SIT Study Abroad: Sustainable Food Systems Certificate for Graduate Credit
- Location(s): Ecuador
- Program Type(s): Study Abroad, Graduate Program, Online Program
SIT Study Abroad
Prepare yourself to be a leader in shaping a sustainable food future as the world contends with local and global challenges confronting our food systems. This immersive program will help you build the foundational interdisciplinary knowledge to be... read more
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Prepare yourself to be a leader in shaping a sustainable food future as the world contends with local and global challenges confronting our food systems. This immersive program will help you build the foundational interdisciplinary knowledge to become a leader in shaping the future of the food system. Examine varied strategies for addressing injustice and unsustainable food practices to develop an understanding of the broader theoretical arguments across a range of academic areas including economics, political science, public health, and environmental science. Explore the global foundations and local nuances of the modern global food system, using comparative and relational methods to examine the most effective development strategies for increasing food security, access, and justice among the most vulnerable food producers and consumers. Investigate how local communities work toward food sovereignty, as well as how income inequality—at local, national, and global scales—affects nutrition and health. The certificate program will explore the prospects of currently prevailing agricultural models and what solutions they offer, as well as alternative models—including ecologically integrated methods and scales. It will emphasize the roles science, technology, and innovation will play in creating a more food secure world and how global climate change affects, and will continue to affect, local environments—creating new threats, weaknesses, and opportunities for shifting priorities and possibilities to empower local food producers to promote productivity and ecological health. Highlights Explore the diversity of Ecuador’s agricultural centers. Investigate agroecological farming practices responding to current challenges and reshaping our relationship with soils, seeds, water, and labor. Examine how to increase efficiencies and reduce waste to develop sustainable food systems for rapidly growing urban populations. Study how international trade and regulatory frameworks affect food production and distribution chains.
Program Type(s):
Study AbroadGraduate Program
Online Program
Program Length(s):
- Short Term
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SIT Study Abroad Scholarships
Students who are Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Scholars will receive a $2,000 award for SIT Study Abroad semester or summer programs.
$2,000
To recognize and support Experiment alumni who also participate in SIT Study Abroad programs. Experiment alumni will receive a $1,000 scholarship for semester programs and $500 scholarship for summer programs. A $400 scholarship is also available to students who indicate that they have an immediate family member who has participated in an Experiment in International Living or an SIT Study Abroad program.
$400 - $1,000
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides support to undergraduate students who demonstrate exceptional financial need. At SIT Study Abroad, we are dedicated to breaking down financial barriers and enabling students to engage in international learning experiences. Our commitment is evident through our Pell Grant Match program, which matches up to $2,500 for semester-term students and up to $1,000 for summer-term students who receive Federal Pell Grant funding at their home colleges and universities. This initiative empowers students with financial need to engage in transformative experiences abroad, regardless of economic constraints.
$1,000- $2,500
To recognize students participating in this community service program. Upon receipt of confirmation from a student’s Bonner mentor, SIT will award $2,500 for semester programs and $1,000 for summer programs.
$1,000 - $2,500
To recognize students participating in the National Security Education Program (NSEP) funded award, which focuses on study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Upon receipt of the student’s Boren confirmation letter, SIT will award a $1,000 scholarship.
$1,000
For students enrolled at Big 10 Academic Alliance universities. Eligible students demonstrating financial need will receive a $1,500 scholarship for semester programs and a $750 scholarship for summer programs.
$750 - $1,500
This is an automatic scholarship to recognize and support students who participated in one or more SIT Study Abroad programs, including alumni of short-term summer programs. The scholarship will be applied to a student’s second full term of study with SIT. The scholarship is $1,000 for a fall or spring semester program or $500 for a full-term, international summer program.
$500 - $1,000
For students with demonstrated financial need who enroll in any SIT Study Abroad program. The SIT Fund aims to help promote study abroad opportunities worldwide.
TBD
This is a scholarship to recognize and support students who participated a custom program at SIT. The scholarship is $1,000 for a fall or spring semester program or $500 for a full-term, international summer program.
$500- $1,000
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