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Location:
Quito - Ecuador
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Language of Instruction: Spanish
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Academic Credit Available: Yes
Overview
The Community Internships in Latin America program offers a semester of study and experience with a focus on community participation and social change. A home stay is combined with a hands-on internship and independent study opportunity designed to meet your own learning goals. A field seminar involving local experts and activists provides an intensive immersion into Latin American daily life and culture. Models of community participation, organization, development and social change are compared and contrasted. Students learn first-hand about challenges in Ecuadorian communities and explore ways they are being addressed.
Ecuador offers an idyllic climate, mountain vistas and mild weather as well as a complex scenario of social, cultural, economic and political phenomena. Current issues of globalization, ecological issues, oil politics and Plan Colombia are addressed as you learn from individuals who help make change. Non-Governmental Organizations advancing community development and social change are dynamic and diverse in the country, providing an extraordinary site for internships.
The fall program offers a seminar focused on social movements; the spring offering concentrates on globalization and human migration. All lectures and discussions are in Spanish. (Note: Ecuadorians speak slowly and clearly – an ideal environment for students to gain confidence and fluidity.) Readings are mostly in Spanish. Papers may be written in English or Spanish. Internships and field projects are conducted entirely in Spanish. Students needing additional language development may arrange for outside tutorials at an additional cost.
Field Excursions include: An exploration of rural areas throughout Ecuador.
Academic Credit
Academic credit is available.
All students take four courses, the equivalent to 16 semester hours or 27 trimester credits.
Eligibility
Completion of first year of college, the equivalent of two years of college Spanish. Students need to be able to speak and understand Spanish independently for the internship. Open to all majors interested in social change in Latin America and eager for practical experience as well as immersion in the Spanish language.
Housing/Accommodation
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Homestay / Host Family
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Apartment / Flat
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Hostel
Program Costs
$13,900
Costs
Include: Tuition, lodging, food stipend, health insurance and field travel ground expenses.
Financial Aid
Yes.
HECUA scholarships available. Grants and other scholarships from home institutions can possibly transfer.
Dates
Fall, mid-September to mid-December.
Spring, late January to mid-May.
Deadlines
Deadine for fall term, March 15th. Deadline for spring term, November 1st.
Contact
HECUA
2233 University Ave. W. Suite 210
St. Paul, MN 55114
USA
Tel:
651-646-8831, 1-800-554-1089
Fax:
651-659-9421
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