Walker College of Business

Join faculty and students from the Walker College of Business in and exploration of sustainability practices in Costa Rica. Costa Rica, famous for it's "Pura Vida" approach to life and home to 500,000 different animal species will be the destination for a short-term faculty led program over spring break, 2026. We will be partnering with the Monteverde Institute to study sustainable business practices in agriculture, small businesses, and tourism. The program runs from March 7 to March 14 and includes time in San Jose, the Monteverde cloud forest, Puntarenas, and the Pacific coast. During the week-long travel portion of this program, students will engage in hands-on learning at the Monteverde Institute, a non-profit educational organization located in the Monteverde cloud forest. Excursions to nature preserves and businesses modeling sustainable practices will enrich the experience. Participating students will receive 3 hours of academic credit. The program is open to both graduate and undergraduate students from across campus.

Courses

BUS 4055 – Sustainable Business in Costa Rica – 3 credit hours  Prereqs: 84 earned hours or permission of the instructor.
MBA 5020 – International Seminar on Costa Rica – 3 credit hours

Credits (3 credit hours)

BUS 4055 - This course counts as an IB elective (major, approved, required or other), sustainable business minor elective, COB elective or upper level elective and fulfills the Global Issues requirement.

MBA 5020 - This 3 semester hour course fulfills the international requirement for the MBA program and is an elective for the international business and sustainable business concentration.  It is also an elective for the MSADA sustainability concentration.

Questions/To Apply

Application and full program details, including cost, will be available soon. Contact the program leader to find out more about this program. 

Program Leader

Meredith Church Pipes
churchmm@appstate.edu