Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.55
Liaison Aaron Klemm
Submission Date Sept. 15, 2011
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San Jose State University
ER-12: Sustainability Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Loren Lewis
Project Coordinator
Office of the President
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Does the institution offer a program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive experience(s) offered by the institution:

Until the 2010-2011 academic year, SJSU’s Department of Biological Sciences offered a study abroad program in the Amazon rain forest. SJSU undergraduate students enrolled in Field Studies in Biology and graduate students enroll in Seminar in Advanced Biology: Organismal Biology. In this program students would live in the capital of the Amazonian State, Manaus, and go on daily field trips. Sustainability was an important focus with this program, as students studied global climate change and social-economic issues involved in preserving the rain forest ecosystem.

While this program is not being offered in the coming academic year, another study abroad program with a sustainability focus also qualifies for this credit: Professor Kathryn Davis in the Department of Geography runs a three-week immersive study abroad program in Guatemala with a focus on sustainability.


The website URL where information about the immersive experience is available:
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