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Visit exotic Costa Rica, where the focus is on environmental sustainability, risk management, and the business case for protection of the ecosystem. Industries featured include eco-tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing. You will visit rain forests, banana and coffee plantations, and a Costa Rican economic development agency, in addition to U.S. companies doing business in the country. Workshop classes are on a campus of a local university and students stay with a local family. No prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary. The schedule includes many multi-day field trips to cultural and recreational sites. You can explore volcanoes and hot springs and go rafting and snorkeling; view the rain forest from zip lines and observe monkeys, frogs, and other rain forest fauna from the forest floor.
This workshop is unique in that it provides students with two-thirds of a self-designed thematic sequence (which is sponsored by Latin American Studies—outside the School of Business). One course (chosen from a list), taken before or after the program, is added to the six hours earned during the trip. This program is all-inclusive and students will need little spending money.
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