Anthropology

Bilingual Education

Business

Communication

Environmental Studies

Health Education

Internships and Service Learning

Political Science

Portuguese

Quichua

Sociology

Spanish

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

World Literature

Anthropology

ANT310 Race and Ethnicity in the Andes (3)

Anthropological analysis of themes of race and ethnicity through ethnographic writing and study abroad in the northern Andean region of Ecuador. Offered as part of the Race and Ethnicity in the Andes program. Same as ANTH3100 at University of Lethbridge.

Bilingual Education

BIL398G Special Topics in Bilingual Education (1-3)

Educational problems that have a high degree of educational significance in the field of bilingual education. Offered as part of Chicago State University summer program.

Business

BUS327 Comercio Exterior (3)

Taught in Spanish.

BUS349 Strategic Management and Policy (3)

The study of the formulation and implementation of corporate and business strategies to achieve the objectives of the organization. This emphasizes environmental, industry and competitor analyses and includes stakeholder analysis of government, community, consumers, employees and the natural environment.

BUS372 Managing Across Cultures (3)

Introduction to the fundamentals of international management. Addresses the challenges of doing business internationally including cultural dimensions, the strategic and structural issues, and human resources issues.

BUS377 International Business (3)

Reviews the historical causes of differences in national environments, as well as geographic, religious, cultural, political and economic influences on current business environment.

BUS399 Topics in Business (3)

Selected topics on various themes. Students may repeat course on a different topic.

Communication

Environmental Studies

ENV301 Environmental Studies of the Andes (3)

Review of natural and cultural assets of the Andean region; environmental policies and international agreements; roles of governmental, non-governmental, residential, educational and religious sectors. Includes field trips in Ecuador and Peru. [Download syllabus]

ENV340 Conservation Biology (3)

An introduction to Conservation Biology and discussion of readings covering a variety of topics, including Taxonomic Diversity, Diversity and Dynamics, Conservation Genetics, Threats to Biodiversity, and Preventing Extinction. Also includes practical field exercises in Ecuador and Peru. [Download syllabus]

Health Education

HED209 Health Issues in Developing Countries (3)

This course is intended to introduce students with little or no exposure to developing countries to the major issues in international public health and developing countries. The course will orientate students and broaden their perspectives on health care and public health in countries and cultures substantially different from more developed countries while focusing in and using as a specific example the country of Ecuador. The course will be taught in a seminar format and will stress practical illustrations of course topics through guest speakers and field study. Same as SOC380.
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Internships & Service Learning

ISL201 International Service Learning: Theory and Practice (3)

An interdisciplinary course designed to explore the theory and practice of service learning using a two-pronged approach: on-site volunteer service work in Cuenca, Ecuador, combined with a classroom seminar. By combining formal study with service to the local community in an intercultural/international setting, students find their learning has both greater depth and scope. Students will complete 30 hours of community service designed to create substantive links between coursework and service. In class, students will actively seek out answers to questions arising from their service experience and relate them to service learning issues that are of interest to scholars and to society. In this way, the students will be able take ownership of the learning process and tackle real-world problems that transcend the classroom setting. To this end, the course will employ a classroom approach known as ?problem based learning,? whereby problems drive the curriculum. The key problem we will examine is this: What is international service learning and what implications does it have for society, citizenship and self? [Download syllabus]

ISL380 Micro-Internship: Placement (2)

Full-time internship placement in a local business or community-based organization. Involves 180-320 hours (6-8 weeks) at the placement site and completion of a journal and an institutional report. Must be taken concurrently with ISL381. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, three years of college Spanish or equivalent, acceptance into the program by the internship committee.

ISL381 Micro-Internship: Analysis (2)

Analysis of the internship experience. Must be taken concurrently with ISL380. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, three years of college Spanish or equivalent, acceptance into the program by the internship committee.

ISL390 Internship: Placement (5)

Full-time internship placement in a local business or community-based organization. Involves 360-600 hours (9-15 weeks) at the placement site and completion of a journal and an institutional report. Must be taken concurrently with ISL391. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, three years of college Spanish or equivalent, acceptance into the program by the internship committee.

ISL391 Internship: Analysis (3)

Analysis of the internship experience. Must be taken concurrently with ISL390. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, three years of college Spanish or equivalent, acceptance into the program by the internship committee.

Political Science

PSC310 Political Economy of Latin America (3)

A discussion of the political economy of Latin America from the end of colonialism to the modern day.

Portuguese

POR101 Beginning Portuguese I (3)
Intensive. Fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Elements of grammar, oral practice and elementary composition. Emphasis on active participation. For students or other adults with little or no Portuguese experience; students with more than two years of high school Portuguese or one year of college Portuguese should not take this course.

POR102 Beginning Portuguese II (3)
Intensive, to be taken after POR101. Expands on basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Continues to develop grammar, oral practice and advanced elementary composition. Emphasis on active participation. For students or other adults who have taken POR 101.

Quichua

QUI301 Introduction to Quichua (4)

Introduction to the language, culture and world view of the Quichua-speaking communities. Fundamental listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and elements of grammar. Prerequisite: SPA310 or equivalent. [Download syllabus]

QUI302 Intermediate Quichua (4)

Continued practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and elements of grammar. Prerequisite: QUI301 or equivalent. [Download syllabus]

Sociology

SOC380 Health Issues in Developing Countries (3)

This course is intended to introduce students with little or no exposure to developing countries to the major issues in international public health and developing countries. The course will orientate students and broaden their perspectives on health care and public health in countries and cultures substantially different from more developed countries while focusing in and using as a specific example the country of Ecuador. The course will be taught in a seminar format and will stress practical illustrations of course topics through guest speakers and field study. Same as HED209. [Download syllabus]

Spanish

SPA101-102 Beginning Spanish I-II (8)

Intensive. Fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Elements of grammar, oral practice and elementary composition. Emphasis on active participation. For students or other adults with little or no Spanish experience; students with more than two years of high school Spanish or one year of college Spanish should not take this course. [Download syllabus]

SPA199 Directed Study Project (1-3)

Opportunity to study a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member. May be taken concurrently with SPA101-102. [Download syllabus]

SPA201 Intermediate Spanish I (4)

Discussion of literary and cultural texts, and conversation practice. Prerequisite: SPA102 or equivalent. [Download syllabus]

SPA202 Intermediate Spanish II (4)

A continuation of SPA201. [Download syllabus]

SPA299 Directed Study Project (1-3)

Opportunity to study a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member. May be taken concurrently with SPA201-202. [Download syllabus]

SPA310 Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation (3)

Intensive oral and written work, including the study of idiomatic forms and selected literary texts. Prerequisite: SPA202 or equivalent. [Download syllabus]

SPA311 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax (3)

Intensive study of grammar and syntax with emphasis on grammatical analysis. May be taken concurrently with SPA310. [Download syllabus]

SPA325 Culture and Civilization of Latin America (3)

Latin American culture from Pre-Inca period through the Spanish conquest to the present. Examines political, economic, social, and artistic aspects of Latin America. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA330 Modern Latin America (3)

An introduction and examination of contemporary Latin America through a combination of sociological and political perspectives. Topics include dualism in the social structure; underdevelopment: definitions, causes, and cures; ideas of culture; possible futures. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA335 Spanish American Literature (3)

An introduction to the literature of Spanish America from conquest to the present. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA399 Directed Study Project (1-3)

Opportunity to study a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member. May be taken concurrently with SPA310. [Download syllabus]

SPA401 Indigenous Literature and Culture of the Andes (3)

The cosmovision, thought, oral literary tradition, and daily lives of the indigenous people of the Andes. Special field work is required. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA402 History of Latin America, Conquest and Colonization (3)

An intensive study of Latin American history during the Conquest and later, Colonization. Prerequisite: SPA330. [Download syllabus]

SPA403 Andean Literature (3)

The study of the literature principally of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru in its cultural context Includes poetry, the novel, the short story and the essay, with a focus on "Andean" as a cultural term. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA404 Business Spanish (3)

Introduction in Spanish for the Business World; a review of useful terms, vocabulary and customs. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA405 Topics in Latin American Literature (3)

The study of different trends in Latin American Literature; the short story, women authors, poetry, etc. Prerequisites: SPA310 and SPA311, or permission of instructor. [Download syllabus]

SPA499 Directed Study Project (1-3)

Opportunity to study a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite: SPA310 or equivalent. [Download syllabus]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

TEF401 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (3)

The TEFL intensive training couse consists of 114 hours and provides students with information on current practice, theory and research in the Teaching of English as a Second and Foreign Language. The daily schedule includes two 90-minute classes focused on methodology and teaching techniques, and two hours of teaching practice with Ecuadorian English students. The class sessions include lecture, discussion, technique workshops and peer interaction, all of which prepare students for their practice teaching. All teaching practice sessions are observed by peers and instructors and are followed by peer assessment and oral and written feedback by the instructor. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Summer TEFL Program or the Intersession Program. [Download syllabus]

World Literature

WLI305 Latin American Short Story (3)

Stories from the Colonial period through the 20th century. Authors include Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Juan Rodríguez Freyle, Esteban Echeverría, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Ricardo Palma, Rubén Darío, Horacio Quiroga, Ricardo Güirades, Rómulo Gallego, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Miguel Angel Asturias, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, to name a few. [Download syllabus]

WLI310 Topics in World Literature: The Other America (3)

The course will examine the various ways that the idea of America has been constructed and represented in literary texts, focusing especially upon competing visions of the New World and the ways in which those visions have shaped and continue to shape New World reality. Readings include essays and excerpts from various journals and chronicles; poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Gabriela Mistral, among others. Texts include "Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone" by Mary Morris, "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" by Peter Matthiessen, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Other Fires: Short Fiction by Latin American Women" edited by Alberto Manguel, and "Memory of Fire: Century of the Wind" by Eduardo Galeano.

WLI315 Selected Readings from Latin American Literature (3)

Readings selected from 20th century Latin American texts, including poetry, drama, the essay, the short story and the novel. Discussion of works and their importance in contemporary Latin American culture.