Service-Learning: Study Abroad in Kingston, Jamaica

Study Abroad integrated with Volunteer Service Study Abroad in Jamaica

Academic Immersion Focused on Real Cultural Understanding

The program is based at the University of Technology, Jamaica. As the national university, it is highly regarded in Jamaica and the Caribbean, preparing students from a wide variety of backgrounds with strong qualifications and skills for entry into the workplace or for further studies. When field trips or organized cultural programs are relevant to deepen understanding, these are incorporated in the academic program. You will take four required courses for a total of 12 credits. A transcript is issued by the University of Technology, Jamaica, upon successful completion of the program.

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Course Offerings

Introduction to Caribbean Literature

This course introduces students to the written and oral works of the Caribbean as expressions of the lived experiences of its peoples. Through the study of novels, poetry, biography, and historical journals, students will examine the socio-historical context and Caribbean realities reflected in literature of the region.

Terms Offered: Fall/Spring Summer

Required | Recommended US Credits: 3 | More Course Information

Caribbean Sociology

This course addresses major sociological issues, questions and themes in contemporary Caribbean society; evaluates the sociological impact of cultural continuities and changes within the Caribbean socio-cultural dynamic; and questions the rationale of ethnocentric applications to the assessment of Caribbean social phenomena.

Terms Offered: Fall/Spring Summer

Required | Recommended US Credits: 3 | More Course Information

Profile of a Service Agency / Reflective and Literary Journal Writing

This course is conducted in two concurrent parts. The first part is a guided field exercise, designed to integrate your service experience with the formal learning of the program. Using the agency or community project in which you are serving as a case study, you conduct an intentional and sequenced investigation and prepare a major paper in which you analyze the agency as a microcosm of the cultural, social, economic and political issues of the larger society. The second part of the course is “Reflective and Literary Journal Writing,” for which you write a a literary, reflective journal based on the IPSL textbook, Charting a Hero’s Journey, drawing on the realities of your service activities or other experiences in Jamaica and documenting your inner and outer journey of service-learning in Jamaica.

Terms Offered: Fall/Spring Summer

Required | Recommended US Credits: 3 | More Course Information

Caribbean History

Examines the political, social, and economic history of the Caribbean, as well as current topical issues in the Caribbean.

Terms Offered: Fall/Spring

Required | Recommended US Credits: 3 | More Course Information

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