Study Abroad Opportunities

The study abroad and/or service-learning programs in Latin America listed below are offered by SUNY Geneseo and have been specifically created to promote the study and appreciation for Latin America and its people. Additional programs can be found by visiting SUNY Geneseo's  Study Abroad Office.

Program Name/Description: Argentina - ENVR 250: Urban Environmental Issues in Latin America 718
Country: Argentina
Level of Language Proficiency Required: No language requirement

Program Name/Description: Historical and Contemporary Urbanism in Argentina and Uruguay
Five-week, six-credit summer program. The program consists of two courses: HIST 288, Buenos Aires: Mirror of a Nation, and ENVR 288, Environmental Issues in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (3 or 6 credits)
Country: Argentina and Uruguay
Level of Language Proficiency Required: None required, although intermediate (2 years at the college level) proficiency recommended.

Program Name/Description: S/M/ Race, Racism and the Black Experience in Bahia, Brazil (3 credits, Summers even years)
Country: Brazil
Level of Language Proficiency Required: No language requirement

Program Name/Description: S/M/ Race, Racism and the Black Experience in Holguin, Cuba (3 credits, Winter Intersession, odd years)
Country: Cuba
Level of Language Proficiency Required: No language requirement

Program Name/Description: Full Immersion at Universidad Nacional, Full immersion, semester or year-long full immersion study. Specially designed for Spanish language majors or Latin American Studies minors in their junior or senior year and/or graduate students. (12 to 15 credits per semester)
Country: Costa Rica
Level of Language Proficiency Required: Advanced (minimum two 300-level courses).

Program Name/Description: B.E.S.T. (Broadening the Experience of Spanish Teachers) Program at Estudios Hispánicos (Universidad Nacional) Offered summers only (6 or 12 weeks) to provide Spanish majors, but especially Spanish language teacher candidates, qualified graduate students, and K-12 teachers the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, and their understanding of Spanish language pedagogy. (6 to 15 credits)
Country: Costa Rica
Level of Language Proficiency Required: Advanced (minimum two 300-level courses).

Program Name/Description: Intensive Spanish at Estudios Hispánicos (Universidad Nacional)
Spanish courses for students at all levels of proficiency, from true beginners to advanced. Offered spring, summer, and fall. (6 to 15 credits)
Country: Costa Rica
Level of Language Proficiency Required: Any level.

Program Name/Description: Service Learning in El Sauce
Students and communities of young adults throughout the country have the opportunity to collectively apply their spirit of volunteerism and their education through service to El Sauce, an economically disadvantaged community in Nicaragua, Central America. Offered winter intersession, spring semester, spring break, summer and fall semester. (1 to 12 credits)
Country: Nicaragua
Level of Language Proficiency Required: Some Spanish (one year college level) recommended.

Program Name/Description: Spanish in Cuzco  (NEW:  Starts spring 2009; apply now!)
Spanish courses for students at all levels of proficiency, from true beginners to advanced, in one of the most culturally and historically rich cities in the World!  Service-learning and volunteer placements can also be arranged. Offered spring, summer, and fall. (6 to 15 credits)
Country: Peru
Level of Language Proficiency Required: Any level.