ABOUT QERC
Engage Your Passions
The Quetzal Education Research Center brings students and researchers from around the world, including the host country, to engage dialogue and research focused on the tropical cloud forest and its floral and faunal community for the purpose of sustainability.
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Live, Learn and Explore
Life at QERC is more than just class time and research. As a student at QERC, you will become a part of a close-knit community as you live, learn, and explore alongside your peers. Come immerse yourself in a rich and vibrant community.
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Our courses will help you explore your passions at a depth unmatched in a traditional classroom.
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Central American History and Culture
Experience Costa Rican culture through interactions with local people, local language, and local food.
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Biblical Theology and Global Stewardship
Discern what the Bible and Christian theology articulate about the nature of the world and the place of human persons in that world.
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Tropical Ecology and Sustainability
Notice the change in Costa Rica's biomes, and experience the diversity of tropical ecology and first hand.
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Tropical Field Research
Have the opportunity to investigate the scientific questions you're curious about, and learn field techniques relevant to tropical environments.
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Tropical Medicine
Learn about the One Health model, pathogens common to the tropics, clinical features of associated diseases, and their relationship to the environment.
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Take a tour
Our campus is a living laboratory for conservation, sustainability, and education.Imagine yourself living in a Christ-centered community amidst Costa Rica's montane cloud forests.
QERC iNaturalist
Log recent observations in the San Gerado de DotaDiscover and track the unique lifeforms of the Valley of San Gerardo de Dota! While famous for birds, the Talamanca Mountains are home to many other species of mammals, fungi, reptiles, amphibians, and plants.