Programs in environmental biology often consider multiple topics in the life sciences to enhance a student's understanding of the way life interacts with outside conditions. Professionals who use these skills include park service officers, researchers and development planners.

Costa Rica offers a sponsored and at the same time students-friendly higher learning curriculums. The country has 20 public and 44 private universities with the leading three public universities being University of Costa Rica, The national university and Costa Rican Institute of Technology.

Courses are academic classes taught by qualified instructors that are intended to enhance participant’s knowledge of a given area or training in a particular discipline. Courses vary broadly in terms of length, size, content and duration.