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Jamaica: Falmouth - Arts & Sciences Program (Summer)
Falmouth, Jamaica
 
Program Terms: Summer
This program is currently not accepting applications.
PROGRAM COST Summer
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Summer 2013 04/05/2013 Expired Deadline** Rolling Admission 05/29/2013 06/21/2013
Summer, 2013 NOTE: This program is currently still accepting applications on a SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS AND ENROLLMENT MAY BE CLOSED AT ANY TIME. For this reason, applications should be completed as soon as possible and all applicants should contact the Study Abroad Advisor for more information.

** Indicates rolling admission application process. Students will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.

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Fact Sheet:
Language Requirement: None GPA: good academic standing
Professor(s): Dr. Rafik Mohamed Internships: No
Disciplines offered: Sociology, Arts and Sciences - sciences Accomodations: Villas, Hotel
Prerequisite(s): None Service-Learning: Yes
Program Advisor: Derek Brendel - dbrendel@sandiego.edu
Program Description:

 

JAMAICA: Falmouth
USD Summer Program 
Summer 2013

 
 
This program is still accepting applications on a SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS and ENROLLMENT MAY BE CLOSED AT ANY TIME.  For this reason, applications should be completed as soon as possible and students should contact the study abroad advisor for more information.


PROGRAM LOCATION 
 
Jamaica is a small, culturally-rich island nation located in the Caribbean Sea. The warm hospitality, music and customs in Jamaica compliment the bright and beautiful scenery that encompasses this remarkable island. Students who participate in this four-week summer program will live in Duncans, a small community just outside the city of Falmouth, on Jamaica's north coast near Montego Bay. 
 
 
COURSE INFORMATION 
 
USD sends students to Jamaica two times per year in an effort to maintain what has become a remarkable connection between the USD campus community and the locals who live in Duncans, Jamaica on the island's northern coast. In addition to earning course credit while abroad, students have the opportunity to engage in service within the community at local schools, learning centers and in rural neighborhoods. The community of Duncans holds a special place in the heart of many USD students, staff and faculty. This four-week faculty-led program offers students the chance to study the history and culture of Jamaica while also being immersed in the community. 
 
You may select one or both of the offered courses.
 

 

SOCI 425W: The Black Atlantic (3 Units)

 

Dr. Rafik Mohamed

 

With a particular emphasis on Jamaica, this course provides an overview of Caribbean society and culture from the beginning of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Specific attention will be given to the themes of colonization, slavery, culture, and resistance. Students are asked to consider the role European colonization played in shaping Caribbean societies and culture for the bad and the good, and the role of the world's most powerful nations in detracting from the self-determination and global competency of less-developed former colonies. This course seeks to engender cultural competence in students and have them use Caribbean cultures as a lens through which they critically evaluate their racial, ethnic, gendered, national, and socioeconomic selves.

 

Additional Information:

 

  • SOCI 101 is recommended as a prerequisite
  • Fulfills "D" and "W" Core Requirements 
  • Counts toward IR major requirements
  • Can be cross-listed as an Ethnic Studies or International Relations class
 
ENVI 121: Life in the Ocean (4 units)
 
Dr. Steven Searcy

An introduction to the organisms in the ocean, including their phylogenetic and ecological interrelationships. Biological principles and processes that are basic to all forms of life in the ocean will be stressed. This course will satisfy the core curriculum requirement for a life science and for a laboratory course. This course will not satisfy the requirements of the marine science major. 

Additional Information:

 

  • Fulfills the Life Science Core Requirement

 

 
Community Engagement:
 
A cornerstone of the Jamaica study abroad program is the community service/immersion component. USD students visit a local elementary school, help lead classes, and interact with the children in an effort to better know Jamaican culture. Other service-learning options include the Granville Place of Safety, a residential facility for girls who, for a variety of reasons, have been marginalized.

Additionally, Students visit sites of cultural, literary, and historical significance including tours of Falmouth, visits to former plantation "great houses" and a trip to an extremely rare bioluminescence bay.

COST

 

For a detailed description of program costs please see the Program Cost in the box at the top of this webpage. Click on the link which corresponds to the term you plan to study abroad.

 

Please note the budget sheet at the stop of the Program Cost webpage details the total cost for students enrolling in the 3-Unit SOCI 425 course. Students wishing to enroll in both courses during this program should add $2,600 tuition to the total cost for the additional 4-Unit ENVI 121 course.

 

 
HOUSING

Students will stay in groups at Silver Sands villas for the majority of the program's duration and hotels while on excursions. 

MEDIA GALLERY 
 



 
This program is currently not accepting applications.