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Current Academic Calendar

Class III:   2007 - 2009 

 

Term I – 9 September 2007 to 15 February 2008 

 

India residential dates: 1 November to 1 December

  • Pedagogy of Place: Home and India
  • Introduction to Community Change and Conservation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Healthy People, Healthy Communities
  • Practicum: Research Design and Methods

[Student learning plans and language needs assessed]

Term II – 10 March 2008 to 22 August 2008 

 

United States residential dates: 14 May to 23 June

  • Pedagogy of Place: United States
  • Nature Conservation and Management
  • Leadership and Organizational Dynamics
  • Social Change and Conflict Transformation
  • Practicum: Prospectus Design

[Prospectuses completed; initial dialogue on Student Mentors]

Term III – 13 September 2008 to 28 February 2009 

 

Peru residential dates: 14 November to 13 December 

  • Pedagogy of Place: Peru
  • Going to Scale with Community Development
  • Food and Water Security
  • Empowerment
  • Practicum: Applied Research I

[Selection of and invitation to Student Mentors; 1st iteration of research]

Term IV – 23 March 2009 to 14 October 2009

Nepal/Tibet Residential and Graduation: 14 September to 14 October

  • Pedagogy of Place: Nepal and Tibet
  • Human Ecology
  • Applications of Nonprofit Management
  • Practicum: Applied Research II
  • Synthesis and Integration

[2nd iteration of research; graduation at Rongbuk, Tibet]


*Dates are subject to change depending upon yak herds, monsoons, and revolutions