Join the Academic Accelerator for Geology at UDayton! Tailored for international students with English support and hands-on field experiences. Apply now!
Program Description The Academic Accelerator Program (AAP) is a two-semester program designed specifically for students who are ready to succeed in immersive English-speaking classrooms, but who also want the benefit of English-language and student support to help them thrive. The program curriculum offers a balance of university-wide and AAP-exclusive courses, with English-language course supplements that equip students with the practical, subject-specific vocabulary and skills they need to excel in their coursework. As an Academic Accelerator student at UDayton Global you'll receive: The right amount of support when you need it. A seat in credit-bearing courses, so you can earn a full freshman year’s worth of credits while taking courses tailored to your needs as an international student. This will help you achieve your academic and career goals. English-language instruction designed around your social and academic needs. Integrated and cohorted courses, so you’ll be in some classes with U.S. students and others with your designated UDayton Global cohort. With the Department of Geology, you can tailor your course schedule to suit your interests, needs and goals. Select the classes you want to take, and participate in undergraduate research with your professors — or on your own — in our state-of-the-art facilities. Whether you’re hiking through the Colorado Rocky Mountains with your classmates or conducting field work with your professors in New Zealand, our summer field course allows you to explore extraordinary geological environments. In Colorado, you'll study at locations such as the Continental Divide, Dinosaur Ridge, Garden of the Gods, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mt. Evans and Red Rocks Park. In New Zealand, you will explore sites such as the geothermal fields at Rotorua and Taupo, Tongariro Volcano, Waitomo Caves, Abel-Tasman National Park, the Southern Alps and Tasman Glacier. As an undergraduate, you will have opportunities to work with professors on their research and present your own research findings at the University’s annual Stander Symposium. You can also participate in various department activities like Environmental Science Week, Field Trip to Planet Earth and Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national honor society for the earth sciences. As an undergraduate, you can also earn a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is the science of displaying and analyzing any feature or variable that can be shown on a map, from geologic formations to bodies of contaminated groundwater in an aquifer.
