The Proseminar will also begin that week. For those students whose internship sites will be in Caracas, further orientation specifically covering the city of Caracas will be offered during the first week in the capital city. Advanced Spanish Language 3 credits Students will receive individualized instruction designed specifically for their needs on the job. It will place special emphasis on cultural discourse arising from current crises and peculiar problems of confrontation and contradictions between local cultural identity and global or western cultural models. Internship Component 6 credits Academic credit is granted for fulfillment of the required learning agreement, which includes a journal and research paper.
Course work is supervised and graded by the program's academic coordinator.
Applicants should demonstrate considerable maturity, independence, self-motivation and the ability to perform well in a new cultural context. Specific requirements for placement vary according to the jobs available. Some placements require familiarity with basic concepts relevant to the field.