Practicum in International Development. 3 credits. FA (Same as ECO/ENT 492)

Catalog description

This interdisciplinary, service-learning course focuses on the deployment of educational technology and the development of entrepreneurial projects with a variety of partners in less economically developed countries. Students will enhance discipline-specific knowledge through their engagement with interdisciplinary teams and will travel to multiple sites in the country to train teachers on the use of educational technology and develop entrepreneurial projects with community leaders. Students will also examine the cultural and economic realities of life in rural areas of the country and utilize feedback, dialogue, and surveys from community visits to promote both a reflection on the experience, and a proposal of projects for future Practicum participants. P: BIA 253 ; Junior standing.