CURRICULUM GUIDE 49
GLOBAL STUDIES PROGRAM The global engagement office offers a range of exciting opportunities for global study, travel, and service. The office offers academic courses with travel components, language-immersion programs, service-learning opportunities, a school-to-school exchange program, career exploration travel, and participation in Model United Nations conferences. Each program is designed to challenge you to engage critically and develop new insights into the communities you visit and people you meet. The programs will deepen your appreciation of the historical, socioeconomic, political, linguistic, and cultural challenges and opportunities of countries across the globe. Through these experiences, you will be encouraged to be discerning and well-grounded, and to act with humanity and purpose. This will prepare you to take on the demands of the 21st century globally interconnected world. Participation in the global programs, which are selective, requires completion of a formal application process. There are additional travel costs for these programs. The programs listed in this guide earn academic course credit. You will learn more about cocurricular and non-credited travel opportunities throughout the year. Contact the global engagement office or go to the website for detailed program information, deadlines, and application procedures.
SOPHOMORE INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAVEL PROGRAMS As a participant in one of these programs, you will register for three courses during the semester of the travel program: HIS 211, REL 211, and ENG 211. Prior to the trip, you will study the regular course curricula on campus. While in country, you continue your academic course work immersed in the culture being studied. Spain/Morocco Three Credits: (HIS 211SP, REL 211SP, ENG 211) Prerequisites: Application and Screening process. Semester: Spring 2021 The Spain and Morocco program offers you an interdisciplinary and experiential approach to the study of World History, World Religions, and World Literature, with a focus on examining key historical and contemporary issues in the region. When you participate in this program, you will simultaneously take these three courses in the spring semester. At mid-semester you will spend two weeks studying and traveling in Andalusia, Spain and Northern Morocco. These areas have held an important geostrategic position throughout history as a gateway between Europe and Africa. You should know this program involves a heavy reading and writing load. You are recommended to talk with your family and advisor about whether this type of academic challenge is suitable for you. Each year the program rotates among destinations. Other possible destinations include Brazil and South Africa.
UPPERCLASS INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES U.S. Southwest: New Mexico Three Credits: (HIS 311, ENG 311, and a math course determined by departmental placement) Prerequisites: Application and Screening process. Open to juniors only. Semester: Fall 2020 The New Mexico program offers you an interdisciplinary and experiential approach to the study of U.S. History and American Literature, with a focus on examining key historical and contemporary issues in the region. When you participate in this program, you will take U.S. History Survey and American Literature in the fall semester. Then during mid-semester, you will spend one week studying and traveling in this fascinating region of the country. During the travel portion of this interdisciplinary program, you will examine the themes of landscape and imagination, and borders and borderlands, through exploring small towns, traversing the landscape on foot, and meeting with local community groups, historians, artists, and students.