OSU STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA
Updated Oct. 20, 2009

For full information on Ohio State's study abroad programs: Study Abroad - Office of International Affairs

ARGENTINA

International Studies Abroad (ISA) Argentine and Latin America Studies Program at the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires
Description: Study intensive Spanish language and Latin American culture; earn 20-25 OSU credits. Dates: Six-month sessions: February -July 30 and June-December Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Advanced Spanish Program in Rosario
Description: Study advanced level Latin American politics, art, literature, and culture; complete an independent study for a research thesis in Spanish. Earn 15 OSU credits.
Dates: Hanuary 12-February 27, 2009.
Location: Fundación del Gran Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.

BOLIVIA

Fisher College of Business Micro-Enterprises and Economic Development 2009
Description: MHR 984 combines classroom study with a ten day experience in one or more Bolivian villages. Students will seek to understand the challenges faced by small, entrepreneurial firms in producing and marketing products for global markets. Classes will meet during WI 09, followed by the field experience in Bolivia during Spring Break.
Dates: Classes WI 09; field study trip March 19-28, 2009.
Location: Small village placements TBD.
For more information: http://fisher.osu.edu/international/index.php?page=Elective-Emer-Market-Cour

BRAZIL

Contemporary Culture and Society Program
Description: Extension of Portuguese 330 Introduction to Brazilian Culture, offered regularly in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Students spend spring break in Brazil, where they are introduced to Brazilian culture and society first-hand.
Dates: Spring break
Location: As determined by the program director. Past programs have taken place in Curitiba and Iguacu.

Alpha Zeta Partners Study Abroad Program
Description: Through study, direct observation, and first-hand experience, students will explore historical, institutional, organizational, and individual leadership perspectives of a contemporary foreign society that helps them critically examine, reflect upon, and directly link individual leadership to organizational and societal change in America. 15 hours of Ohio State credit.
Dates: Six weeks during Winter Quarter
Location: Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ohio State Advanced Portuguese Program: Brazilian Literature, Culture, and Linguistics
Description: An innovative and intensive five-week program that provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to study advanced level Portuguese literature, culture, and linguistics in Curitiba and other regions of Brazil. Students will be able to increase their Portuguese language ability through classes taught in Portuguese and participation in various cultural immersion activities. Students stay with local families for the duration of the program.
Dates: First term summer Quarter
Location: Curitiba, Brazil

Ohio State Elementary/Intermediate Portuguese Language Program in Curitiba
Description: An intensive language and culture program offered at the Federal University of Parana (UFPR). In addition to classroom instruction by UFPR faculty, students participate in field trips and cultural activities. Participants complete the GEC language requirement by taking three intensive courses of Portuguese, equivalent to Portuguese 102, 103, and 104, and earn 15 OSU credits. Portuguese 101 is a prerequisite. Students live with local families for the duration of the program.
Dates: Winter Quarter
Location: Curitiba, Brazil

CHILE

College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Science Program
Description: Intensive, 11 day course in agriculture and agro-ecosystems in Chile; earn 5 hours of credit (2 for required seminar in Autumn Quarter, 3 for trip) Dates: In December, following
Autumn Quarter
Location: Pontíficia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Santiago, Chile

Universidad Academia
Description: Study intensive Spanish language and Chilean culture with a special focus on human rights, gender, and multiculturalism. Spanish required.
Dates: Fall Semester: August-December; Spring Semester: March-July
Location: Santiago, Chile

Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Business Exchange
Description: Enroll independently in business courses at the Pontífica Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile
Dates: Fall Semester (August-December) or Spring Semester (March-July)
Location: Santiago, Chile
For more information: http://fisher.osu.edu/centers/international-ciber/study-abroad/undergraduates/

CIBER/Fisher College of Business MBA International Exchange Program
Description: Second-year MBA students study independently at Pontífica Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile Dates: Fall Semester (August-December)
Location: Santiago Chile
For more information: http://fisher.osu.edu/Centers/International-CIBER/Study-Abroad/Graduates/

COSTA RICA

School for Field Studies Program
Description: Study ecology, resource management, socio-economics and policy, and anthropology at the Center for Sustainable Development while exploring current, local environmental problems. Earn 15-20 OSU credits for the semester; 6 for the summer program.
Dates: Fall or Spring Semester, 30-day summer courses
Location: Field Station in the Central Valley of Costa Rica

Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Learning Community: Norton in the Neotropics
Description: This program is an extension of the course FAES 294, "Costa Rica in a (Buckeye) Nutshell," to offered by the College of FAES during Winter Quarter. Students will travel to Costa Rica for nine days during spring break to experience field excursions across varied environments and to study sustainable agriculture and community development at EARTH University.
Dates: Spring break
Location: EARTH University in Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

CIC Latin American Health and Nutrition Program
Description: Study Spanish, health and nutrition topics, as well as Latin American & Caribbean cultures; earn 12 OSU credits for the summer program and 15-24 for Fall Semester. Spanish required.
Dates: Summer: mid-June-mid-August, Fall Semester: mid-August-mid-December
Location: Jarabacoa (Summer), Santiago (Fall Semester)

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environment Sciences Program in International Development
Description: Study international development, rural sociology, and Dominican culture at the Instituto Superior de Agricultura; earn 15 hours of OSU credit.
Dates: 6 weeks during Winter Quarter
Location: Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

ECUADOR

The OSU Elementary Spanish Language Program in Quito
Description: Complete the GEC language requirement or take Spanish courses to apply the International Studies Major by taking three intensive courses of elementary Spanish during one quarter of study in Ecuador. Earn 12-15 hours of OSU credit; live with an Ecuadorian family. Completion of Spanish 101 is a prerequisite.
Dates: 10 weeks during Winter or summer Quarter
Location: Quito, Ecuador

Minnesota Studies in International Development
Description: Study international development through experiential and theoretical methods in the context of a developing country. Earn graded OSU credits as determined by academic departments. Spanish required.
Dates: Fall or Spring Semester, Academic Year
Location: Quito Ecuador

HONDURAS

Engineering Service Learning at Montaña de Luz
Description: A preparatory course during Winter Quarter is followed by an intensive, hands-on experience at Montaña de Luz, an orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS.
Dates: Spring break
Location: Southern Honduras, an hour from the capital, Tegucigalpa

Service Learning at Montaña de Luz
Description: A Spring Quarter course in the College of Education and Human Ecology prepares participants for a 12-day program in Honduras immediately preceding Autumn Quarter. Students design and carry out service projects that meet the educational, nutritional and development needs of the orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS.
Dates: September, preceding Autumn Quarter
Location: Montaña de Luz, Honduras

MEXICO

All Scholars Study Abroad Program
Description: Students take Spanish 510 Mexican Studies in Autumn Quarter in preparation for a short-term study abroad experience in December focusing on contemporary issues in Mexico.
Dates: December following Autumn Quarter
Location: Multiple cities in Mexico: Mexico City, Puebla, Morelia, and Guadalajara

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences First-Year Experience in Mexico
Description: First-year students have the opportunity to experience first-hand Mexican culture, the global economy, and labor force issues. Participants stay with local families.
Dates: Ten days immediately following Autumn Quarter
Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico (Cemanahuac Learning Community)

CIC Summer Program in Mexico at the University of Guanajuato
Program Study advanced Spanish, Latin American literature, and Mexican culture at the University of Guanajuato; earn 10-15 OSU credits.
Dates: 7 weeks during Summer Quarter; mid-June-mid-August
Location: Guanajuato, Mexico

International Exchange Program at CIDE (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics)
Program: Students enroll independently in one of the premier Latin American institutions of higher learning. Courses may be selected in economics, public administration, political science, international studies, history, and legal studies. Advanced Spanish required. Dates: Autumn Semester (August-December), Spring Semester (January-June), or Academic Year
Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Center for Global Education, Augsburg College/Crossing Borders: Gender and Social Change in Mesoamerica
Description: This program focuses on the central issues facing Mesoamerica, with an emphasis on the experiences and empowerment of women. Introductory courses in Spanish and Women's Studies are prerequisites.
Dates: Fall Semester: late August-mid-December
Location: Based in Cuernavaca, Mexico; includes two-week field excursion to El Salvador.

The OSU Elementary Spanish Language Program in Cuernavaca
Description: Complete the GEC language requirement or take Spanish courses to apply to the International Studies Major by taking three intensive courses of elementary Spanish during one quarter of study in Mexico. Earn 14-15 OSU credits. Live with a local family.
Dates: 10 weeks during Autumn, Winter, or Spring Quarter
Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico

The Latino Work Force in Land-based Industries
Description: Participants will experience farming in Mexico and learn about Mexican history, culture, and customs. They will also focus on immigration: why workers leave their small communities for the US, and the impact, positive and negative, of immigration on these communities. Horticulture and Crop Science 294 must be taken during Autumn Quarter in preparation for the trip in December. Students earn 2 credits for HCS 294 and 3 for the study abroad program.
Dates: December 13--21, 2008 (tentative), immediately following Autumn Quarter 2008
Location: Montecillo, Texcoco, Mexico

Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) International Exchange Program
Description: International exchange program based on an agreement between The Ohio State University and the Tec de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Two students are selected each year to participate. Courses available in Spanish language and culture, business, and engineering.
Dates: Academic year, Fall Semester (late July-early December), Spring Semester (early January-mid-May).
Location: Monterrey, Mexico

School for Field Studies Program
Description: Study ecology, resource management, socio-economics and policy, and anthropology at the Center for Marine Mammal Conservation and Coastal Ecosystem Studies. while exploring current, local environmental problems. Earn 15-20 OSU credits for the semester; 6 for the summer program.
Dates: Fall or Spring Semester, 30-day summer courses
Location: Baja, Mexico

University of the Americas
Description: Independent program at Universidad de las Amiricas (UDLA) for students with advanced Spanish skills. Courses available in Spanish language and literature, as well as other disciplines.
Dates: Fall semester (late August-mid-December); Spring Semester (early January-mid-May)
Location: Puebla, Mexico

Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Business Exchange
Description: Enroll independently in business courses at the Tecnolsgico de Monterrey. Classes in English and Spanish.
Dates: Fall semester (August-December), Spring Semester (January-May)
Location: Monterrey, Mexico

CIBER/Fisher College of Business MBA International Exchange Program
Description: Second-year MBA students study independently at Instituto Tecnolsgico Autsnomo de Mixico (ITAM) or Tecnolsgico de Monterrey (ITESM).
Dates: Fall Semester (August-December)
Location: ITAM  Mexico City; ITESM  Monterrey, Mexico

NICARAGUA

Masaya Service Learning Project
Description: Study different development models; participate in a small-scale, people-to-people development project. Comparative Studies 694 Special Topics course: Development Theory offered on the Newark campus of the Ohio State University in the quarter preceding the study abroad program (classes may be taught at OSU as well depending on enrollment).
Dates: Two weeks following the quarter in which Comparative Studies 694 is taught.
Location: Masaya, Nicaragua

PANAMA

Fisher College of Business Undergraduate Honors Emerging Markets Field Study 2008
Description: Students learn about businesses in emerging markets, and experience their operations and challenges first-hand. Juniors and seniors accepted to the program must enroll in BA 698 in AU 08 and participate in the Winter Break field study trip to Panama. Prerequisite: BA 555.
Dates: Depart Friday after AU 08 final exams, return the following Friday.
Location: Visit cultural sites and businesses in Panama.
For more information: http://fisher.osu.edu/international/index.php?page=Elective-Emer-Market-Cour

PERU

Indigenous Cultures of Peru
Description: For students who have taken or are enrolled in Spanish H565 in WI 10. Participants will visit sites of historical and cultural significance to gain an understanding of how indigenous cultues have shaped today's society in Peru.
Dates: March 18-28, 2010
Location: Centro Tinku, Cusco, Peru
For more information: http://oia.osu.edu/pdf/countries/Peru-Cusco.pdf