Certificate in Social Sciences and Human Rights in LATAM - Study Abroad Program
San José, Costa Rica
Certificate
DURATION
12 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Application deadline: 4 weeks before arriving
Key Summary
About: LCI VERITAS offers a Study Abroad Certificate in Social Sciences and Human Rights in LATAM, based in Costa Rica. The program runs 12 weeks, in English, in Fall or Spring, for 12 credits. Pick four courses from human rights, Costa Rican tradition, LGBTQ diversity, conflict resolution, intercultural communication, Latin American history, and gender and sustainability. Terms with Easter week add an extra homestay week. Optional Spanish course adds cost (deduct $865 if not chosen).
Career Outcomes: You’ll build skills for human rights advocacy, NGO coordination, community outreach and education, international development, and cultural exchange, applying activism, governance, intercultural competence, research, conflict resolution.
Overview
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Language: English
- Terms: Fall, Spring,
- Credit: 12
The role of Latin American governments and social movements has had an essential contribution to the idea and practice of international human rights. Creating awareness about social issues in the region is one of the best ways to guarantee positive future development of activism, and governance.
Choose 4 of the following courses for a Certificate in Social Sciences and Human Rights in LATAM:
- Costa Rican Tradition: Peace and Democracy
- Human Rights in Latin America
- LGBTQ Diversity and Sexual Identity in Latin America.
- Creative Conflict Resolution: a multicultural, gender perspective
- Cultural Psychology
- Intercultural Communication & competence
- Contemporary Latin American History
- Costa Rica Colloquium: History and Culture
- Gender and Sustainability
* If a student comes during a Term that has Easter week the program is a week-long and will have to pay an extra week for their homestay.
** Optional Spanish Learning course added to cost (deduct $865 if not chosen)
