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Academic Program
4 Credits, 8 days
The program is designed to provide students from a variety of disciplines, the opportunity to participate in this program. All students will enroll in IBUS 337: International Business: Focus on Latin America
Course Description:
The objective of this study is to introduce students to fundamental aspects of the business environment and culture in Latin America. This experience will demonstrate to students what a vibrant business environment exists in Latin America today. Latin America has been transformed over the past 30 years and nowhere is this more evident than in the prosperous market of Peru, a country whose economy almost doubled in size over the past ten years.
The experience will also give students a sense of how regionally and globally integrated Latin America has become by looking at the strong trade and investment ties that Peru has forged with China, for example, over the past ten years. These strong ties represent both an opportunity and a risk to Peru, and these will be underscored during the visit.
Field Excursions
The program will include the following field excursions, to both complement the academic course, as well as provide insights into the culture and context of Peru:
- Visit the Sacred Valley, including Ollantaytambo (guided tour), a Llama and Alpaca Farm and a Corn Beer Brewery
- Visit the famous ruins of Machu Picchu (guided tour)
- Guided walking tour of Historic Cusco
- Lecture on Sustainable Tourism
- Field Visit to a Microfinance Bank
- Guided historic tour of Lima, including Huaca Pucllana
- Lecture on China’s influence in Peru’s Economy
- Lecture on the impact of Politics in Peru’s Economy
- Field Visits to Financial Institutions
- Lecture on Marketing from a Peruvian perspective
- Business visits on topics of marketing, supply chain and international trade
- Shopping for local handicrafts
Accommodations
Students will reside in a centrally-located hotels. All breakfasts are included, as well as some additional meals.
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Academic Program
4 Credits, 3 weeks
The program is designed for students of diverse disciplines the opportunity to participate in this program. All students will enroll in INTD 321: Engaging with Amazonian Livelihoods
Course Description:
This course includes a wide range of experiential learning opportunities such as excursions to old-growth rain forest and river ecosystems, development projects, and field research centers and extended visits to local indigenous communities. The program provides students with an immersive experience with people, ecology and issues of the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon, which has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on earth. As an interdisciplinary course, students engage with a wide variety of communities, professionals, ecosystems and related topics. An underlying principle of the course is that students benefit from the diverse perspectives and expertise of the instructors, resource people and each other. The first section of the course take place at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where students gain extensive background about the ecology, culture, language, community structure, livelihoods, and economics in Madre de Dios. Subsequently, a three-week trip to Peru combines field excursions to indigenous communities and other sites along the Tambopata and Madre de Dios Rivers with lectures, discussions and independent projects designed for each student to explore her/his own specific interests in close consultation with the instructors. Topics include Amazonian ecology, ecological culture in indigenous communities, community governance, traditional uses of Amazonian forest medicines, perspectives of diverse stakeholders, ecosystem services, supply chains, sustainable development, ecotourism and subsistence and market-oriented, organic agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management as practiced by small landholders.
Field Excursions
The program will include the following field excursions, to both complement the academic course, as well as provide insights into the culture and context of Peru:
- Ramapo Reservation
- Peruvian Community Center, Patterson, NJ
- IIAP Research Station
- Boca Pariamanu native community
- Infierno native community
- Universidad Nacional de Madre de Dios
- Tres Islas native community
- Tambopata National Reserve
Accommodations
Students will reside in eco-lodges, indigenous/local communities and a field research station.
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Academic Program
4 Credits, 4 weeks
The program is designed to provide students interest in healthcare and human service professions the opportunity to complete an internship in Cusco, Peru. All students will enroll in SPAN 325: Internship in Healthcare and Human Services Professions
Course Description:
This study abroad course in Peru provides students with the opportunity of engaging in hands-on field work in community medicine, while using their language skills and cultural competence. The emphasis in community medicine is on the early diagnosis of disease, the recognition of environmental and occupational hazards to good health, and the prevention of disease in the community. To this end, the course provides comprehensive health services ranging from preventive to rehabilitative services. This program can be used towards fulfilling requirements for the Spanish Certificate in Health & Human Services.
Program Description:
While in Cusco, students will work with the guidance of a local placement advisor in the field for more than 90 hours in a four-week program. Ramapo faculty will support students via an online platform to help them dissect the specialized vocabulary and cultural contexts used in the local settings.
Additionally, students will have the unique opportunity to visit one of the most special places on earth – Machu Picchu. During a long weekend, students will traverse through the Sacred Valley outside Cusco, stopping along the way for different cultural experiences and to see ancient ruins. While at Machu Picchu, you will have a guided tour of this impressive site in order to appreciate its history and importance. Finally, you will overnight in the village of Ollantaytambo to experience a traditional Andes community.
Field Excursions
The program will include the following field excursions, to both complement the academic course, as well as provide insights into the culture and context of Peru:
- Macchu Picchu
- Ollayatantambo
- Sacred Valley
Accommodations
Students will reside in homestay families in Cusco and in hotels in the Sacred Valley.
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