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Contemporary
Issues in Central America Sociology 4853
and
Environmental Sociology 4853
MONKEY BAY
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, BELIZE
The Belize Program will resume Summer 2009.
Please contact Dr. Carol Key for information about this future oppportunity.
This
experience is designed to introduce students to contemporary issues
of Belize in particular and Central America in general and will
cover environmental preservation and education. Topics include tourism
as a form of development, agriculture for export such as plantation
agriculture, the social basis of environmental problems and ethnic/cultural
conflict and negotiation.
Belize
is one of the last countries in this hemisphere to gain its independence
in 1981. Vestiges of the colonial experience still abound, however,
major issues in regard to development are being confronted such
as the environment, ethnic and cultural homogenization, health care,
and education. This field experience will enhance students' cultural
and global understanding, but most importantly it will build bridges
for peacful cultural exchanges in the future.
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