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Courses Offered
- Sustainable Rural Development
- Child welfare and Women empowerment
- Organic Farming
- Yoga and health
- Public Health issues in India.
- Yoga-A way of life
- Ayurveda (traditional medicine system of India)
- Naturopathy
- Physiotherapy and Physical Education Students
- Folk medicine for primary care
- Ecology of Ganges river
- Project “Tiger “
- “Chipako” movement
- Conservation of medicinal plants to conserve biodiversity
- Micro financing
- Agronomics
- Microenterprise
- Village industries
- Tours to Sanskrit speaking villages in India
- Classical dances of India
- Classical art and wall paintings
- Folk music and art
- Models of Sustainable development
- Architectural Engineering
- Natural Resources development
- Water conservation
- Alternative Energy (Biogas, Solar and Wind energy)
- Litigation Free Villages in India
- How NGO’s helped villagers to solve their legal problems within the village,
- the litigation free system they have developed.
- Site visits with anthropological interest
- Visits to 40,000 BCE (Mesolithic era) world heritage sites
- Visits to important historical sites of India
- Period of Buddha
- Mughal Period
- British Period
- Modern Marvels of India
- Explore the 2nd largest growing economy on the planet.
- Visits to corporate offices and bossiness institutes
- India- the largest democracy of the world
- Democracy- Strengths and Weaknesses
- People oriented policy
- Policy making and participation of people and youth
- Training for policy makers
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Program details and how it works
For North American Students
Study abroad courses offered by IUM are open to undergraduate and graduate students from all US universities of all majors as 3 credit-hour electives led by Mandel School (CWRU) faculty. The courses can also count toward credit for Global or Cultural Diversity for Arts & Sciences majors, Social Science credit for Engineering, etc. All require mandatory pre- and post-trip meetings and assignments.
- Study Abroad courses offered by IUM are multi-disciplinary and include in-depth study and immersion in India and Asian countries.
- Students meet with community and neighborhood leaders, researchers, faculty, policy makers, social workers, and other practitioners and clients.
- All programs have a minimum of two professionals traveling with the group and staying at the same accommodations.
- Most programs include: International airfare (some programs), in-country travel, double or triple occupancy accommodations, facilitators, translation (where needed), international and regional staff to guide the trip, all program fees, agency visits, guest lecturers, and 1 to 3 meals per day (depending on the program).
- Programs do not include: Passport, vaccinations and visas (where needed), tips, course credit hours/tuition, the non-student and non-CWRU student professional development fee of $400.00, transportation to and from CWRU to the airport, non-program travel and meals not included by the program.
For Indian and South Asian Students
Study abroad courses offered by IUM are open to undergraduate and graduate students from all universities in India and South Asia includes all majors. It’s a 2-weeks certification course offered by IUM and hosting US university/institute. The courses can also count toward credit for Global or Cultural Diversity for Arts & Sciences majors, Social Science credit, Engineering, Business management, etc. All require mandatory pre- and post-trip meetings and assignments.
- Study Abroad courses offered by IUM are multi-disciplinary and include in-depth study of professionalism, work ethics and cultural immersion in USA and Canada.
- Students meet with community and neighborhood leaders, researchers, faculty, policy makers, social workers, and other practitioners and clients.
- All programs have a minimum of two professionals traveling with the group and staying at the same accommodations.
- Most programs include: International airfare (some programs), in-country travel, double or triple occupancy accommodations, facilitators, translation (where needed), international and regional staff to guide the trip, all program fees, agency visits, guest lecturers, and 1 to 3 meals per day (depending on the program).
- Programs do not include: Passport, vaccinations and visas (where needed), tips, course credit hours/tuition, non-program travel and meals not included by the program.