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Study Abroad in Cuba with Adelphi University 2015

Winter break study abroad course in Cuba

Adelphi University’s journalism program is offering a 2-week study abroad course in Cuba this January. The course is worth 3-credits and open to undergraduate students from all universities.

This unique course, “Global Perspectives: Cuba in Transition,” introduces students to the transition underway in Cuba due to the recent opening of diplomatic and economic relations with the U.S.  From January 5 to 16, 2016, the class will travel to Cuba and visit Havana as well as some more rural parts of the western Cuban coastline.

Students will be interviewing, shooting video, capturing audio, reporting, writing and reading. They will be meeting government officials, dissidents, local business owners, media professionals and a host of citizen-driven organizations and ultimately engage with how Cubans and outsiders are already attempting to leverage and respond to this critical moment in history.

All-inclusive cost (flights, housing, food, tuition, activities, visa fees) is approximately  $6,900. Apply by October 1, 2015.

Study abroad in Cuba: January 2015

Global Perspectives: Climate Change Reporting in Cuba

Adelphi University’s journalism program is offering a 2-week study abroad course in Cuba this January. The course is worth 3-credits and open to undergraduate students from all universities.

This unique course, “Global Perspectives: Climate Change Reporting in Cuba,” introduces students to the impacts of climate change and reporting about climate change in an international context.  From January 8 to 20, 2015, the class will travel to Cuba and visit Havana as well as some more rural parts of the western Cuban coastline.

Students will be interviewing, shooting video, capturing audio and reporting for a website. They will be meeting climate change experts, local stakeholders, media professionals and government officials and will ultimately observe how climate changes are converging in one of the most misunderstood and culturally rich places on Earth.

All-inclusive cost (flights, housing, food, tuition, activities, visa fees) is $6,900. Apply by September 30, 2014. For more info, visit Adelphi’s Center for International Education.