COURSE INFORMATION:

Students choose one of the following courses:
EDFS 560: Special Topics - 3 credits
INTB 390: International Social Enterprise and Development - 3 credits

PROGRAM INFORMATION:

The program will provide College of Charleston students the opportunity to participate and enhance their knowledge and understanding of health, education, and business related issues through field experiences in urban and rural settings in Tanzania, East Africa. The students will do the following:
a) participate in medical outreaches in one to two rural communities;
b) volunteer as teaching assistants in elementary and middle school classrooms; and
c) spend time with community members in a poor urban setting to understand their "portfolios"..i.e. how do these people manage to live (educate, pay for health care, etc.) with $2 a day or less?

The students will be able to:
a) identify, articulate and reflect on their own experiences, values and beliefs in the context of their own cultural backgrounds;
b) compare and contrast their educational experiences with those of the children in the international context(s);
c) will develop a better understanding of political, historical, cultural and social issues that mitigate access to resources (education, healthcare, social services) in the international context;
d) demonstrate the ability to interact constructively with people from diverse/different cultures.

Students participating in this program should expect to obtain several immunizations prior to departure.

PROGRAM DIRECTORS:
Dr. mutindi ndunda
Department of Teacher Education
ndundam@cofc.edu
843-953-8046

Dr. ndunda will lead the international component of this program and take students to Tanzania, where she spent 10 months as a Fulbright Scholar in the 2012-13 academic year.

Dr. Rene Mueller
Director, Global Business Resource Center and Global Scholars Program
School of Business
muellerr@cofc.edu
843-953-5394

Dr. Rene Mueller will be instructor of record for the INTB 390 course. She has taken two student groups to China and has helped found and organize the micro-finance Honduras course.