This is a semester long-program, running from the beginning of September to the middle of December 2000.
Students earn four credits.
Preference is given to concentrators in Latin American Studies. Through homestays with a family from Santiago de los Caballeros, students will gain a special perspective on Dominican family life and daily practice in the language. Our program aims at integrating the student's classroom-derived theoretical learning with multiple experiential modes of learning. During November, students will visit the city of Santo Domingo, the first urban center in the New World, for a week-long colloquium involving lectures and discussions with prominent scholars, social and cultural activities, and visits to museums and other historic sites. Excursions to other parts of the island will expose students to the complexities of present social conditions, the history and the vivid beauty of this tropical country.