SPN 250 - Sustainable Travel in the Hispanic World

Course Units: 1

In this class, students will engage with terms like ecotourism, voluntourism, community tourism, agrotourism, and indigenous tourism through concrete case studies from Spanish-speaking countries, such as Spain, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, the Amazon and the Galápagos Islands. Students will learn about each country’s geography and critically reflect on their role as travelers and language learners. This course is highly collaborative, student-centered, participatory, and project-based. Students will read newspaper articles, academic articles, watch documentaries, videos.

Prerequisite(s): For students with 4 or more years of Spanish language study, with a score of 5+4+ or above in the AP exam or SPN 201. It is also suitable for students who have studied in a Spanish-speaking country or for heritage speaker that can read and write in Spanish. CC: GWOL, WAC ISP: LAS, ESPE