Explore the changing face of health and healthcare in communities undergoing the rapid social, cultural and economic change associated with globalization. Experience living adjacent to one of the last remaining cloud forest preserves in Central America. Learn qualitative and quantitative methods for applied anthropology and health disciplines.
Monteverde, the program site, is located in the highlands of northwestern Costa Rica, an area of mountainous slopes and verdant cloud forests. Monteverde is famous for its role in creating the Monteverde Reserve Complex, a collection of private and public preserves protecting more than 100,000 acres of endangered tropical forest.
This course is open to students from appropriate graduate or undergraduate programs at any university, as well as, non-university students.
For more detailed information see the attached fact sheet or contact: Prof. David Himmelgreen at dhimmelg@cas.usf.edu (813) 974 1204 or Rene Sanchez with the Study Abroad Office at USF at: rsanchez@iac.usf.edu (813)974-3104
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Explore the changing face of health and healthcare in communities undergoing the rapid social, cultural and economic change associated with globalization. Experience living adjacent to one of the last remaining cloud forest preserves in Central America. Learn qualitative and quantitative methods for applied anthropology and health disciplines.
