Courses of Study 2017-2018 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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IARD 6011 - [Student-Community Partnerships in Ecuador II]

(crosslisted) LATA 6011      
(D-AG) (CU-CEL, CU-ITL, CU-SBY)     
Spring. Next offered 2017-2018. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: IARD 4011  or LATA 4011 . Taking both IARD 4011  and IARD 6011 satifies diversity requirement for CALS.

J. Lassoie.

This is the second part of the course (IARD 4011  or LATA 4011  is first taken in the fall) taken on return from Ecuador. Partners students with community practitioners in a rural region of Ecuador after preparing them during the IARD 4011  or LATA 4011  fall course for a service trip to Ecuador during Winter break. The class will expose students to a community that has rejected the prospect of open-pit mining, and instead attempted to create an alternative model of development focusing on artisan cooperatives, conservation initiatives, and sustainable agriculture. A series of guest lecturers from a wide range of disciplines will contextualize the case-study by addressing issues of sustainable development, community-based conservation, and resistance to extractive industries. Students will communicate directly with practitioners in Ecuador during the Fall semester and develop projects with their practitioners. Students will be able to choose between three topics: Design and Marketing for Artisanal Women’s Groups, Agroforestry and Ecoagriculture for a Shade-Grown Coffee Cooperative, and Ecological Conservation and Reserve Management for a local conservation.



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