Program Overview

Program Details

Course Description

The Natural History: Environmental Education in Costa Rica (ENVS 4120) course aims to provide students with an experiential understanding and appreciation of the biodiversity of tropical forests in the Las Nubes area. By studying the beliefs, theories, and practices of naturalists, students will critically interpret differing historical narratives and images of nature. Through close observation, students will describe and document the lives of mammals, amphibians, birds, plants, and insects in the Las Nubes area, the greater corridor, and its watershed.

Course Information

• Course Code: ENVS 4120
• Course Date: February 15, 2025 to February 23, 2025
• Course Instructor: Leesa Fawcett

Course Objectives

The over-arching course goal is to continue to build place-based eco-social knowledge and to translate that learning into critical environmental education initiatives and citizen science for the surrounding, interdependent human and more-than human communities.

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• Managing for Sustainability in Costa Rica (AP/ADMS 4971)
• Social Determinants of Global Health: Costa Rica "Exploring Health and Aging in Costa Rica" (HH/GH 4924)
• Global Eco-Arts Residency (FA/PANF3030/VISA5030)
• Nature, Neoliberalism, Political Ecology: The Politics of Water in Costa Rica and Latin America (EU/GEOG 4050)
• Environmental Psychology (HH/PSYC 3450)
• Advanced Topics in Environment and Health: Ecosystem Approaches in the Field (EU/ENVS4800A/5182)
• Conservation and Development for Social-Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing (EU/ENVS 4810A)
• Educating for a Sustainable Future (ED/EDST/EDUC 3700, EDUC 5444)
• Narratives in/of Costa Rica. Individuals, Communities and their Voices (GL/SP/COMS 4608)
• Environmental Law and Justice (ENVS 4421/5061)
• Food, Land and Culture (ENVS 5011)
• Fundamentals of Ecological Engineering (CIVL 4045)
• Independent Field Work: Social Determinants of Health in Costa Rica (IHST 4000)
• Globalization and Indigenous Peoples (ENVS4215)
• Community Psychology
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• Climate Mitigation/Climate Solutions in Costa Rica (EU/ENVS 4402)
• The Business of Fair Trade (AP/SOSC 4051)
• Protected Area Management in Costa Rica (ENVS 4446/5016)