This integrated production and policy program will allow students to gain valuable knowledge, skills and abilities with respect to global agricultural production, resources and food issues. Further, the students would gain an understanding of the role of the United Nations (UN) agencies and associated non-governmental entities in these issues. Students would be expected by the end of the program to know not only the “what” of agricultural, resource and global food issues in terms of emergency food aid and long-term economic development, but also to learn to assess, analyze and evaluate complex, country and site-specific situations and to develop their own thinking about how to solve the complex issues associated with issues like foreign food aid, world hunger, food security, food safety and the global economy and the role of the US and the UN in these systems.
At the end of this program, students would be able to
• Work in high-functioning teams
• Assess, analyze and evaluate complex issues
• Extend and adapt their knowledge, skills and abilities to other countries and specific situations
• Understand the purpose and functioning of the UN and associated non-governmental entities, with particular focus on the Millennium Development Goals of the UN
• Develop and evaluate a case study of a complex issue
Selection Criteria
Students must be junior standing or above. All majors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are to be recruited. A diverse group of students is desired. Students must be in good academic standing. Students must demonstrate a sincere willingness and interest in experiential learning and agriculture, resources and food. Students must take both the on campus program and the travel component to complete the course.
Application deadline has been extended to: 12/11/2009
To apply for this program, please go to http://isuabroad.iastate.edu/
Term: Summer 2010 Travel Departure Date: 5/8/2010 Travel Return Date:6/4/2010
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