SIT Study Abroad Samoa: Social and Environmental Change in Oceania

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SIT Study Abroad Samoa: Social and Environmental Change in Oceania

SIT Study Abroad SAMOA is an amazing and unique study abroad program based in Samoa. AFIO MAI to th Explore traditional society and social transition in Oceania.

Through interdisciplinary coursework, field study, and independent research, students explore processes of change in Samoa and other Pacific communities. Students consider the impact of new and different values on Pacific Island communities and social structures in light of development and globalization pressures. Topics for study in the context of the Pacific include:

Impacts and incorporation of Christianity
The shift from a subsistence to cash economy
Introduction of human rights into a communal society
Migration patterns and the role of remittances
Social changes resulting from globalization, migration, and development in Samoa, American Samoa, and Fiji
The current "coup culture" in Fiji

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07/09/2022

We are excited to Welcome 8 Students after a few years of borders closing.

Talofa and Welcome to Beautiful 🇼🇸 Samoa

23/11/2020

17/09/2020

American student Hayley Canal faced a fraught experience trying to find a flight home, but learned a lot about Pacific resilience along the way

05/01/2020

Congratulations Alyssa Kaewwilai

Transferring lessons learned abroad to America’s leading aerospace agency By Alyssa Kaewwilai This past year I have been graced with more amazing, life-changing opportunities than I could have ever imagined. Through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Gettysburg College Global...

29/08/2019

SIT Samoa Fall Semester started in Hawaii on 8/22/19. 11beautiful students ready and energized by all...

14/02/2019

A visit to an organic farm, art gallery, lunch at Laupele Vegetarian Cafe and a stop at the Baha'i Temple

05/02/2019

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University Of The South Pacific, Alafua Campus
Apia
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http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/ssa_wsr.cfm

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