Course Details

Course offered Spring 2018

HONORS 384 A: Sumak Kawsay: Well-Being, "Race," and Gender in Ecuador Prep Seminar (A&H / SSc, DIV)

HONORS 384 A: Sumak Kawsay: Well-Being, "Race," and Gender in Ecuador Prep Seminar (A&H / SSc, DIV)

Credits: 2

Required for and restricted to Quito, Ecuador study abroad program participants.

A 2-credit preparatory seminar for Sumak Kawsay: Well-Being, “Race”, and Gender in Ecuador, a Summer 2018 study abroad program. At the end of the course, students will be able to: discern the major historical changes within Ecuador; identify the major cultural, political, and economic changes in contemporary Ecuador; compare the development of social and cultural movements in contemporary Ecuador; and, analyze their own positionalities as UW students who will study in Ecuador.