Champlain College
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Cor 330: "Life" in the Amazon: Human and ecological communities of the Amazon River Basin In an interconnected world, what makes particular peoples or places unique? How do the forces of tradition and change play out in different local contexts? Each COR 330 section allows students guided by faculty with relevant expertise, to gain in-depth knowledge of a particular people culture, and/or region. Students generate their own questions about continuity and change as the global meets the local, and participate in a dialogue about the various topics studied in all COR 330 courses. This particular COR class includes a week+ trip to the Amazon. EHS 495 - INT’L SERVICE INTERNSHIP: THE GAMBIA: This course allows EHS majors to partake in international service internship placements. The course includes a four-week trip to The Gambia, a small but thriving country in western Africa. The international setting facilitates learning around cultural sensitivity and global awareness. http://catalog.champlain.edu/search_advanced.php?cur_cat_oid=19&search_database=Search&search_db=Search&cpage=1&ecpage=1&ppage=1&spage=1&tpage=1&location=33&filter%5Bkeyword%5D=gambia&filter%5Bexact_match%5D=1# Center for Service & Civic Engagement Service Trips: The Center for Service organizes several service trips throughout the year that take groups of students to different communities to learn and volunteer. We have organized trips to four different continents and over eight different countries, as well as domestic service trips throughout the United States. Some of our previous trip destinations include Entebbe, Uganda; Charesca, Nicaragua; Bagamoyo, Tanzania; Monroe, North Carolina; and Apopka, Florida. While on these trips students perform direct service in response to community needs and learn about issues such as hunger, homelessness, access to healthcare, education systems and poverty as they relate to the community they are visiting. http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/center-for-service-and-civic-engagement/for-students/service-trips