January in Guatemala

During this one-week program, students will:

• visit Antigua
• visit Iximche
• visit Tecpan
• partake in service-learning activities
• participate in Spanish classes

*These activities are subject to change based on availability when booking.

To apply: Please click on the “Apply Now” button in the overview section and fill out all of the information requested.

Application deadline: ​​​​​​​October 15th
Decision date: October 16th
Deposit: $575 (non-refundable) due by November 1st to hold your place in the program.
Final payment deadline: $2,175 by spring tuition and fees spring deadline

GLEN 301– Global Liberal Studies Practicum*
3 credit hours

Course Description
Students will participate in experiential learning in a cross-cultural or global setting. In addition to a guided reflection on the connection of the experiential learning to the three co-requisite courses to which this practicum is attached, students will produce an integrated portfolio of the courses that will be assessed according to a Cross-Cultural and Global Learning rubric.

*Prerequisite: LBST 175/180

Co-requisite courses:
(3 credit hours each)

GLEN 225– Languages in Contact

Course Description
Students will engage and reflect on languages in relation to one another (rather than focus on one, discrete, “national” language). In this context, students will articulate and practice principles of communication across cultures. This course includes an immersion experience in another language and culture, along with guided reflection on the ways that experience connects to the course.

GLEN 235– Globalization and Social Change

Course Description
Students will identify and define features of globalization and social change from multiple disciplinary perspectives, observe patterns of globalization and social change in at least one case study, and articulate which approach (or combination of approaches) best explains the patterns observed in the case study or studies. This course includes an immersion experience in another culture, along with guided reflection on the ways that experience connects to the course.

GLEN/HUMA 245– Interpreting Narratives Across Cultures and Around the World

Course Description
Students will draw on narrative theory and colonial/post-colonial studies to develop interpretations of narratives constructed in a cross-cultural and/or global setting. Topics may include but are not limited to: Auto-ethnographic narratives, Diasporic narratives, Place narratives, Travel Writing narratives, and War narratives. Students may enroll in additional sections of this course when a different topic is addressed.

Students must take at least 2 of the courses in order to be eligible to participate (GLEN 301+ one of the courses listed above). If students take all 4 courses, then they will earn a certificate in Globalization and Engagement.

Scholarship opportunities:

• Gilman Scholarship*
• Global Leader Scholarship
• ​​​​​​​Fund for Education Abroad

*Please contact Emily Dunn, the Assistant Director of Global Education, before applying to the asterisked scholarship opportunities at dunn_ea@mercer.edu.