Vaquero Programs Summer 2022
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Minimester Programs
Leuphana Germany Study Abroad - Lüneburg, Germany
- Professors: Reto Felix
- Start date: 5/16/2022
- End date: 5/28/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Germany
- City: Lüneburg
- Courses: Business, culture, and sustainability-focused course open to all majors [hosted by Marketing Department as MARK4370]
- Program Description: This two-week program exposes participants to business practices, culture, and sustainability in a German context. The course is open to all majors.
Writing and Cultural Engagement - Florence, Italy
- Professors: Joe Noe
- Start date: 5/9/2022
- End date: 5/29/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Italy
- City: Florence
- Courses: ENG 3344 - Advanced Composition
- Program Description:
Individual Problems Museum Studies - Florence, Italy
- Professors: Elena Macias
- Start date: 5/19/2022
- End date: 6/1/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Italy
- City: Florence
- Courses: ARTS 4391 - Individual Problems/Internship/Co-op
- Program Description: Italy will give you an unforgettable Summer. Students will tour the city of Florence and will travel to a medieval palazzo in Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, Assisi, and Perugia.
Language and Culture - South Korea
- Professors: Mijin Oh-Villarreal
- Start date: 5/16/2022
- End date: 6/2/2022
- Program Cost: $683.00
- Country: South Korea
- City: South Korea
- Courses: FORL 3311 - Communicative Korean Language
- Program Description: Korea is a perfect place for an immersive setting for students of the Korean language. Being both affluent and culturally rich, South Korea offers a variety of historical, cultural, and entertainment sites that can solidify much of what is taught in the classroom. You will be visiting several cities and towns that are centuries old. Seoul, Yongin, Suwon, Pyeongtack, Kyongju all contain castles, palaces, museums, UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization) world heritage sites, and other historical sites that have a deeply significant meaning for the Korean people. The restaurants and markets visited will allow students to practice much of the conversational Korean covered in the classroom. Universities to be visited on our program tour offer our students some unique insight into both the familiar and distinct life of a Korean student. The academic and programs goals are to provide the students with as many authentic contexts with which to practice and solidify those language skills covered in the classroom. Likewise, the different interactions with Korean citizens also provide the students with a very real sense of where their skills are lacking and what new vocabulary and grammar skills would naturally come next in their language acquisition
History of Computing - London, United Kingdom
- Professors: Timothy Wylie
- Start date: 5/11/2022
- End date: 5/29/2022
- Program Cost: $3,119.00
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Courses: CSCI 4341 - Topics in Computer Science
- Program Description:
New England Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Use - Boston, MA
- Professors: Eluterio Blanco
- Start date: 5/16/2022
- End date: 5/26/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: United States
- City: Boston
- Courses: REHS 4350 -
- Program Description:
Living Reading Writing Nature - Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Professors: Pamela Herring
- Start date: 5/20/2022
- End date: 6/3/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Costa Rica
- City: Puntarenas
- Courses: ENGL 4300
- Program Description:
Writing along the River - London, United Kingdom
- Professors: Marianita Escamilla
- Start date: 5/16/2022
- End date: 6/3/2022
- Program Cost: $4,348.00
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Courses: ENGL 4359 - Special Topics: Travel Writing
- Program Description:
Sustainable and Ethical Cybertraining for Next Generation Vaqueros - Dublin, Ireland
- Professors: Sheikh Ariful Islam
- Start date: 5/20/2022
- End date: 6/4/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Ireland
- City: Dublin
- Courses: CSCI 4341/ELEE 4333/CMPE 4341: Ethical Cyber Security: A System-level Approach
- Program Description:
Law and Society - Washington DC
- Professors: Elizabeth devenhernandez
- Start date: 5/22/2022
- End date: 5/31/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: United States
- City: Washington, D.C.
- Courses: CRIJ 4356 - Law and Society
- Program Description:
Project Management - Seoul, South Korea
- Professors: Joo Jung
- Start date: 5/15/2022
- End date: 5/31/2022
- Program Cost: $625.00
- Country: South Korea
- City: Seoul
- Courses: MGMT 4300/MGMT 6332 - Topics in Management:Project Management at Korea
- Program Description: We will discuss international business project management. Topics include various issues that international managersfaceincluding assessing global environment, cultural context, and strategy for global operation. Fundamental international management concepts are discussed while application of these concepts into the course project is the main objective of the course. We will discuss and compare doing business in the U.S. and South Korea.The course will include interfacing withKorean universities, companies and cultural attractions.The opportunity to study business in Koreawill help students to expand their perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of international business and economics.
Exploring the Geology and Cultural Ecology of the American Southwest- Flagstaff, AZ
- Professors: Juan Gonzalez
- Start date: 5/13/2022
- End date: 6/6/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: United States
- City: Flagstaff
- Courses: GEOL 4370 - Special Topics in Geology
- Program Description: This study away course will take you on a twelve day,and 3500 milesfieldtrip to the American South West, a geologically unique region with a long history of human presence, that includes the states ofArizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The courses designed with two objectives in mind, 1-introduce you to the geologic events thathaveshaped the region and to 2-familiarize you with the various indigenous American cultures that developed in the area.This course meets EnvironmentalSciences and Anthropology Programs goals but is open to studentsfrom any program who havean interest in nature and in North American archaeology and Indian cultures. On this journey we will see how natural phenomena shape local environments. How humans adapt to and in-turn shape the environment.
Summer 1 Programs
Prague Study Abroad - Prague, Czechia
- Professors: Thomas Pearson, Brian Warren, Jorge Vidal
- Start date: 6/3/2022
- End date: 6/25/2022
- Program Cost: $2,363
- Country: Czechia
- City: Prague
- Courses: PHIL 2326 - Ethics, Technology, and Society, THTF 1310 - Theatre Appreciation, FINA 3380 - Introduction to Finance
- Program Description:
Science and Culture in the City of London, United Kingdom
- Professors: Gregory Gilson, Caroline Miles
- Start date: 6/10/2022
- End date: 6/30/2022
- Program Cost: $3,277.00
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Courses: PHIl 3317, PHIL 1366, ENG 2314, ENG 4300, ENG 6316
- Program Description:
Ancient Coastal Archaeology, Superb Regional Museums and the Cloud Forest - Cusco, Peru
- Professors: Robert Bradley, Mark Andersen, Marcus Farris
- Start date: 6/7/2022
- End date: 6/28/2022
- Program Cost: $3,840.00
- Country: Peru
- City: Cusco
- Courses: ARTS 4352/6354 - ARTS 4388Special TopicsThe History and Practice of ImageAppropriation: Iconic to Cultural.
- Program Description: The study abroad Peru program is a three-week immersion in Peruvian culture, history, food, and biology. The trip is a collaboration between the School of Art and Honors College. Honors College Dean Mark Andersen is a biologist, and his course will cover the flora and fauna of three distinct Peruvian ecosystems: the desert coast and ocean, the cordillera, and the high jungle. Robert Bradley is a pre-Columbian Andean art historian who has focused on Peru for more than two decades. On this trip we will visit the oldest city in the Americas, Caral, which thrived on Peru’s coast five-thousand years ago. We will also travel to the North Coast towns of Lambayeque and Trujillo, which is Peru’s most famous gastronomic center. We will then go trekking in the Andean cloud forest and visit one of the world’s largest waterfalls, Gocta. In the high jungle near Tarapoto we will study spectacular birds like Peru’s national bird the fiery orange cock-of-the-rocks. Finally, and extension journey to Machu Picchu will close out the trip.
Disaster Risk Reduction - Rwanda
- Professors: Abdoul Oubeidillah
- Start date: 6/1/2022
- End date: 6/25/2022
- Program Cost: $2,630.69
- Country: Rwanda
- City: Rwanda
- Courses: CIVE 4300 Topics in Civil Engineering
- Program Description: This is a study course to explore “community driven disaster risk reduction and resilience” in Rwanda, Africa. The choice of Rwanda is interesting as that country was able to overcome civil war and genocide and use science and technology to build the resilient and admired country it is today, just 20 years after the civil war and genocide that killed one million, about, 15% of its people.I believe that UTRGV students and the community will greatly benefit from this study abroad course especially in light of the polarization that we see in this country lately. They can learn how a community with deep wounds can heal together, overcome adversity, build a community and be successful together.
Business Society in Costa Rica - Turrialba, Costa Rica
- Professors: Maria Leonard
- Start date: 6/6/2022
- End date: 6/22/2022
- Program Cost: $2,340.79
- Country: Costa Rica
- City: Turrialba
- Courses: MGMT 4304 - Business and Society
- Program Description:
Justice Reform in Latin America - Panama City, Panama
- Professors: Robert Magee
- Start date: 6/13/2022
- End date: 6/23/2022
- Program Cost: $2,183.00
- Country: Panama
- City: Panama City
- Courses: CRIM 4362
- Program Description: Student will study Latin American justice systems at an academic, cultural, and historical level with the Panamanian criminal justice system as a case study. Students will learn about government corruption and justice system reforms in the Americas over the last thirty years with Panama as a model. Panama City, Panama is a good location because it is a safe area to visit. Students will reside at the Ciudad del Saber or “City of Knowledge” campus and engaged in fieldwork that exposes them to the current criminal justice system in Panama. Students will visit National Police facili.
Digital Photography in Asia - Seoul, South Korea
- Professors: Ping Xu
- Start date: -
- End date: -
- Program Cost: -
- Country: South Korea
- City: Seoul
- Courses: ARTS-4337 Digital Photography
- Program Description: The Study Abroad Asia 2022 trip will be a 21-day minimester trip in Korea and Japan. The destination cities of the trip will be Seoul, Ansan, Busan, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. After the main Asia trip in Korea and Japan, you will be eligible to join an additional 4-week free trip in Taiwan for being an English teacher to teach English and American culture for Taiwanese elementary school students if you like to join the UTRGV-2022 Taiwan English Camp. The Asia Trip course for 2022 will be ARTS-4337 Digital Photography opened to all UTRGV students without prerequisite
Archeological School in Ecuador - Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Professors: Sarah Rowe, Guy Duke
- Start date: 6/12/2022
- End date: 7/13/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Ecuador
- City: Guayaquil
- Courses: ANTH 4365/6365, ANTH 4395, ANTH 6390 - Archaeology of South America, Fieldwork in Anthropology, and Directed Studies in Anthropology
- Program Description: Learn about archaeological fieldwork with the local community while exploring the history, culture, cloud forests, and beaches of coastal Ecuador.
French in the French Riviera (Nice and Cannes) - Nice, France
- Professors: Irina Armianu
- Start date: 7/10/2022
- End date: 8/6/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: France
- City: Nice
- Courses: FREN 1311 - Introduction to French Cinema
- Program Description: This is a July 12th-31st study of French Beginning I on location in Nice, France. Being in Nice, we will be able to attend Cannes Film Festival between July 13th-17th 2022. Access to French museums and French libraries and other cultural institutions will significantly improve the quality of cultural immersion and language skills. Local trips to Old Town in Nice are a good opportunity to explore the city for architecture and photo projects. We would also like to build class final projects to create a short documentary on French cultural themes of the New Wave or a photographic journal / portfolio of Parisian and Old Castel architecture.
Atlantic Crossings - Florence, Italy
- Professors: Linda English, Friederike Bruehoefener
- Start date: 6/5/2022
- End date: 6/24/2022
- Program Cost: $3,912.00
- Country: Italy
- City: Florence
- Courses: HIST 4391/HIST 4392 - Special Topics in United States History
- Program Description: Students who participate in the study abroad program Atlantic Crossings will discover the transatlantic world by focusing on European emigrants who immigrated to the United States in the 19th century. While staying in one of the most exciting and historic cities of Europe—Florence in Italy!— students will study the diverse motives and reasons that prompted Europeans to leave their country of origin and travel to the United States. Focusing on English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scandinavian emigrants, students will—together with UTRGV professors Drs. Linda English and Friederike Bruehoefener—explore push and pull factors such as unemployment and labor shortages, food scarcity and famines, political unrest and instability, as well as ideas of opportunity and adventure.
Culture Language and Identity - Mérida, Mexico
- Professors: Stephanie Alvarez
- Start date: 6/18/2022
- End date: 7/2/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: Mexico
- City: Mérida
- Courses: MASC 4392/MASC 6390- Latin American & Latinx Cultural Theory ”MexicanAmericanStudies"
- Program Description: This course aims to understand what cultural studies is in the context of Latin@ and Latin American Studies, what some of the prominent theories are, and how can we use those theories to unpack or expose inequalities, understand how Latin@s and Latin Americans have fought/fight against
colonial forces & ideologies and, examine our own positionality in respect to the complex colonial relationships at play in terms of culture and cultural production. Therefore, this course is as much about cultural theory as it is about power, decolonial thought and social justice. We look at a wide variety of texts that date back to the 16th century to the present time. The primary aim of the course is not just to learn and critique theory, but apply theory so that we are able to critique culture or “the real world” in
an attempt to unpack “the everyday.”
Summer 2 Programs
Colonialism and Imperialism - Sevilla, Spain
- Professors: Rosalva Resendiz
- Start date: 7/15/2022
- End date: 7/30/2022
- Program Cost: - $2816
- Country: Spain
- City: Seville
- Courses: CRIJ 4362/6333 Colonialism & Imperialism
- Program Description: The course surveys the development of Andalusian culture through various invasions which are reflected in the diverse culture. The course requires the student to engage with the material at an academic, cultural and historical level. Students will analyze the culture through a colonial and post-colonial discourse, focusing on the crimes and laws that come along with imperialism, as well as forms of resistance and identity that develop as an outcome of colonization.
Criminal Justice - Sault Ste Marie, MI
- Professors: Robert Magee
- Start date: 7/20/2022
- End date: 7/29/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: United States
- City: Sault Ste. Marie
- Courses: CRIJ 4361 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems and CRIJ 3352 Immigration law, policies, and procedures
- Program Description: We will travel to Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on the border with Canada to study the different criminal justice challenges faced on the northern border. For the second segment we will return to Edinburg to study the southern border issues in this six-unit class. Students will earn credit for “CRIJ 4361 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems” and “CRIJ 3352 Immigration law, policies, and procedures”.
Students will go on field trips to government organizations and cultural sites, including U.S. Border Patrol Stations, Texas Rangers, Michigan State Police, Soo Locks Boat Tour, and historic downtown Sault Ste Marie. Our students will compare the criminal justice systems and immigration issues on the northern and southern international borders and will learn directly from criminal justice professionals from our neighboring countries of Mexico and Canada, including representatives of the State Police of Tamaulipus, Ontario Provincial Police, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Edinburgh International Theater Festival - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Professors: Thomas Pearson, Brian Warren, Richard Edmonson, Miguel Salazar
- Start date: 7/13/2022
- End date: 8/6/2022
- Program Cost: -
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: Edinburgh
- Courses: PHIL 1332 Philosophy and Literature taught by Dr. Thomas Pearson, THTF 1351 Acting I taught by Professor Rich Edmonson, THTF 4303 Theatre Rendering and Drawing taught by Professor Miguel Salazar, THTF 1310 Theatre Appreciation taught by Dr. Brian Warren
- Program Description: Each course will take great advantage of the superb natural beauty, historic sights, museums and general ambience of Scotland. Particularly in the case of the theatre courses, Edinburgh features the yearly Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, which is an event that must be seen! Thousands of student performers and theatre professionals gather in Edinburgh for the Festival to perform plays, skits, improvised scenes and other theatre performances. The City of Edinburgh alone, as a major international city, offers differing cuisine and culture events that celebrate the world and the country of Scotland and its unique place in the world