COR 4590 Sustainable Development: Microfinance and Agriculture in Peru
This class takes a holistic approach to understanding the ways to support the standard of living in developing countries, by focusing equally on cultural, economic, and financial factors that affect well-being as well as agricultural, nutritional, and ecological factors. After carefully studying these aspects in the classroom, we will travel to Northern Peru to engage in field based learning. This will allow us to learn from those we work with at least as much as we share. In conjunction with the Arbor Day foundation, we will engage Peruvian coffee farmers and provide assistance through microfinance to develop sustainable coffee production as well as provide food sovereignty, nutrition and sustainable food production. This will be a multi-year project and each class will have a direct role in helping achieve this goal.
Prerequisite
Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.
Course Types
Core Interdisciplinary Seminar
Notes
This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. This is a physically demanding travel experience.
Application and acceptance required. Additional travel fee is required.