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“Through history, immersion, and cultural experience, I was opened to the world in a new way.” 

 

-Student, Boston College, Nicaragua, March 2005

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Undergraduate semester programs

"Sustainable Development and Social Change" in Central America
"Crossing Borders: Gender and Social Change
in Mesoamerica" in Mexico with travel to El Salvador
"Migration and Globalization: Engaging our Communites"  -- in Mexico
"Business in a Latin American Context" in Mexico
"Social Work in a Latin American Context" in Mexico
 

Summer Study in Mexico

Take a Spanish class an another course over five weeks in Cuernavaca while living with a family. More about summer study...
   

Join an short-term educational travel seminar

Participate in one of our ongoing international travel seminars that are open to the public that can enhance your teaching on a particular topic or country. More about short-term programs...
   

Organize your own custom travel program

Whether for students, faculty, nonprofit organizations, faith groups, or others, sponsor your own short-term educational program to Mexico or Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua). Please also inquire about programs to Venezuela. More about how to sponsor your own travel seminar...
 

Specialists
in Latin American educational programs

Want a quality experience in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras? The Center for Global Education at Augsburg College has coordinated educational programming in Latin America since 1979, first starting with establishing an undergraduate semester program then expanding to short term programs in 1982.

 

A cultural performance at a community in Nicaragua

 

The longevity of our relationships with a wide range of community members is a unique feature of our programs in Latin America, and enables an opportunity to study issues of sustainable development, international trade, foreign policy, community development, and many other themes.