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Central American Culture and Society (an ACM Program)

Advisor — M. MONTAÑO

A thematic minor in Central American culture and society - studied through its language, literature, geography, ethnology, sociology, and politics - is contingent on the completion of a semester abroad through the ACM Costa Rica: Language, Society, and the Environment program. Emphasis varies from year to year, but always involves language, literature, and the social sciences. (Application deadlines: Early admission — November 1; final deadline — March 15.) 5 units. (Four units from the program, plus at least one year of Spanish.) Fall semester.

The semester is divided as follows: a seven-week block in San Jose of intensive language and social science; a two-week rural stay during which each student works on an independent project designed with staff guidance; a six-week block of advanced language, literature, and research in one of the social sciences in San Jose.

THE INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Toward the end of the semester in Costa Rica, each student does independent work on some aspect of Costa Rican culture and reports it to the whole.