*Students must speak with Teel Evans first before completing an application through the Education Abroad Office.*

Course: SPAN 350

Dates: 06/21/2025-07/19/2025

Program Contact: evanse@email.sc.edu

Program Description:

Students will study Spanish language and Cuban culture while living in Cuba in vetted home stays with meals.
By living with these host families, they will speak Spanish every day and gain valuable intercultural communication skills. There are multiple cultural activities during the week such as dance and cooking, museum and culture visits, student exchanges with Cuban students and community outreach as well as two weekend/overnight excursions with program leader and SSAbroad staff.

Grammar/culture classes taught at the University of Havana are four hours each day, M-Th. These classes are included in the program fee and students will earn 3 credits (SPAN 003T) to transfer back to USC. Fridays are reserved for cultural activities.

Students will also enroll in a 3 credit SPAN 350 class (USC tuition/fees apply) not covered by program fees, with the program leader as the primary instructor. This will focus on cultural engagement and reflection related to the study abroad experience and the cultural excursions of the program. So students will earn 6 SPAN credits total on the program - 3 credits via grammar/culture courses taken at the Academic center in Cuba CIPS and 3 credits via SPAN 350 led by Prof Evans.

Application Deadline: March 1st