Americas & the Caribbean

CIEE at Universidad de Buenos Aires
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Buenos Aires
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish
Program Highlights: The CIEE Study Center is hosted by the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO). Students take university classes and program courses designed especially for Americans; housing options include boarding houses, homestays and apartments. Orientation, excursions and activities included in the program. Long break between semesters, during which full-year participants must make independent living arrangements.

Note: Interested students may contact Professor M. Estela Harretche (Latin American & Latino/a studies)

IFSA-Butler Argentine Universities Program
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Buenos Aires
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Five semesters of Spanish
Program Highlights: Integration into Argentine university system. Regular university course offerings are complemented by two special program courses open to program students only. All participants are required to take an intensive language course. Housing with Argentinean families. Orientation program included.

SIT Argentina: Social Movements and Human Rights
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Buenos Aires
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (required by Smith).
Program Highlights: Learn about diverse social movements and the struggle for human rights in Argentina. Five-week homestay in Buenos Aires; rural visits to two indigenous communities; educational excursions to Patagonia, Salta and Jujuy; a four-week independent study.

SIT Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Globalization and Social Change
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Cochabamba
Language of Instruction: Spanish, English
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (required by Smith)
Program Highlights: Discover how cultural processes, identities and resources determine who controls and benefits from development in Bolivia. Six-week homestay; educational excursions to La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Amboro National Park, Sucre and Potosi and Tropical Santa Cruz; and a four-week independent study.

Brown in Brazil at Pontificia Univ. Católica
Terms: Fall, Year
LCOATION: Rio de Janeiro
Language of Instruction: Portuguese
Prerequisites: Three semesters of college-level Portuguese or equivalent proficiency.
Program Highlights: Opportunity for complete immersion in the Brazilian culture. One-month on-site orientation and field trips included.

Note: Interested students may contact Professor Marguerite Harrison (Portuguese).

CIEE at the University of São Paulo or Salvador do Bahia
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: São Paolo
Language of Instruction: Portuguese
Prerequisites: Three semesters of college-level Portuguese or equivalent proficiency.
Program Highlights: All students take regular university courses in addition to contemporary Brazil and Portuguese. Housing in homestays, apartments or boarding houses. Orientation, excursions and activities included.

SIT Brazil: Amazon Resource Management and Human Ecology
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Belém
Language of Instruction: Portuguese, English
Prerequisites: One year of Portuguese (Smith requirement), and previous college-level coursework in environmental studies, ecology or development.
Program Highlights: Expore the struggle between finite resources and human demand in the Amazon River Basin. Six-week homestay; educational excursions to the Amazon, Balbina Dam, Manaus, Maraba and southern Para; and a four-week independent study.

SIT Brazil: Public Health, Race, and Human Rights
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Salvador
Language of Instruction: Portuguese, English
Prerequisites: One year of Portuguese (Smith requirement), and previous college-level coursework in public health, development studies or related fields.
Program Highlights: Seven-week homestay, interaction with physicans and nurses, government health officials, herbalists, healers in the Candomble tradition and others; a four-week independent study.

SIT Brazil: Social Justice and Sustainable Development
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Fortaleza
Language of Instruction: Portuguese, English
Prerequisites: One year of Portuguese (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Eight-week homestay; educational excursions to Interior Ceara, Salvador and Bahia; and a four-week independent study project.

University of Toronto
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Toronto
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: None
Program Highlights: Study at one of five faculties: applied science and engineering; faculty of architecture, landscape and design; music; physical and health education; and arts and sciences. Extensive offerings for international students, including excursions and activities.

CIEE Chilean Universities in Santiago
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Santiago
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Students enroll in regular university courses taught in Spanish at the Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and program courses. Homestay accommodations. Program includes orientation, excursions and activities.

Note: Interested students may contact M. Estela Harretche (Spanish)

SIT Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Valparaiso
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Explore the political history of Chile in a contemporary context. Six-week homestay; educational excursions to Santiago, Arica or Temuco; a four-week independent study project.

SIT Chile: Political Systems and Economic Development
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Santiago
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement), and previous college-level coursework in economics, political economy or development studies.
Program Highlights: Examine industries such as forestry, mining, agriculture and tourism to understand how local and global markets and policies impact Chile's economy. Five-week homestay; educational excursions to Antofagasta, Curico, Lota and Valle Elicura; four-week independent study project.

Organization for Tropical Studies, Duke University – Tropical Biology
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: La Selva, Palo Verde and Las Cruces
Language of Instruction: English, Spanish
Prerequisites: One year of college-level biology and four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Program emphasizes ecological and environmental issues as well as language study and cultural topics. All students enroll in tropical biology (fundamentals and field research), environmental science and policy and Spanish and Latin American culture. Three-week homestay. Program moves between three research stations in lowland rain forest, lowland dry forest, mid-elevation rain forest and other sites throughout Costa Rica.

Note: Interested students may contact Professors Paulette Peckol (biology), Esteban Monserrate or Thomas Litwin (Clark Science Center director).

School for Field Studies – Sustainable Development Studies
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Central Valley Region
Language of Instruction: English, Spanish
Prerequisites: Applicants must have completed a college-level course in each of the following: ecology or environmental studies; international development, economics or anthropology; and Spanish prior to participation.
Program Highlights: Program based on a small farm overlooking the Rio Grande River in the fertile Central Valley. Academic courses are supplemented by field work and research. Rustic on-site accommodations.

University of Kansas at the University of Costa Rica
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: San Jose
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish with "B" average
Program Highlights: During the academic year, participants enroll at the University of Costa Rica. Students must be proficient in Spanish in order to participate.

Note: Interested students may contact Professor Ann Zulawski (history, Latin American studies)

CIEE in Santo Domingo
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Santo Domingo
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Five semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent.
Program Highlights: Students take program courses taught by FLASCO faculty, or regular university courses at El Bono, INTEC or USAD. Students live with host families, excursions may include Cano Hondo, Jarabacoa and Cachote (an eco-tourism project).

Note: Interested students may contact Professor Ginetta Candelario (sociology, Latin American studies)

Duke in the Andes
Terms: Fall, Spring, Year
Location: Quito
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Courses include a core seminar and regular courses at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. Past excursions include Otavalo and the Highlands, the Amazon region and Esmeraldas and the coast. Students live with families.

SIT Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Quito
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement), and previous college-level coursework in environmental studies, ecology, biology or other related fields.
Program Highlights: Explore the natural history of tropical ecosystems; meet with community members and stakeholders struggling with conservation strategies. Eight-week homestay in Quito; educational excursions to Galapagos Islands, Paramo and highland Andes, Amazon rain forest and cloud forest; four-week independent study project.

SIT Ecuador: Culture and Development
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: Quito
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Discover the range of natural enviroments and diverse traditional heritages; homestays in Quito and Los Chillos; educational excursions to Andean cloud forest, Ecuadorian Amazon, Guayaquil and coastal Ecuador; four-week independent study project.

Special waivers are required of students electing to study in Mexico. See Smith College's Policy on U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings.

Program for Mexican Culture & Society in Puebla
Smith Consortium Program
Terms: Spring 2013 only
Location: Puebla
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish (Smith requirement).
Program Highlights: Students build an indiviually tailored curriculum in collaboration with their home university and the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Students reside with a Mexican host family.

School for Field Studies – Marine Resource Studies
Terms: Fall, Spring
Location: South Caicos Islands
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: One college-level ecology or biology course
Program Highlights: Program focuses on the development and management of fishery resources and attractions offered by the spectacular marine environment. Academic courses are supplemented by field exercises and independent research. On-site housing in residence hall.