International Programs
Summer 2012
China
Entrepreneurship in the U.S. and China | June 8 - June 23, 2012
This new course will offer students an in-depth look at how business is conducted in China, through a two-week stay in the great cities of Beijing, China’s political capital, and Shanghai, its economic capital. Participants earn six graduate credits.
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Belize
Field School in Prehistoric Archaeology | June 14 - July 8, 2012
This summer the Anthropology Department will offer a field school on Maya archaeology in Belize, Central America. The project area and field camp are located in a tropical rainforest within the Programme for Belize Conservation Area-a protected reserve for flora, fauna, and archaeological remains.
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Haiti
Haiti Today: People, Culture & Politics | July 9 - August 3, 2012
This program explores the history, politics, culture, and the economic and social developments taking places in Haiti, from both external and internal perspectives.
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Puerto Rico
Caribbean Studies Institute: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands | June 4 - July 3, 2012
The Departments of Sociology and Anthropology of UMass Boston, in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, have designed a summer program dedicated to the study of the historical, socio-political, and economic structures and processes that have shaped the Caribbean into the culturally complex region it is today. Participants to earn up to nine undergraduate credits.
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Winter 2012
India
Focus on India: Global Industry & Competitive Analysis | January 7 - 17, 2012
This course examines techniques of industry and competitive analysis and ways of applying these techniques to gain a better understanding of industry trends and company strategies in sectors of significant importance to the regional economy.
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Jamaica
Jamaica Today: People, Culture, and Environment | Jan 2 - 21, 2012
The program is designed to facilitate an understanding of Jamaica through total immersion in different aspects of the country. The program will explore the culture, environment, language and literature of Jamaica, and the country’s economic, political, and social realities.
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Caribbean
Journeying with the Amistad
The program offers students an interdisciplinary approach integrating sociological, anthropological, and historical perspectives to the study of Caribbean society and culture.
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