SUST 745 - Global Engagement I

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2

Gain intercultural leadership skills through collaborative, community-based social innovation projects in Arequipa, Peru. Students work with a group of women leaders knowns as Promotoras de Bienestar (or Promoters of Well-Being) who represent different neighborhoods in the settlement community of Alto Cayma. The experience in Peru also involves spending several days in the sacred valley and a home-stay in a Quechua community. Students meet every other week in the spring term and spend two weeks in late May/early June in Peru. Students are introduced to indigenous Andean knowledge and worldviews throughout class and then engage with indigenous communities during their time in Peru. SUST 745 meets spring term, every other week to prepare students for their work during their two week trip to Peru in May/June.