TO PROVIDE COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND EVOKE THE "HEALING EDGE" OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PHYTOMEDICINALS IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST PHARMACY-THE RAINFOREST. TO PURSUE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE HEALING OF THE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT BY LEARNING FROM UNIQUE PRACTITIONERS, AND TO GAIN AN INVALUABLE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BY WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES.