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You will have ample opportunity to fully explore the island on day-trip excursions to beautiful beaches, historic ruins, spice farms, and a national forest that is home to the endangered red colubus monkey.

Students on the Marketing in Vienna program will spend five nights in Salzburg, which  provides students with the opportunity to explore another one of Austria’s cultural centers while attending class in the city.  Course excursions include visits to local businesses and cultural attractions.

The Marketing in Vienna program includes opportunities to explore the rich culture and history of Vienna through class excursions to many locations around the city. Included in class trips will be visits to the Austrian Parliament, the OPEC Secretariat offices, the United Nations Office at Vienna, as well as cultural excursions to provide an in-depth experience of this vibrant European capital.

Agua Blanca is a small indigenous community located within Machalilla National Park, just north of the town of Puerto López. The community consists of around 300 inhabitants, cultivated plots, a museum, church, and small restaurants in a valley surrounded by the globally imperiled dry tropical forest ecosystem. Establishment of the national park in 1979 created challenges for Agua Blanca community members as it restricted their access to much of the landscape that had traditionally been utilized to support their livelihoods.

This complex of farms, food forests, natural areas, and structures dedicated to education and lodging is located in a transitional dry tropical forest north of Bahía de Caráquez. The farm is built around permaculture principles and serves as a demonstration site for sustainable farming and agroforestry practices. Our time here will expose us to a model of sustainable development that integrates food production, forest conservation, education, and ecotourism.

A mangrove island and important frigate bird rookery located in the Río Chone upstream from Bahía de Caráquez and San Vicente, Isla Corazón is a testament to the power of community conservation. Local fisherfolk restored the island by hand following an episode of deforestation that threatened to dismantle a key part of the ecosystem upon which their livelihoods depended. The island is currently protected by the national government and serves as focal point of a small tourism industry, yet nearby shrimp farms continue to pose dangers to the sustainability of the mangrove ecosystem.

Visit several wineries where the world-renowned fine wines of Tuscany are produced. The visits will be integrated with the marketing course content as learning field excursions.

Tour the Duomo and the center of the city; visit the Uffizi Gallery and Accademia.

Visit the Prado Museum, with paintings from Rembrandt, Velazquez, Goya and more. Tour to the Reina Sofia Museum, a contemporary art museum housing paintings of Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso and many other twentieth century artists. 

Summer students will not visit Madrid as part of program. 

Visit the Spanish Civil War battle site that inspired Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Travel King Carlos III's royal fishing and hunting grounds with magnificent mountain views, including a Roman bridge.