2:00-4:00 pm
Edmund Casey Hall, room 230

Course: SPAN 2213. Travel-Study: Introduction to Cuban History and Culture

This study tour of the Northern part of the Eastern region of Cuba offers a harmonious blend of language, history, and culture. The course focuses on learning and practicing Spanish in the context of Cuban aboriginal history and culture. Highlights encompass visiting various cultural sites and native’s settlements in Holguin county and experiencing a unique immersion into art, architecture, cuisine, literature, history, religion, music, fashion, and current events as part of a forty-hour history course at the University of Holguín. (3 credits). The course lasts 4 weeks. The first 2 weeks in Canada and 2 weeks in Cuba.

Cost: $ 1, 854 CAD  plus airfare

Participants can audit the course and do all the daily activities for the same cost.

Cost Includes

• Registration
• Tuition for 3 credit hours
• 14 days of accommodation in private houses (double or triple occupancy)
• Breakfast, lunch and supper (14 days)
• Admission fees to museums, sites or cultural events that are planned as part of the course
• Program related ground transportation including trips to the beach at the end of some of the visits planned for the course
• Transfer fees Airport-Holguín (If participants travel at the same time/date, otherwise there is a fee. NOTE If you are planning on arriving at different date/time let the instructor know to arrange transportation and fees)

Participants
The course is open to everyone (18 years of age or older) for credit or non-credit.  Participants do not have to be students at Saint Thomas University. All members of the community can participate: students, non-students, alumni, general public. Requirements: If taken for credit: SPAN 1006, or its equivalent. Activities/classes in Spanish at the participant’s level. If not taken for credit: No Spanish required. No pre-requisite. Participants will have alternative activities in English.

Itinerary
June 3-12- (Canada)-Preparation Period. Guided by the instructor. Students will learn information on Cuban history, culture and law (such as cannabis use) as well as expected cultural differences.

June 14- Arrival to Holguin, Cuba.   

June 28 –Return to Canada.

How to Apply

Please, contact hsainz@stu.ca            

E-mail Subject: Travel Study-Intersession 2019.