CFI Core Curriculum

From CFI

Quito Cultural and Historical Studies Activities: Welcome orientation and briefing on cultural mores and course expectations. Visit areas of cultural and historic significance in Old Town Quito including the House of Congress, Independence Square, Government Palace, and La Compania and San Francisco churches. Also the beautiful colonial neighborhood of Guapulo and the Middle of the World monument to the equator. Duration: two days Cost: $200 Includes local transportation, room and board.

Spanish Language Intensive Course and Amazonian Indigenous Peoples & Nature Conservation Studies Activities: Mornings taking Spanish lessons on a one to one basis. Afternoons with your teacher and a native guide visiting lakes to see caiman and fish for piranhas, canoeing along river tributaries, hiking in the jungle to see and learn about the flora and fauna, or visit a Shaman to learn about natural medicine. Duration: one week Cost: $1000 Includes local transportation, room and board.

Service Learning Intro to Cloud Forest Conservation, Biology, and Sustainability Studies Activities: Volunteer and learn at Los Cedros Bio-Reserve in Cotocachi. Work with community sustainable economic development projects and in the experimental permaculture gardens. Learn from dedicated activist, who’ve worked in the field for over 20 years, about their use of hydro-power and what struggling for environmentally sustainable economic development entails. Duration: two weeks Cost: $700 Includes local transportation, room and board.

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Book List
  • Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador (Latin American Silhouettes), by Allen Gerlach
  • Savages, by Joe Kane
  • Culture Shock!: Ecuador (Culture Shock! Country Guides), by Nicholas Crowder
  • Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud forest: Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador (University of California Publications in Botany), by Grady L. Webster, Robert M. Rhode Maquipucuna Flora Site
  • Green Guerrillas: Environmental Conflicts & Initiatives in Latin America & the Caribbean by Helen Collinson

Registration with payment of $250, 50% of course fees must be received a month before the course start date. Total cost with $1000 Airline ticket is $2900 You may arrange your own air travel but must schedule to arrive the day before the course begins. If you would like CFI to arrange your air travel the $1000 must be paid within two weeks of registering. Balance must be paid by the course start date. Additional costs include but are not limited to: required travel insurance, books for the course, Immunizations if you so choose, and spending cash for shopping and extras. Course has a minimum enrollment of five students and maximum enrollment of fifteen, register early to assure your preferred dates. Groups of at least ten students may arrange travel dates to their specification.

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