82-299: Alternative Break Project (General)
SECTION A: ¿Alternative Break¿ campus student organization trip to CONGAL Bio-Marine Reserve in EcuadorThis course is open ONLY to students participating in the ¿Alternative Break¿ student organization¿s spring 2008 trip to the CONGAL Bio-Marine Reserve in Ecuador. Students will will interact and work with personnel from the Reserve and local inhabitants on preservation projects at one of five ecological habitats under the care and supervision of the CONGAL (an Ecuadorean NGO). The class will require some reading, journal writing, critical analysis, and discussion. Students will earn 3 units for their participation.PREREQUISITE: STUDENTS MUST SEEK INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION TO BE ADDED TO THIS COURSE AND WILL ONLY BE ADDED AFTER CONFIRMED ACCEPTANCE INTO THE SPRING 2008 ¿ALTERNATIVE BREAK¿ TRIP TO ECUADOR.*****************************************************************************SECTION B: Trip to NicaraguaThis course is open ONLY to students in the Global Studies House who are traveling to Nicaragua for the GS alternative break program. Students will gain insight into the history of the country, as well as into some of the challenges it currently faces as it moves forward in the 21st century.Students will pay particular attention to issues related to trade, social justice, the environment and health care, as connected to their themes in the Global Studies house. The class will require some reading, journal reflections, critical analysis and discussion. Students will earn 3 units for their participation.PREREQUISITE: STUDENTS MUST CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE GLOBAL STUDIES HOUSE AND WILL ONLY BE ADDED TO THE COURSE WITH PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR.
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