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Social Work in a Latin American Context

A semester abroad program sponsored by the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College and the BSW Mexico Consortium

 

Social Work Courses

International Social Welfare:  The Mexican Context  (Social Work 294) (required)

Comparative Social Policy  (Social Work 295)

Social Work with Groups and Families:  Theory and Practice  (Social Work 316) 

Social Work Field Experience  (Social Work 317)

 

Spanish Courses*

The Center for Global Education contracts its language instruction out to the Universal Center for Language and Social Communication in Cuernavaca.  Universal is a highly respected institution among the many language schools in Cuernavaca. The school's primary focus is on oral competency and on having a solid grammatical base. Classes are small, usually ranging from two to no more than six students.  For more information, see the Universal website at www.universal-spanish.com. 

 

The CGE Faculty Liaison maintains close contact with the Academic Director of Universal in order to monitor the progress of the students, integrate themes from the semester program into the students' Spanish classes, and provide support where needed.

 

Spanish class schedules:  The first (or only) Spanish course that students take is taught for three hours a day (8:00-10:50am), five days per week (Monday-Friday) for four weeks during the beginning of the semester (Weeks 2-5).

 

Students who choose to take a second Spanish course will begin that second course during Week 6 and will have classes for three hours a day (8:00-10:50am), three days per week (Mon, Wed., and Fri.) for six weeks during the beginning of the semester (Weeks 6-11). Students who choose not to take a second Spanish course may complete an independent study or apply for an internship.

 

*Students from BSW Mexico Consortium schools:  please make sure that the Spanish class you intend to take is approved by the language department at your home school.

 

Pre-Test & Post-Test for Assessment Purposes

All students will take a written & oral pre-test at Universal during their first week in Cuernavaca and will then take an ungraded post-test at the end of the semester in order to assess their improvement.  The pre-test will not serve as a placement exam but rather as an assessment measure and a way for the Spanish instructors to determine students' strengths and weaknesses.  That information will then be used to: 1) tailor some of the class sessions to address problem areas, 2) recommend special tutoring for students who are behind others in the class; and 3) divide the group into smaller classes or sub-groups when there are several students registered for the same course.

 

SPANISH SYLLABI

Available to all students:

Beginning Spanish I  (SPA 111)

Beginning Spanish II  (SPA 112)  

Intermediate Spanish I  (SPA 211)  

Intermediate Spanish II  (SPA 212)  

Conversation and Composition  (SPA 311)  
Conversations in Cultural Context  (SPA 316)  

 Advanced Conversation and Composition (SPA 411)

 

Additional Spanish Courses

The following courses have recently been approved at Augsburg College, and available only to Augsburg students and students from non-Consortium schools:

 

If students from Consortium schools are interested in taking one of these courses, please contact us immediately as you will need to get the course approved by the language department at your home school. Our faculty in Mexico will be happy to work with you on the approval process:

Assessment and Grading Criteria