SUMMER-ABROAD.UCDAVIS.EDU August 21, 2008 08:07 PM
Class Size: 26-30
This program brings students into a real-world setting where they explore urban and rural policy dynamics that frame the psychological make-up of Argentina. Students spend two weeks in the indigenous North where they explore rugged Andes communities and camp in small pueblos. The isolation and beauty of the Andes are countered by the urban chic of Buenos Aires, the “Paris” of South America. Class lectures introduce students to the impact of Peronismo, military dictatorships, and economic crisis and their influence on Argentineans’ daily lives.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2006
You have the option of enrolling in Undergraduate Level units or Graduate Level Units. This Program carries a total of 12 units. Enrolled students must take all undergraduate courses (or all graduate courses) listed. Auditing is not an option.
Adela de la Torre, Ph.D.
Chicana/o Studies Department
adelatorre@ucdavis.edu
Yvette Flores, Ph.D.
Chicana/o Studies Department
ygfloresortiz@ucdavis.edu
Professor Yvette Flores is a clinical psychologist who teaches health and mental health courses in Chicana/o Studies. Her areas of interest include transnational migrations and their impact on families, intimate partner violence and depression. An avid traveler, Professor Flores is the mother of two young adults and the grandmother of Lei-Lahni Xitlali Henninger Ortiz, age 14 months.
Chicana/o Studies 122 and 131 will allow students to examine the intersection of US and Argentine Latina/o contemporary and historical public policy and the impact of globalization and transnational migrations on family structure and functioning. Both classes integrate field work, and guest lecturers. A major goal of both courses is to encourage students to develop a domestic Latino perspective with a broader hemispheric Latino approach when analyzing public policy, family structure and functioning issues.
Students will be staying in shared rooms in a hostel near the center of town. More information will be available in the Program Specific Guide.
During the trip North, all meals are included. Students will be responsible for purchasing meals on their own in Buenos Aires.
Fees for Summer Abroad include the Summer Abroad Program Fee, Course Fee, and Accommodations and Activities Fee. The Accommodations and Activities Fee covers lodging, selected meals (if included), selected field trips, group accidental death & dismemberment and emergency health insurance, select publications, and additional program specific costs. Air fare is not included. All fees are subject to change.
| $1000.00 | Program Fee (includes $300 non-refundable deposit) |
| $1764.00 | Course Fee ($147/unit X 12 units)* |
| $1980.00 | Accommodations and Activities Fee |
| $4744.00 | TOTAL ESTIMATED FEES CHARGED TO STUDENTS
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* This fee level is based on the proposed 2007-08 governor's budget. The fees are subject to Regental, legislative, and gubernatorial action and may change without notice.