Semesters Programs in Cuernavaca, Mexico

with travel to Central America

 

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Fall Semester

• Crossing Borders: Gender and Social Change in Mesoamerica

• International Business and Global Citizenship
  The ""Crossing Borders" program starts with a one-week orientation at the US/Mexico border.

Spring Semester

• Migration and Globalization: Engaging our Communities

• Social Work in a Latin American Context

 

 

Cuernavaca is a beautiful colonial city in central Mexico

 

The Center for Global Education's study center

serves as your home base while studying in the Mexico program

 

 

 

Through internships or volunteerism,

there are opportunities to meet with a variety of local citizens.

 

 

The staff think of themselves as co-learners with the students. 

Here students and staff work on the construction of a Habitat for Humanity house

 

The program includes an intensive six week Spanish course

held at a nearby language school. The "classroom" takes many forms

 

 

 

Some programs include short-term trips to Guatemala or El Salvador.
 

Students participate in a Mayan ceremony in Guatemala