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Location Spotlight: Latin America

Looking for a unique study abroad experience in an often overlooked, beautiful part of the world? Check out these Latin American Location Spotlights to see how you can earn credit while studying abroad!
 
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Chile

Ever wanted to visit Chile and learn more about the culture and language? ISA Chile: Valparaiso Spanish Language & Latin American Studies focuses on learning about Chilean culture through a UNESCO World Heritage Site! Expand your Spanish skills at one of the oldest and most prestigious international campuses in South America. Explore La Isla Negra in the sea and the Volcano Pucón alongside ISA resident staff and classmates. Experience a homestay with Chilean students, other study abroad students, and a local host! No language prerequisites are required, courses are taught in English and Spanish.


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Costa Rica

Visit Costa Rica this summer on ISA Costa Rica: San Jose Spanish Language & Latin American Culture (summer) where you can volunteer with Experiential Learning Abroad Programs (ELAP) and make community connections in San Jose! Earn up to 10 credits while learning Spanish and being immersed in Costa Rican culture at Universidad Veritas. Learn about the Cloud Forests, volcanoes, and coastlines! No program prerequisites apply, instruction modes are in Spanish. 


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Mexico

Spend your summer in Mexico, studying abroad on a faculty-led program! Education Abroad offers two Global Seminars in Mexico: Community Engaged Language Revitalization in Teotitlan del Valle and Exploring Ancient Mexican Peoples & Ruins in Oaxaca. On a Global Seminar, you travel abroad with a small group of CU Boulder students (approx. 10-25) and a CU Boulder faculty member, learning from the faculty in their area of expertise. 

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Colombia

On ISA Colombia: Barranquilla Latin American Studies, International Business, Engineering & Courses with Locals you'll experience the vibrant, cosmopolitan Caribbean port city of Barranquilla! Choose from a variety of courses to take alongside international and local students, instructed in English and/or Spanish. Learn to dance salsa, cumbia, and merengue in Shakira’s birthplace! Immerse yourself in Colombian culture by living in a homestay or residence hall. Travel to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, National Parks, and volcanoes on ISA's excursions!
 

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Turks & Caicos Islands

Travel to the Turks & Caicos on SFS Turks & Caicos: South Caicos Fundamentals of Marine Conservation (summer) and explore the conservation of tropical marine ecosystems. Learn about climate change, ocean acidification, and the importance of environmental management. Snorkel, scuba dive, and get the chance to see dolphins, conchs, turtles, sharks and more! Live within 3 miles of a coral reef, mangrove islands, carbonate platform flats, and deep-water diving! Tackle Sustainable Development strategies for the Islands and on a global scale. This program usually fills before the deadline – so apply early! 


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Patagonia

Spend a semester amid soaring peaks, narrow fjords, and fields of ice on SFS Chile: Puerto Natales Wild Patagonia: Fire & Ice! Study the conservation and impacts of climate change on this program. Cross the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost part of South America, where you will see penguin colonies and explore glacial fjords! Take a trip to northern Patagonia’s lakes region to see the Valdivian forests, Calbuco and Osorno Volcanoes, and blue whales!  This program usually fills before the deadline – so apply early! 


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Learn more about these and our other amazing programs in Latin America, offered in fall, spring, and summer!

Ready to get started? Connect with Ed Abroad to learn more about the programs that will work best for your course and budgetary needs, and/or to open an application. 


Photo credits: Chile photo by Keenan Fitzpatrick; Costa Rica photo by Michele Wolff;  Colombia photo courtesy of ISA; Turks & Caicos Islands photo courtesy of SFS; Patagonia photo by Watts Austen
Last updated: December 2023