SPAN 306 - Engaging Hispanic Culture in Place

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SU, as needed. In this four-week intensive course, which is taught onsite by a Calvin professor at one of the locations of our collaborating host institutions (currently Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Mérida, Mexico; Arequipa, Peru; Oviedo, Spain), undergraduate students are immersed in the life and culture of a specific Spanish-speaking country. Students live with host families and attend lectures and discussion classes focusing on aspects of local culture and history. Particular attention will be given to how history and culture inform important social systems such as the economy, political structures, education and health. Students also participate in excursions to important historical and cultural sites and attend religious and cultural events. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 201 and permission of the program director.