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In Latin American and Argentine History, you will learn to understand present day Argentina by discussing the country’s main political, social, economic and cultural processes. Using different conceptual and textual tools, you will expand your opportunities for understanding the Spanish language. In this sense, the priority will be speaking and reading comprehension. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.

In Latin American and Argentine Culture, you will learn about Argentine culture and how it relates to Latin America. Using different conceptual and textual tools, you will expand your opportunities for understanding the Spanish language. In this sense, the priority will be speaking and reading comprehension. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.

Like sailing, gardening, politics and poetry, journalism is a craft of place; it works by the light of local knowledge," said James Carey. The pre-structure of Italian journalism is different from that of American journalism and the journalistic tradition, as well as the state of the media of a country, has much to tell us about that culture. Media products do not necessarily mirror reality, but the media themselves, as a powerful symbolic agent that creates reality, are an important piece of the mirror image of society.

Ecuador provides an ideal setting for exploring issues related to sustainable development. This course will examine the tensions, challenges, and possibilities for reconciling development and conservation in the tropical dry forest zone, a critically important and globally imperiled ecosystem. Course activities center around the city of Bahía de Caráquez, which has attempted to rethink its development trajectory after a series of environmental disasters in 1998 and 2016 that exposed the human toll of unsustainable development practices.

London’s vibrant cultural life and history provide the setting for an immersivethree-week course exploring music performed throughout this world capitol. From the serenity of Evensong to the raucousness of a West End musical, students will engage with a wide variety of musical genres throughout the course. Students will learn to listen critically and analytically to music originating from a wide variety of historical eras and born from diverse circumstances. An interdisciplinary approach will encourage students to consider music in relation to the art and culture surrounding its creation.

Learn about the transition from dictatorship to democracy in the Balkans through an analysis and study of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the efforts to end and prevent conflict.

This course will introduce you to a basic framework for understanding international human rights law in both its domestic and geopolitical perspectives. 

This course is designed to develop, improve, and professionalize students’ reporting, story development and storytelling skills -- from the discovery of subject matter and characters to the creation of a well-told news story.

Students study interview techniques in the classroom and engage in field work with news-making interviewees. Guests with specific types of interviewing experiences may join the class during the term. Guest lecturers who use the interview in their work periodically may speak to the class. Three interviews are assigned, as is a fourth feature story final project.