Sequential SST

Detroit

Theme: Ecological Justice

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  • Program Cost

    $300  travel fee

     

  • Travel Length

    5 days

  • Required Language

    None

  • Credits

    3  hours

    What you can expect to do

    • Visit small businesses and not-for profits working to improve quality of life in their hometown.
    • Interview stakeholders whose views may differ, and come to understand complex issues from multiple perspectives.
    • Imagine creative ways to be an “agent of renaissance” in the place you call home.
    • Enjoy great food and interesting sights in a historic U.S. city.

    Upcoming Terms & Trip Leaders

    • Spring Term 2026-27 – Jonathon Schramm
    • Currently offered spring term every year

    Courses to Complete SST theme

    • GLST 241: Foundations, Environmental Sociology OR Ethnography
    • GLST 271, Community Engaged Learning, Environmental Disaster and Response with Mennonite Disaster Service (US), Appalachia Build (Kentucky)
    • GLST 300: Global Issues, Environmental Disaster and Response

    All sequential SST courses are three credit hours. GLST 241 and 300 meet on campus.