The deadline has been extended to January 15, 2004 for applications for Cuba Today: Revolution and Counter-Revolution study abroad program.
LAST 484 or POSC 471 : Cuba Today: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Weekly meetings of a gateway course on the TU campus during the Spring 04 Semester, followed by study abroad in Cuba for 12 days
All Majors Welcome (no language required)
In this two-part, 4-credit course, students will spend a semester studying Cuba since 1959 and then travel to the island for a 12-day seminar to observe the politics of Cuba first-hand. The course will provide students with an understanding of the Cuban Revolution – one of the most important and complex historical events in 20th Century Latin America. Students will learn about the successes and failures of the Revolution, and about the Counter-Revolution conducted from Washington, Miami, and elsewhere.
This is an once-in-a-lifetime experience for students majoring in International Studies, Political Science, Latin American Studies, and Spanish, to study Cuba.
While in Cuba, the group will visit historic sites in Havana, Santa Clara, Trinidad, Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs), Cardenas, and Varadero. Participants will be housed two or more to a room in retreat centers, guesthouses, or modest hotels. Accommodations will be dormitory-style with shared bathrooms. The travel portion of the course is coordinated by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center in Havana, the Center for Global Education in Minneapolis, and the TU Study Abroad Office.
Scholarships and Financial Aid: Scholarship funds will be available to qualified students participating in the Cuba program; applications are available in the Study Abroad Office. Students who are accepted into the program before the end of the Fall semester, may have the additional cost of the program considered in their Spring 2003 financial aid awards. Students who are accepted into the program at the start of the Spring semester, may be eligible for summer financial aid. See the Study Abroad Office for details.
Program fee includes: roundtrip airfare Baltimore-Havana, visa/entry fees, Cuban guide and translator, ground transportation in Cuba, all meals and lodging, and museum and event fees. Not included: personal expenses, insurance.
Cost: 15 ? 17 students $2,950 / 18-20 students $2,720
You can find applications here: {http://wwwnew.towson.edu/studyabroad/summcuba.html}
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