Spanish and Portuguese Overseas Programs
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Semester, Academic Year, and other Programs
- Overseas Programs and Partnerships
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Short-Term Programs: Summer
- Spain: Language, Culture and Business in Galicia
- Spain: Madrid - Spanish Language & Culture
- Mexico: Oaxaca - Bridging the Local and Global: Service Learning
Spain: Language, Culture and Business in Galicia
Dates: July 19-August 15, 2009
For additional information view the attached (PDF 240kb).
Faculty Leaders:
Gabriel Rei-Doval (reidoval@uwm.edu)
Isabel Mendez-Santalla (zam@uwm.edu)
This unique program takes place in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia's enchanting capital in Northwestern Spain, a UNESCO heritage city and an ancient site of pilgrimage. Students will examine the culture of Galicia, a Celtic bridge to understanding the past and present of the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking worlds. Culture class discussions will focus on the factors that have contributed to the making of the identity of Galicia in such areas as history, politics and society, traditions, mythology, music, and cinema. Language classes will provide either an introduction to Business and Legal Spanish or intensive oral practice in Spanish. The program also includes several weekend excursions.
Estimated Cost: $3,800.
For more information contact the faculty directors or the Center For International Education's Overseas Programs site.
Spain: Madrid - Spanish Language & Culture
Dates: May 28-June 26, 2009
For additional information view the attached (PDF 240kb).
Faculty Leader:
César G Ferreira (cferr@uwm.edu)
Madrid, Spain’s capital city, is the site for this enriching UWM summer program. Students may earn up to 7 undergraduate credits on the program – 4 credits in Spanish language and 3 credits in Spanish culture and civilization. The Spanish language classes, taught at all ability levels, are taken at the Don Quijote Language School. The culture and civilization course, taught by UWM Prof. César G Ferreira, is titled "A Survey of Spain: Past and Present," is taught in either English or Spanish and will examine Spain’s current social, political, and cultural reality. Historical facts will be explored and connected to the Spain of today through direct contact with people and visits to museums and institutions of social and cultural significance.
For more information contact the faculty director or the Center For International Education's Overseas Programs site.
Mexico: Oaxaca - Bridging the Local and Global: Service Learning
Dates: June 22-July 17, 2009
For additional information view the attached (PDF 240kb).
Faculty Leader:
M. Estrella Sotomayor (mes4@uwm.edu)
This is a course for students interested in understanding education, health, social welfare, and the development of urban planning in a practical service-learning environment. Students will improve their language skills and develop an in-depth understanding of the causes for Mexican migration to the United States and the impact globalization is having on Mexico and their people as well as to the United States and their citizens. The service learning will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, a city of 1 million people in one of the most indigenous states in Mexico. Oaxaca represents a microcosm of the urbanization that is occurring throughout Latin America today. Students will have the opportunity to shadow professionals in various community-based organizations in urban and rural areas in Oaxaca. Several cultural activities are scheduled as part of the program: visits to the local markets, museums, and to the archeological site of Monte Albán. During the last week of the program, students will be able to continue in Milwaukee the service learning experience that they had in Oaxaca by working at a community-based organization on the south side of Milwaukee.
For more information contact the faculty director or the Center For International Education's Overseas Programs site.
Contact Information:
Overseas Programs and PartnershipsCenter for International Education
Pearse Hall, Room 166
P.O. Box 413
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Tel: (414) 229-5182
Fax: 414-229-4858
e-mail: overseas@uwm.edu