MD-Summer: Ecuador
STEAM Education for Sustainability (TLPL)
There are over 1/2 million dollars in scholarships to help with the cost! Apply here.
Open to undergraduates and graduate students!
Fulfills general education requirements!
TLPL is offering a study abroad course this summer! The deadline to register is February 17, 2025!
To learn more about the course or to register please visit: go.umd.edu/ecuador-tlpl TLPL488 STEAM Education for Sustainability (3 credits)
- Open to undergraduate or graduate students, and faculty!
- Approved Gen Ed course for Cultural Competence credits.
This study abroad course (3 credits) is designed to expand students’ vision of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education through the lenses of sustainability and culture. Students will engage in transdisciplinary work to support culturally-responsive solutions for challenges in the local, environmental and socio-cultural context. Students will explore the significant role that STEAM plays in relation to the sustainability of Ecuadorian culture and local environment through their immersion in Ecuadorian social agencies, such as the Ecuadorian educational system, and through students’ engagement in corresponding service-learning projects. Students will develop a deeper level of cultural competence gaining a better understanding of themselves and the diverse contexts in which students will be immersed.
