American University Chile University American University’S Semester Program in Chile Is Based in the Capital City of Santiago
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udp.cl American American University Chile University American University’s semester program in Chile is based in the capital city of Santiago. As the cultural and economic heart of the country, Chile Santiago is both known for its thriving UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES business sector and its vast array of museums, galleries, and festivals. The city serves as a major Latin American travel hub, thus making it easy for students to visit other sites in Chile and Latin America. The program starts with a two week cultural orientation, immediately followed by the academic semester with classes at Universidad Diego Portales and an optional internship. Edificio Aulario UDP udp.cl American American University Chile University American University’s semester program in Chile is based in the capital city of Santiago. As the cultural and economic heart of the country, Chile Santiago is both known for its thriving UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES business sector and its vast array of museums, galleries, and festivals. The city serves as a major Latin American travel hub, thus making it easy for students to visit other sites in Chile and Latin America. The program starts with a two week cultural orientation, immediately followed by the academic semester with classes at Universidad Diego Portales and an optional internship. Edificio Aulario UDP Internship Semester in Chile Through the internship placement, students explore the work - Revolver Santiago Magazine, Chile´s only English language environment in Santiago and experience the work culture in digital magazine. Latin America. The choice is based on student’s professional - Casa de la Paz, a non-profit environment organization at Universidad Diego Portales goals and personal workstyles and range from the high pressure and fast-paced to the grassroots and somewhat laid back. The - Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza, a private non program oers a wide variety of internships that include profit organization, that promotes equity and social integration Students earn a full semester of American University (AU) Contemporary Latin American Politics placements in the Chilean government, others with grass roots in Chile. credit when they study abroad in Santiago. Students choose The objective of this course is to provide an overview of and non-profit organizations and still others in the private and For aditional information from a list of content courses taught in Spanish that are each political history in Latin America from the 20th Century to education sectors. New placements are constantly created based worth 3 AU credit hours. Students are also required to take a the present. The course focuses on authoritarianism, populism on student needs and interests. Internship placement depends please contact Spanish language course, oered at several levels. See below and democracy. Country-specific case studies enhance upon language ability, which is tested on-site in Santiago. The Housing and Meals Students will live with Chilean host families, carefully for sample course descriptions. Students with higher language understanding of the region’s current political situation. internship coordinator will advise students regarding contacts, screened by the UDP. The homestay allows students to Brita Doyle proficiencies are allowed to supplement the Spanish language interviews, and placement; however, students are responsible experience the warmth and hospitality of Chile while making Assistant Director class for a course or two oered by Universidad Diego Portales Social movements in Chile’s recent history: 1970-2010 for attending and successfully completing interviews on-site in significant gains in Spanish language ability. Once students AU Abroad - (UDP), immersed in the classroom with local Chilean students. This course analyzes the main theoretical debates on social Santiago with the local organization(s). have completed AU Abroad on-line pre-departure forms, American University These directly enrolled classes allow students the opportunity movements and a few relevant case studies of the last decades. an on-site Housing Coordinator matches the student to to experience the Chilean university classroom in a variety of It also contextualizes the history of the social movements to At the Internship class, students will meet twice a month to [email protected] the family to ensure the most suitable living arrangements. academic disciplines. All program participants are also able to understand its emergence in Chile’s history, as well as the develop topics of professional development and provide feedback Students enjoy two meals per day in the homestay. participate in a 3-credit internship. transformations that have been generated in the political, about the working experience. They must attend this class from Paola Ortubia economic, and socio cultural spheres since the decade of 1970. the beginning to the end of the semester. All the classes will be Coordinator Course Descriptions held in Spanish and will provide students with the opportunity to Excursions and Activities Programa American University Here are descriptions of sample courses on oer in Santiago. Spanish Language Courses share their experiences at the internship. Upon arrival in Santiago students will attend orientation Universidad Diego Portales All courses are taught in Spanish. including information on customs and cultures, city and [email protected] Spanish III neighborhood tours, and possible trips to museums as This course is meant for students who have not yet acquired a Sample Internships students are becoming acquainted with the city. Students are also Economic Development in Chile: 1900-2010 comprehensive knowledge of the grammatical structures. It has a Here’s a short sampling of organizations where students have given a briefing on safety and health issues during orientation. This course analyzes the dierent periods of Chile’s economic communicative focus, both integral and systematic. It aims to recently interned in Santiago:te non profit organization, that history, including its economic policies; institutional contexts that build a structures and lexical platform that allows the develop- promotes equity and social integration in Chile. In addition many activities and trips are incorporated into the facilitated, or not, the social and political stability; and the results ment of linguistic proficiency required to understand and express program, including a group trip to Isla Negra/Valparaiso, Easter of economic policies in terms of income growth and distribution. communicative notions in both day-to-day and specialized - Hogar de Cristo, the largest charity organization in the Island and San Pedro de Atacama. situations. Development, Poverty, and Social Inequality in Chile country The objectives of this course are to understand the social Advanced Spanish III - Corporación Educacional del Arzobispado de Santiago problems that most aect Chile. Students will learn about This is a course for students who have knowledge of all the - Comisión Fulbright, supports and promotes the Fulbright strategies to reduce poverty that have been used in Chile, and grammatical structures but have yet to acquire confidence and will analyze the Chilean reality in relation to development and fluency in their command. The focus of the course is communi- - Program of international educational and cultural exchan poverty. Through this class, students practice, re-examine, and cative, both integral and systematic. Students have real - Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a non-profit educational deepen their classroom learning of poverty issues through guided opportunities to discuss, argue, and convince. By doing so, organization site visits to various organizations in Santiago. students will acquire and reinforce the resources of educated expressions and proper linguistic usage for description, evalua- Isla de Pascua San Pedro de Atacama tion, argumentation, and comparison. Internship Semester in Chile Through the internship placement, students explore the work - Revolver Santiago Magazine, Chile´s only English language environment in Santiago and experience the work culture in digital magazine. Latin America. The choice is based on student’s professional - Casa de la Paz, a non-profit environment organization at Universidad Diego Portales goals and personal workstyles and range from the high pressure and fast-paced to the grassroots and somewhat laid back. The - Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza, a private non program oers a wide variety of internships that include profit organization, that promotes equity and social integration Students earn a full semester of American University (AU) Contemporary Latin American Politics placements in the Chilean government, others with grass roots in Chile. credit when they study abroad in Santiago. Students choose The objective of this course is to provide an overview of and non-profit organizations and still others in the private and For aditional information from a list of content courses taught in Spanish that are each political history in Latin America from the 20th Century to education sectors. New placements are constantly created based worth 3 AU credit hours. Students are also required to take a the present. The course focuses on authoritarianism, populism on student needs and interests. Internship placement depends please contact Spanish language course, oered at several levels. See below and democracy. Country-specific case studies enhance upon language ability, which is tested on-site in Santiago. The Housing