May 2025
Total Price (subject to change): $3,510
Includes: Flights, accommodations, on the ground transportation, some meals are included, flights from Lima to Cusco, insurance, on-site staff, 24/7 emergency support.
Doesn't Include: Personal expenses, some meals
Students should apply for the Global Ambassador Scholarship in October 2024 on Academic Works and will find out what/if they received the scholarship before the first payment due date.
First Payment due November 8, 2024 = $1,170
Second Payment due December 10, 2024 = $1,170
Third Payment: January 10, 2025 = $1,170
PAYMENTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Pending financial aid does not cover study abroad payments. Please call Student Accounts for more details at 978.665.4126.
GEOG 2007 Environment and Mapping in Peru, 3 Credits CRN 38653
This course meets M W at 2 p.m. in Science Building SCI 217
- Fulfills the following NEW General Education requirements: Advanced and Applied Learning (AIA), Diverse Perspectives (DP), High Impact Practices (IHIP), Science Math Technology (SMT), Procedural Logic (PL)
- Fulfills the following OLD General Education requirements: GDCN (Global Diversity Non-Western)
Students may use this course as a prerequisite for upper-level GIS courses and as an elective for the GST, GIS, EES, and PHS major/minor requirements.
Join Professor Jane Huang in Peru to study the interactions of humans and the environment. This 3 credit will meet after-spring break in March for this hands-on and outdoor-oriented activities. Students will learn to use GPS to conduct field surveys on campus and in the Fitchburg area. They will apply navigation skills, play geocaching games, process GPS data, and produce maps in a GIS. They will also go on field trips and have guest lectures. The course will provide intro-level training in geospatial technologies and prepare students for the program to Peru.
Students will then travel to Peru in May (after graduation) for 10 days to study the interaction of humans and the environment while witnessing some of the most extraordinary human-impacted landscapes. The main highlight of the program will be a day visit to one of the most beautiful wonders of the world, Machu Picchu (a UNESCO world heritage site)! Students will conduct a community-based mapping project while experiencing the incredible culture, history, and environment in Lima and Cusco. Other highlights include a service-learning beach clean up day, Lima City Tour, Larco Mar Museum, Sacred Valley, Cusco Recycling, Plant B-Green and LOOP (Life Out Of Plastic), the pioneer environmental organizations in Peru and learn about sustainable consumption and communities.
For more information please email Dr. Jane Huang at jhuang2@fitchburgstate.edu or the Office of International Education at inthelp@fitchburgstate.edu
Sample Itinerary* (based on 2023 and subject to change)
| May 23 | Flight departs from Boston and arrive at Lima, Peru |
| May 24 | Historic Downtown Tour (Guided) Museo Larco Tour (Guided) |
| May 25 | Municipalidad de Surco Recycling Plant (visit subject to change) Guest Lecture with Micaela Venancio from BE GREEN/LOOP NGO |
| May 26 | Beach Clean-up with LOOP and BE GREEN NGO Miraflores and Barranco Walking Tour (Guided) |
| May 27 | Flight to Cusco Coach to Ollantaytambo Train to Aguas Calientes |
| May 28 | Public shuttle bus to Machu Pichu Guided Tour of Machu Picchu |
| May 29 | Recycling plant of AJE in Aguas Calientes Train to Ollantaytambo Coach to Cusco |
| May 30 | Cusco City Tour (Guided) Guest Lecture with Dr. Ortega |
| May 31 | River Visit with Dr. Ortega Landfill Visit with Dr. Ortega |
| June 1 | Depart from Lima, Peru and Arrive at Boston |
Studying abroad isn’t comparable to anything else. I was able to see environmental issues that I learned about in the classroom at the same time as seeing a new country, trying local foods, meeting new people, and visiting Machu Picchu.