CET Colombia AY 24/25

Colombia Colombia STUDY ABROAD IN

STUDY RACE, IDENTITY AND ETHNICITY

Dates & Deadlines

Fall Spring

highlights

Host Universities: Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (UAO) & Universidad del Valle (UNIVALLE)

Live in an apartment with CET peers & local roommates

Supportive on-site staff

Curriculum

April 1 November 1

Beginning & Intermediate Spanish Speakers:

Core course + Spanish course + 1 direct-enroll elective + 2 or 3 CET electives

Advanced Spanish Speakers:

Core course + 1 direct-enroll elective + CET or other UAO electives

Courses

CORE COURSE Race and Identities: Debates in the Colombian Context (3 credits)

SPANISH LANGUAGE Required for beginning and intermediate Spanish students; optional for advanced Spanish students. (3 credits)

DIRECT-ENROLL ELECTIVES AT UAO (3 credits)

• All students take at least one elective at UAO. Beginning or intermediate Spanish speakers take The Colombian Pacific Region: History and Culture, taught in English.

• Advanced Spanish speakers may take courses in Spanish alongside local students. Courses include subjects of sociology, film studies, anthropology, and communications.

CET ELECTIVES (3 credits)

• A Social History of Colombian Coffee

• Crime & Justice in Colombia

• Cultures of Afro-Descendants in Colombia (taught in Spanish)

• Environmental Conflicts & Ethnic Groups in Colombia

• Reclaiming Blackness: Social & Political Movements in Colombia (taught in Spanish)

Get to know the community through the Proudly Afro-Colombian Discussion Series

TRAVELING SEMINAR BEYOND CALI

Learning hits the road on this week-long experience to Palenque & Cartagena:

• Stay with a local family in Palenque and explore the community’s rich music, farming, justice, and culinary traditions.

• See why Cartagena is Colombia’s top tourist destination. Spend some time at the beach.

• Visit La Boquilla, a village outside the city with a large Afro-Colombian population. Take a ride through the mangroves & learn traditional fishing techniques.