[International] Peruvian Business Travel Seminar in Lima (BPERU)

Dear Student:

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Please note that this program is nearly 50% filled. It is quite possible that this program will fill to the maximum capacity BEFORE the application deadline. If you plan to graduate at the end of fall semester and you need this program/course, apply now!

Examine macroeconomic policies and development projects and their impact on the environment and on indigenous peoples. Study urban sprawl, pollution, and migration to cities in Lima, which stand in sharp contrast to another program destination: Ayacucho, one of the poorest and most rural regions of Peru and the former base of the Maoist Sendero Luminoso. Visit the desert coast to learn how shifting weather patterns and loss of water resources ended the Nazca civilization. While there, visit a national Guano factory and see an excellent example of the impact of unrestrained tourism on the environment and on native wildlife at the Islas Ballestas National Park.

Learn about the unique economic system of the Incas and the implications of the Conquistadors? search for gold during an extended trip to Cusco, center of the Sacred Valley and the Incan Civilization. Examine internationally controlled ecotourism along the Inca Trail and at Machu Picchu and compare it to the unrestrained development of Aguas Calientes. In Puno and Lake Titicaca, study how tourism has affected the indigenous Uros peoples, who live on floating islands made of reeds.

Through this program, you will experience the results of the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economics of lesser-developed countries while studying the economic system of Peru and visiting government agencies, international development agencies and banks. You will examine first hand the environmental issues associated with development and sustainable tourism as an economic industry through visits to Ayacucho, Lake Titicaca, Nazca, Cusco, and Machu Picchu.

All courses will be taught by accompanying UW Oshkosh faculty at the Universidad del Pacífico.http://www.peru.org.pe/perueng.asp

Updated information is now available for this program at

http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/abroad/perubusiness.php .

Program fees are currently estimated at $2,670 - $2,880 + airfare (approximately $750.00) based on 17-24 students. There are no additional tuition costs. The more students who sign up for this program, the lower the cost per student will be. You can help lower your cost to study abroad by recruiting friends and classmates to join you in this experience! For information on what these program fees cover and for an estimate of other expenses associated with the trip (e.g. passport fees, meal costs, etc.), see
http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/abroad/perubusiness.php#fees .

For this program, applications will be accepted first-come, first-served either until the program is full or until the application deadline, whichever occurs first (students from universities other than UW Oshkosh and community members will be assigned any available seats just after the application deadline). For more information on the application process, please visit

http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/abroad/handbook/apply.php .

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at oie@uwosh.edu, call us at 424-0775 or stop by to see us in Dempsey 146!

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Sincerely,

Karli Stukenberg