LAC300 - Justice and the Developing World

Interested in a hands-on course off the beaten path, where you can apply the concepts you've learned in college to real-life cases and scenarios? Then this interdisciplinary course is for you!

Justice and the Developing World is a 4-credit capstone class that combines the insights of history, politics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, business, and economics to examine problems of poverty and justice in the developing world - including health, education, and environmental sustainability - with particular focus either on Central or South America, or the Caribbean.

Significant of the course is a one-week immersion in Nicaragua during spring break, which is not required but strongly encouraged. The course's instructors also travel to Nicaragua during that period to help coordinate interviews and group activities. Students plan and carry out a research project using the research methodologies of their academic major or minor. Knowledge of Spanish is not required (but is recommended) and financial aid for the field trip is available for those students who need it.

This seminar offered by the Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies in collaboration with Universidad Centroamericana in Nicaragua fulfils the capstone course requirement for the minor (and major) in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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