The Field Study Program (FSP) offers Northeastern University students a dynamic hybrid of classroom experience with fieldwork in a developing country or emerging economies. The FSP is a four week, eight hour semester hour course, which emphasizes the importance of hands on learning as well as service-oriented projects related to social business, entrepreneurship, small business management as well as microfinance.
What do we do?
Students abroad in the FSP will attend regular class sessions five days a week engaging in coursework related to Global Development Entrepreneurship as well as economics and a history of the emerging country. For the fieldwork component of the program, students work in various ways with poor entreprneurs and social enterprises learning how they operate and contributing to their success. Each trip location encompasses its own theme of social enterpreneurship, including consulting, micro-lending, and ecotoursim.
Why do we go?
We believe that it is of vital importance to create new business leaders in all breadths of higher education - from engineers to accounting students, global experience contributes to the development of future engineers and accountants.
More importantly, FSP addresses several key components in the root causes of extreme poverty. By being able to provide micro-equity to small businesses in developing countries, we strive to address the critical issue of unemployment through sustainable income and revenue generation. Our motto comes from the old parable, give a man a fish, teach a man to fish. However, we also believe in providing the fishing rod, the bait, the boat and other components critical to the success of the fishing company.
Where do we go?
To date, FSP provides opportunities for students in South Africa, and the Domincian Republic.
How do I get involved?
For more information see the links on the side bar and follow the instructions on the application page..