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Eligibility Requirements

  • Minimum GPA of 2.0
  • Good academic and disciplinary standing
  • Open to all majors
  • No language requirement

Faculty Leaders

Graham Cousens

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Summer 2024 | Queensland & New South Wales, Australia

  • Program Fee: $4,700
  • Will include 4-credit tuition, accommodations, some meals, local transportation, cultural activities, and excursions.

Applications are due by February 1.

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Big Experiences Lead to Bold Futures

Under the Launch career development platform, all students graduate with at least two experiential learning opportunities on their transcripts. Guaranteed.

This shortTREC program will count towards this out-of-the-classroom requirement in Drew’s rigorous curriculum.

Travel

Journey to unique regions of Australia. On the east coast, experience a different take on modern Aussie life in major urban population centers. In northern Queensland, explore regional and semi-remote communities and an ancient rainforest. Learn about traditional ties to the land of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and about varied perspectives on health and social and emotional well-being.

Rethink

Settings of Behavior and Experience

How does our environment—from the natural world to the conditions of daily living in built communities—shape brain development and behavior patterns? What are the repercussions for physical and mental health? And what are the implications for public policy?

Explore

Synthesize Immersive and Academic Learning

Learn from researchers and policy experts studying environmental stress, nutritional landscapes, or health disparity. Take to city streets to consider how urban design can promote healthy behavior, or examine the impact of rapid environmental change on wildlife behavior. Learning is immersive, from university science labs to the Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef.

Connect

Launch-Endorsed Immersive Experience

This program is an ideal Launch-endorsed immersive experience for students studying psychology or neuroscience, with the program’s focus on the brain and behavior, and for those planning careers in medicine, clinical psychology, public health, or environmental studies, with the program’s emphasis on environmental influences and health outcomes.