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FACULTY COURSES PROGRAM TUTORING CASA HISPANA STUDY ABROAD LINKS FAQ CONTACT Latin American Studies
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study abroad The mission of study abroad component of the Department of Hispanic Studies is to encourage students to engage in international and intercultural learning and to promote understanding of self and others through contact with diverse cultural and linguistic behaviors. In addition to on-campus courses in language, culture and literature and internships in the Twin Cities, the Department of Hispanic Studies recommends study abroad to all enrolled students, and requires it of Department majors. Our focus is on high quality intellectual, cross cultural and language acquisition opportunities that live up to the promise of a serious internationalist liberal arts college. The challenges and opportunities associated with study abroad are many and include the following: 1. Study abroad calls upon students to use their Spanish or Portuguese language skills daily, inevitably resulting in dramatic improvement in all areas of competency, including grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation and speaking ability. 2. Family home stays provide students with an interpretive lens through which to view a country’s culture and the relations between self and society. This window on daily life and understanding supports students as they engage the broader community. 3. Study abroad academic programs, whether offered in a university setting or a private institute, complement on-campus offerings by exposing students to diverse teaching methodologies, new perspectives on their major course of study and by providing opportunities for internships and independent projects tailored to students’ interest. 4. The study abroad experience challenges students’ notion of themselves, their world view and their place in it. As a result of the engagement with bilingual and bicultural realities, students enrich their perception of themselves and their relationship to society. Popular Programs Be sure to read about Macaleseter’s study abroad program by reading the website maintained by the Macalester International Center. Both the Macalester International Center and the Department of Hispanic Studies recommend the programs listed below. They have a history of providing rigorous, well-structured and meaningful experiences abroad. Each includes a home stay. Spanish minors are advised to consider the starred field-study programs, which require only three semesters of Spanish. South America Butler University coordinates study abroad programs in Santiago, Chile through its Chilean Universities program. A wide variety of courses are offered at universities that include Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Diego Portales. www.ifsa-butler.org/index.htm Butler University coordinates study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine Universities Program offers flexibility in a cosmopolitan city with course offerings from just one or from all four of the associated Buenos Aires universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Católica Argentina, Universidad del Salvador, or Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. www.ifsa-butler.org/index.html The School for International Training (SIT) offers a program in Culture and Development in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The program explores the key role played by cultural processes, identities and resources in defining who ”develops” and how. Field excursions to the tropical lowlands and the altiplano, including spectacular Lake Titicaca and the world’s highest capital city, La Paz, provide opportunities to observe social and cultural life in both urban and rural Bolivia. Visits to development agencies and seminars on the history of Bolivian social movements enhance your understanding of this predominantly indigenous nation. www.sit.edu The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) offers a program in Bahía, Brazil designed for students with at least two years of college-level Spanish or one year of Portuguese. The program’s objectives are to increase students’ oral and written Portuguese language skills; to facilitate students’ knowledge of contemporary Brazil and the northeastern region; and to provide students with the opportunity to take regular Brazilian university courses, especially in the fields of Afro-Brazilian issues, cultural studies and/or the arts. www.ciee.org The Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) offers a semester in Quito, Ecuador called the Community Internships in Latin America program (CILA), which is a semester of study and experience with a focus on community participation and social change. A home stay is combined with a hands-on internship and independent study opportunity designed to meet your own learning goals. A field seminar involving local experts and activists provides an intensive immersion into Latin American daily life and culture. Models of community participation, organization, development and social change are compared and contrasted. Students learn first-hand about challenges in Ecuadorian communities and explore ways that they are being addressed. www.hecua.org Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean The School for International Training (SIT) runs a program called ”Revolution, Transformation and Civil Society” in Managua, Nicaragua. This program goes to the key sites where Spanish colonial powers, the Sandinista revolution and the Contra War have left their legacies. Conditions permitting, students travel to Cuba for a comparative analysis and added perspectives on Nicaragua’s development. Throughout the program, lectures and field visits illustrate ways in which social and political movements, including women’s movements, are informed by and respond to both domestic and external influences, including US foreign policy. www.sit.edu The University of Iowa (CIC) offers a program in Santiago, Dominican Republic, to students who are interested in health and nutrition. The primary objective of the University of Iowa Global Health Studies Program is to educate students about the health transitions occurring globally in the wake of dynamic global environmental, political, economic, and social changes, and to prepare these students for occupations that increasingly demand critical interdisciplinary and international thinking skills and perspectives. A specific goal of this program is to provide advanced Spanish language students with a critical appreciation of the Dominican Republic and the Hispanic Caribbean and its importance in Latin America from the perspective of the health sciences and in the context of an underdeveloped Caribbean setting. www.international.uiowa.edu The Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) offers a program in Guanajuato, Mexico in which students pursue a liberal arts curriculum. Students take two Spanish courses, two CIEE content courses and the required core course. The core course requires an independent project. This program is designed to provide students with an intellectually rigorous experience that directly links intense language study to a critical curriculum related to creative and intellectual expression, and to a deeper core concern with issues related to writing about culture, language, and identity.www.ciee.org Spain Universitas Castellae in Valladolid is a private educational institute offering courses in language, literature and culture to international students. Its professional team is composed of highly qualified professors and researches in the field of Hispanic studies from both foreign and Spanish universities. www.universitascastellae.es Students may enroll directly at the Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, and must have the ability to follow coursework with native speakers conducted entirely in Spanish. Sample course include Spanish history, European economics, human rights and community psychology. www.deusto.es
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