SIT Ecuador - Comparative Ecology and Conservation

SIT's ECE program is designed to introduce university students to Ecuador's unique biological diversity and to the challenges of conserving that diversity.

Students spend a semester in Ecuador, studying in the Sierra, the Amazon, and on the Galapagos Islands. They learn field techniques and methodologies, the major characteristics of plants and animals in the various ecosystems, the relationship between human beings and the natural world from pre Colombian times to the present, Ecuador's role in the global economy, and so on. They also have an intens  ...