BUAN 714Bean to Cup: Exploring the Coffee Supply Chain

Location: Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia

Monday, May 25 - Sunday, June 1, 2025

Bogota, Colombia

As we get ready to travel the world again, this class offers you an opportunity to visit two cities in Colombia and participate in a knowledge-packed, immersive, on-site, global learning experience. What’s more, taking this class allows you to earn three credits toward your degree within a short span of seven days.

This graduate level course will provide graduate students with an understanding of the global coffee supply chain, with an emphasis on sustainable practices, economic dynamics, cultural significance, and a connection to a local coffee partner. Through firsthand experiences, including visits to local farms, processing facilities, and export ports, students will gain an intimate knowledge of the coffee production lifecycle from cultivation, processing and sourcing to roasting and distribution. The course aims to cultivate critical thinking regarding sustainable challenges and opportunities within the coffee industry, including ethical sourcing, environmental impacts, and socioeconomic conditions of coffee-growing communities.

Faculty Program Leader:

Bio of Kyle Goldschmidt, Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management

Program Info:

Download/View -- Detailed Program, Itinerary & Cost Information (pdf)
Program Costs Include CISI coverage - Review Policy in previous link.
- Applications are due Monday, October 28, 2024. We are currently accepting applications to this program.
*When you login to the study abroad portal, use your St. Thomas email without the @stthomas.edu. This will be your username.

Virtual Information Session:

- Information Session Recording for May 2025 program.