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Winter Term 2020 Field Experience in Development - 1432 - ENST 311
Registration for this term is over. Changes or corrections to registration now by petition only. Students should contact their academic advisor.
Approval of the instructor is required for registration.


Prerequisites/Notes: at least one of GOVT 245, GOVT 248, GOVT 340, GOVT 500, I-E 295 (Topics: Sports Entrepreneurship)

Catalog Description : Students engaged in this course will have the opportunity to do field research in a developing country. Each student will develop and implement a project that concerns a political, economic, social, or environmental issues that is important in the country visited. Past Field Experiences have taken place in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Jamaica, and Morocco. Students will also have the opportunity to learn from both national and local leaders in the country of research, and to participate in community engaged learning through volunteer activities. Class members will actually travel during either winter or spring break. Students should register for GOVT 401 in the term prior to the planned travel. They should also register in the subsequent term, when they will present their research to the wider Lawrence community. [ Note: two terms of GOVT 401 are considered the equivalent of a six unit 400-level GOVT course].

Location for 2019-20: Jamaica during spring break 2020. Admission is by application; contact Prof. Skran for more information about the application process.



Planned Location for 2020-21: West Africa (Sierra Leone and Gambia)

Attributes: Cross-Listed Course, GER Global Diversity, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs


Term

Winter Term 2020

Instructors

Claudena Skran

Course

ENST 311

Grade Mode

Standard IP

Title

FIELD EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMNT (G)

Final Exam

 

CRN

1432

Status

Active

Class Time

03:10 PM-04:20 PM MWF BRIG 217

Start-End Date

Jan 06, 2020-Mar 18, 2020

Campus

Appleton Main Campus

Units

3

Cross Listed as

ECON 206

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Maximum

Number registered

Total Registered in Crosslisted Group

Enrollment:

Unlimited

0

18