Spring Term 2025 TOP: AFRO-BRAZILIAN CULTRE EXP - 4154 - GLST 291 |
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Catalog Description : This topics course will allow students to experience sites that highlight global issues (political, religous, environmental, or cultural) through a one- or two-week field experience accompanied by at least one professor. Students should register for this course in the term prior to the planned travel. Some field experiences will require registration in the term following the field experience in order to complete a research project. Topic for 2024-25: Afro-Brazilian Culture in Rio and Salvador This class prepares students for a spring break trip to the cities of Rio and Salvador in Brazil. Much of our time will be spent in the UNESCO world heritage city of Salvador de Bahia, where we will explore the legacy of the slave trade and the plantation system and experience the unique Afro-Brazilian culture of this region. We will learn about syncretistic forms of religion in Brazil such as Candomblé. Students will develop a research topic in winter term and present on that topic in spring term. Travel cost: $3750. To secure your seat a $500 deposit is due November 14, 2024. E-mail professor to request approval to register. Attributes: Community Based Learning, GER Global Diversity, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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