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.
You will enroll in 3 credits. Course availability is contingent upon student enrollment and is subject to change.
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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 Spanish, or equivalent
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 Spanish, or equivalent
This course introduces the notions of gender, women's movements, and digital activism, exploring the current strategies of feminists and women's movements to get together and fight against gender violence of all kinds, using the internet and social networks as powerful tools. The interaction with some of the leading local groups of these new ways of activism will allow the students to discuss these topics firsthand.
This course introduces the history and culture of the Rio de la Plata region, specifically Uruguay and Argentina, along with Brazil´s south. Also examines the foundation of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, along with the influences of European populations on the cultural patterns that define the culture of the Rio de la Plata. Regional worldwide renowned topics such as the Gauchos, the Mate infusion, Tango music, Asado, and Football (soccer) are presented from a historical-cultural point of view.
This course will cover topics in modern Latin American society, a region with a vast diversity of people, landscapes, nations, and ethnicities. The emphasis is placed on current challenges and milestones connected to social justice, corruption, democracy, and equality. Students will develop the ability to identify specific events that have taken place in Rio de la Plata in the last twenty years, analyze these events through various theoretical perspectives, and hypothesize its impact on future generations.
Prerequisite: four semesters of college-level Spanish
To request a course syllabus: syllabus@usac.edu
Preferred Minimum GPA: 2.5
US Credit
50 students
English/Spanish