IDS 1136 - Community and Globalization in Nicaragua

Credits: 2.00
This Jan Term study/community engagement experience will help students to understand globalization on a deep, personal level. Through readings, reflections and service opportunities in Nicaragua, students will come to understand the complex personal, social and political issues that arise when one’s local experience is linked to realities of life in parts of the so-called “developing” world. Students will be introduced to community members, activists, and social service providers in Nicaragua, and they will be provided meaningful opportunities to find active ways to engage with the community, be that through participant observer community work or reflection on ways to be civically engaged both in the United States and abroad.