
June 2 – Fox Glacier
June 3 – Hamner Springs
June 4 – Kaikoura
June 5 – Wellington
June 6 – Wellington
June 7 – Tongariro, Mt. Ruapehu
June 8 – Tongariro, Mt. Ruapehu
June 9 – Waitomo
June 10 – Rotorua
June 11 – Auckland
June 12 – Auckland
June 13 – depart Auckland
Application Deadline
March 1, 2010
Application
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