bridgetown, barbados

 

 

 

Dates:             March 20-28, 2009

 

Professors:   Dr. Evelyn Phillips, Professor, Anthropology

                         phillipse@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-2617

 

                         Prof. Ramon Hernandez, Adjunct Professor, International Studies

                         hernandez@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-1619

                     

Course:          International Studies 226: Intercultural Sensitivity, 3 credits

              

Travel Program Registration Deadline:     December 1, 2008

Scholarship Application Deadline:              December 1, 2008

 

Scholarships:   Students participating in any course abroad program may apply to the Center

                              for International Education for scholarship assistance.  Matriculated status at

                              CCSU and a minimum GPA of 2.50 are required and scholarships will not

                              normally exceed $500.  Registration forms received after December 1 will

                              not be eligible for scholarship consideration.

 

Travel Cost:     $2,725 per person, exclusive of tuition and registration fees, based on

                             double occupancy and a minimum of 12 students.

 

Note:  Students must separately register and pay for the academic course(s) associated with

           this Course Abroad Program.  Full-time student Spring course registration is handled 

           by the Registrar's office; part-time student Spring registration is handled in the          

           Enrollment Center in Willard Hall.

 

 

university life and bajan culture

Come discover the University of West Indies Barbados and Bajan culture. Barbados, the eastern-most Caribbean island, is a cosmopolitan country where 260,000 African and European descendants mixed with Amerindian reside. Once a plantation society built on captive labor, Barbados currently is one of the strongest economies in the Caribbean. Tourism and banking drive the Barbadian economy and sustain its hybrid culture. Barbados’s white sand and coral beaches, designated as among the best, attract people from all over the world. Calypso, Reggae, Soca, Jazz and the Crop Over Festival, cricket, soccer, and other creative forces help distinguish Barbadian culture, in addition to its natural resources. Barbados is uniquely traditional and postmodern where the past is not forgotten and the present and future not forsaken.

In this setting on the Caribbean Sea sits the University of West Indies at Cavehill campus, the host and an exchange school. The University of West Indies (UWI) is an internationally renowned institution that serves all of the English-speaking Caribbean countries. In 2005, it hosted the Cricket World Cup, the Center for Gender Development, a law school, and a medical school. Approximately 8600 students, both undergraduate and graduate, attend UWI.

Students will be introduced to the University of West Indies and the Barbadian culture. Through classroom lectures, cultural tours, ethnographic field interviews and interactions with university pupils, students will gain an understanding of the history, economy, and culture of Barbados. The program will also explore the music and sports of this island, Harrison Cave, Hutson Sugar Museum, the George Washington House and the St. Lawrence Gap, a tourism development.

 

The cost of the program includes round-trip economy-class airfare, double occupancy hotel accommodations with breakfast daily, ground transportation and entrance fees to all required sites.

 

 

Program Registration Form

Statement of Responsibility, Release and Indemnification