The program explores these struggles by examining the role humans play, the choices they make, and the consequences with which they will live. The Universidad San Francisco de Quito approaches the field of environmental studies in an interdisciplinary manner. Students enroll in the College of Environ-mental Science and take courses in anthropology, ecology, and political science. All courses are taught in Spanish and, depending on their level, students may be enrolled in language as well. The program also incorporates field experience and independent research.
Housing is with Ecuadorian families.
3.0 GPA Spring. Led by two Kenyon anthropologists, the program combines seminars on the cultures, history, politics, and prehistory of Central America with field trips and independent research projects, including archaeological investigations. Following two weeks of intensive language instruction in the coastal town of Trujillo, where students live with local families, the group moves to its base in the rural northwestern town on Cofradia. Students take three required seminars in the history and peoples of Central America as well as in the methods and theories of anthropology and archaeology. A fourth seminar in field research prepares the students for their research projects, which may focus on topics in contemporary Honduran life or on archaeology.