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Santiago Courses – 2024 Summer Session I

Studying abroad can be a more meaningful and invigorating learning experience than at home—both inside and outside of the classroom. You may be more curious and alert than you usually are so use this heightened energy to enhance your studies as well as your cultural and geographical explorations. You may also encounter different teaching styles and course processes; be prepared to adapt and to learn.

Courses

You may take three to seven credits in each session. At least one 3-credit course is required each session you are enrolled. Course availability is contingent upon student enrollment and is subject to change.

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Spanish Language and Literature Studies

Summer language courses are intensive, with three to four credits of Spanish taught in each four-week session. Language courses have a maximum enrollment of 15 students each. Spanish Conversation and Oral Skills is highly recommended to complement Intermediate Spanish I through Advanced Spanish I.

Session I

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 200-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed to help learners of Spanish to develop basic communicative competence and critical thinking skills. It offers an intensive study and practice of the productive and receptive language skills in the oral and written modes. The main emphasis of this track is on communication.

    Prerequisite: two semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    The focus of this course is to improve learners´ written abilities through the analysis and the production of different types of texts. In addition, several grammatical topics will be reviewed in order to enhance and refine the learners´ grammatical competence.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed for students who may manage daily tasks and interactions, but still need to improve their control over different oral and written registers. In addition, this course will offer students the opportunity to enhance their vocabulary in specific and technical areas, and to improve grammatical accuracy in their oral and written expression.

    Prerequisite: six semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed to improve the knowledge, listening, and expressive capabilities of language students. Students will not only learn necessary vocabulary to express themselves in daily situations, but they will also learn to navigate more complex situations through conversation and free discussion of contemporary topics, using visual material, listening comprehension exercises, articles, and other course materials. The objective of the course is to facilitate the acquisition of language necessary to express oneself in daily situations.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent, or instructor approval

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish World Languages and Literatures 100-level 1 credit Taught in English/Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish World Languages and Literatures 100-level 1 credit Taught in English/Spanish

    This course is designed to provide students who have not previously studied Spanish with basic lexical, grammatical, and functional resources to manage daily situations while studying abroad.

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    A panoramic vision of Latin American literature, from its beginnings to the 20th century. The course will study the evolution of different genre, fundamentally the novel, poetry and theater, through their more important movements, as well as representative key works.

    Prerequisite: five semesters of college-level Spanish; students who have completed second-year Spanish with strong grades may be considered with home university approval

Session II

  • Summer Session II
    Spanish 200-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed to help learners of Spanish to develop basic communicative competence and critical thinking skills. It offers an intensive study and practice of the productive and receptive language skills in the oral and written modes. The main emphasis of this track is on communication.

    Prerequisite: three semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    The focus of this course is to improve learners´ written abilities through the analysis and the production of different types of texts. In addition, several grammatical topics will be reviewed in order to enhance and refine the learners´ grammatical competence.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed for students who may manage daily tasks and interactions, but still need to improve their control over different oral and written registers. In addition, this course will offer students the opportunity to enhance their vocabulary in specific and technical areas, and to improve grammatical accuracy in their oral and written expression.

    Prerequisite: six semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    This course is designed to improve the knowledge, listening, and expressive capabilities of language students. Students will not only learn necessary vocabulary to express themselves in daily situations, but they will also learn to navigate more complex situations through conversation and free discussion of contemporary topics, using visual material, listening comprehension exercises, articles, and other course materials. The objective of the course is to facilitate the acquisition of language necessary to express oneself in daily situations.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent, or instructor approval

  • Summer Session I
    Spanish World Languages and Literatures 100-level 1 credit Taught in English/Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Spanish World Languages and Literatures 100-level 1 credit Taught in English/Spanish

    This course is designed to provide students who have not previously studied Spanish with basic lexical, grammatical, and functional resources to manage daily situations while studying abroad.

  • Summer Session II
    Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    Presents a clear and thorough study of Latin American poetry from the period of the Vanguards (20's) until the present, taking into account its diversity and experimentation. Students will study the texts within the historical context in which they were written. A variety of authors from Central and South America will be discussed.

    Prerequisite: six semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

Latin American Cultures and Cultural Studies

The following courses focus largely on the history and cultures of the Andes region and the country, and provide a multi-disciplinary perspective to your studies.

Session I

  • Summer Session I
    Dance 100-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Dance 100-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to a variety of dances of Latin America. Students will learn the essential steps of a selection of four dances typical of the region. The course is designed to encourage students to acquire a greater understanding and interest in Latin American culture.

    This course is taught once a week for four months. Each session lasts two hours and will cover one Latin American rhythm. The rhythms to be covered include Merengue, Salsa, Chachacha, Bachata, and Tango.

    This course has an additional fee

  • Summer Session I
    Journalism 400-level 3 credits Taught in English

    Students will appraise best practices in foreign reporting, plan for reporting trips in culturally diverse communities, analyze international media within global and historical contexts and learn to create publishable cross-cultural news content. This course is designed to prepare students to work as multimedia journalists in a foreign country such as Latin American countries as well as report on diaspora and immigrant communities within the United States. The concept of cross-cultural reporting also extends to working in distinct communities.

  • Summer Session I
    Political Science Sociology 400-level 3 credits Taught in English

    This course examines the challenges of promoting and protecting human rights in Latin America. Focusing on the most critical analytical and empirical debates since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Students will discuss the most relevant theoretical frameworks in the historical context of the construction of international human rights regimes. The course will expose the challenges Latin American peoples have faced under authoritarian regimes as well as human rights abuses committed during the period of "state terrorism.” Students will also develop the framework to effectively analyze transitional justice policies in democratization processes.

    Prerequisite: one semester of college level history or political science

  • Summer Session I
    Anthropology History Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    This course provides an overview of Latin American culture encompassing diverse social and cultural

    contexts, from ancient Pre-Columbian cultures and the Spanish conquest to the latest expressions of

    Latin American popular culture, focusing on South American and Chilean realities. The course will

    examine areas such as religion, art, gender, and political and social organization, and how these

    societies have developed heterogeneous cultural identities that face modern challenges in a globalized

    world.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session I
    Political Science Spanish 400-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    During its independent life, Latin America has been a live performer in the international scenery. Nevertheless, its behavior has been plenty of times only a reaction to external factors, ensuring its own interest and rules. Political treaties from Europe and United States towards this region are one of the many factors that Latin-American international relations have usually had to deal with.

    This course covers international relations as from a Latin-American perspective and how, as from the early XXI century, these have projected themselves worldwide in several arenas such as the political, social and the cultural ones. Along with the formerly described, it is proposed to discuss the projection of international relations in terms of the interests that matter to this region in particular.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

Session II

  • Summer Session I
    Dance 100-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish
    Summer Session II
    Dance 100-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to a variety of dances of Latin America. Students will learn the essential steps of a selection of four dances typical of the region. The course is designed to encourage students to acquire a greater understanding and interest in Latin American culture.

    This course is taught once a week for four months. Each session lasts two hours and will cover one Latin American rhythm. The rhythms to be covered include Merengue, Salsa, Chachacha, Bachata, and Tango.

    This course has an additional fee

  • Summer Session II
    Film Spanish 300-level 1 credit Taught in Spanish

    The purpose of this course is to provide a Pan-American vision of Latin American cinema from the 1980s to the present. The course will focus on the relationships established between societies, how they share themselves, and cinema, observing how the links are made in different aesthetics, expressing different cinematographic language, context, and content. Therefore, through the analysis of every film, the course will unveil the diverse cultural imagery which has been part of the artistic tradition of the continent.

    Prerequisite: two semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session II
    Anthropology World Languages and Literatures 400-level 3 credits Taught in English

    This course explores Chile’s native cultures and languages, encompassing diverse contexts from the north to the southern region. Students will analyze the current situation of native peoples as a reflection of a long history of resistance against colonization and foreign influences. The course will investigate aspects of native cultures, including history, religion, economy, and social organization. It will also analyze how these elements combine to form cultural identities and how these identities are conveyed through language and other ways of expression.

    Prerequisite: introductory coursework in college-level anthropology

  • Summer Session II
    History Political Science Spanish 300-level 3 credits Taught in Spanish

    This course will cover topics related to democratization in Latin America, such as the political and social changes from the 1980s. Students will develop skills to effectively analyze the dynamics of dictatorships in Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela. Students will also evaluate the effectiveness of establishing peace and cooperation by creating robust social institutions, strengthening civil society, safeguarding human rights, and decreasing socio-economic inequalities.

    Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish, or equivalent

  • Summer Session II
    Journalism 400-level 3 credits Taught in English

    This course examines the intersections between the media and the social constructions and understanding of race and gender. Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate topics related to mediated representations of gender, sexuality, intersectionality, diversity in media industries, gendered labor markets, gendered audiences and fan cultures, gender, power, and identity in digital era communication. These topics will be explored and studied through literature from sociology, communication and media studies, cultural studies, feminist theory, and internet/new media studies.

    Prerequisite: one semester of college-level journalism or communications

To request a course syllabus: syllabus@usac.edu

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