INTERESTED IN FOREIGN TRAVEL FOR COLLEGE CREDIT?
TRAVEL AND STUDY IN GUATEMALA THIS MAY/JUNE WITH BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
We have openings for up to seven additional students. Non-refundable registration fee ($150) and airfare are payable no later than March 14, 2008.
What’s the course?
- SWRK 275 0R SPAN 450 (Joint Offering)
- You will receive 3 credit hours in Social Work (SWRK) or 6 credit hours in Spanish (SPAN)
Who are the on-site instructors?
- Heather Craig-Oldsen is chair of the social work. She loves traveling with students and believes she learns as much as the students learn. Heather will be on-site from May 18 to June 1, 2008
- Ynés Oggel is chair of the Spanish Department. She has led student groups to Latin America and Europe where they have studied the language and culture of the country visited. Ynés will be on-site from May 31 to June 15, 2008
What it’s all about…
- Learn and/or enhance your Spanish language skills
- Begin to study, understand and appreciate a culture different than your own
- Learn about poverty and social justice issues in Central America
- Travel and study between May 18 and June 1, 2008 (2 weeks) OR May 17 and June 15, 2008 (4 weeks) in Antigua, Guatemala (three hours of SWRK credit or 6 hours of SPAN credit in 4 weeks)
- Live with a Guatemalan family
- Intensive one-on-one Spanish language instruction at language school
- Volunteer service learning experience with the Asociación Nuestros Ahijados (ANA), also known as the God’s Child Project – working with the poor of Guatemala
- For those wanting an extended experience, weeks three and four will provide advanced individual Spanish instruction and optional cultural experiences which include weekend cultural explorations in beautiful Chichicastenango, Lake Atitlán, and other Guatemala sites
The course fee is $2667 for 3 hours credit or $3964 for 6 hours credit. The fee includes Briar Cliff University tuition, the expenses for airfare, ground travel, food, lodging, travel/medical insurance, one weekend excursion to Chichicastenango and Lake Atitlán, and on-site Spanish instruction.
· Non-refundable $150 registration fee and airfare payment is due March 14.
Course Expectations….
- For Spanish students:
- Daily listing of vocabulary learned with definitions, and a sentence using each word. Written in Spanish.
- Read a book by a Guatemalan writer. (See Dr. Oggel will provide suggestions).
- Oral presentation (in Spanish, PowerPoint is acceptable) about the trip, conducted during a subsequent Spanish class at BCU. One copy should be turned in.
- For all students:
- Five observations of organizations such as hospitals, churches, or children’s organizations
- Daily diary of experiences and reactions to experiences in Guatemala (in Spanish for Spanish credit; in English for Social Work credit)
- Paper focusing on the Guatemalan culture
- For Spanish students, paper is written in Spanish and includes a section describing ways the course enhanced understanding of and skills in the Spanish language, a summary of an interview with the host family in Guatemala, and an experience you found enlightening.
- For Social Work students, paper (Power Point presentation is acceptable) is written in English and focuses on social justice issues in Guatemala
Prerequisites for Spanish Students:
- Spanish students must have completed an intermediate Spanish language courses
712.279.5489 (university office)
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