GALA Fall 2010
Butler Semester in Latin America
Butler's Semester in Latin America is currently underway.
Over the course of the Fall 2010 semester, students will live
and learn in the following locations:
Panamá, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and
Mexico
This study abroad program is traveling in Latin America while
completing four core classes plus a two week homestay &
internship experience. Taught by Butler professors - all with field
experience in the region - the classes will be a blend of classroom
and on-site lectures, discussions, site visitations, written
assignments and exams. Learn in context by traveling to:
The group will spend three weeks in Panamá, four weeks in
Nicaragua, a week in Guatemala and five weeks in Mexico
connecting with cultures and the environment along the way.
Students will earn a total of 16 credit hours
that fulfill core or general elective requirements and waive one
semester of Change and Tradition (C&T) or Global and Historical
Studies (GHS) upon successful completion of the program.
Spanish language was NOT required (though helpful).
You will pay your regular tuition to Butler University and will
be able to apply 100 percent of your institutional aid (i.e.,
Butler scholarships) to your tuition costs.
Environmental
Biology
(5 credits - CC214: Natural
World/Current Core: Division 4)
Taught by Dr. Carmen Salsbury
(Biological Sciences) in Panama (3 weeks)
Frontiers in Latin
America
(3 credits - GHS 204: Global and
Historical Studies/Current Core: Division 2)
Taught by Dr. Craig Auchter
(Political Science) in all four countries (3 weeks)
Caribbean Coast Family
Homestay & Internship
(2 credits - PO403:
Internship/Elective Credit)
Directed by Dr. Craig Auchter
(Political Science) in Nicaragua (2 weeks)
The Mexican Revolution and
the Archeology of Knowledge
(3 credits - CC213: Social
World/Current Core: Division 3)
Taught by Dr. Ageeth Sluis (History)
in Mexico (2 weeks)
Latin American
Cities
(3 credits - CC211: Texts and
Ideas/Current Core: Division 1)
Taught by Dr. Gabriela Muniz
(Spanish) in Mexico (2 weeks)