The University of Vermont
A Residential TAP Program. Open only to incoming first-year students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Cuba: Past and Present
Required Course Information |
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Fall Semester |
History
095E (90410), 3 credits, Prof. Kathryn Dungy |
Spring Semester
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Spring semester
activities will be announced during the fall semester. |
This seminar will confront
the many myths and realities that surround our perceptions of this island
nation. Topics will be both historical and current. The class will examine historical
issues related to colonization, race relations, culture and politics and will
also delve into contemporary issues related to the Cuban Revolution and Cuba’s
current global relations. Works produced by historians, economists,
politicians, and Cubans themselves will be read, analyzed and discussed to
explore the multi-faceted views that describe Cuba. Course work will include
short writing assignments, a book project, a current event project, and a final
paper.
The Cuba: Past and Present is designed as a residential course. Students are
expected to live together in the Living Learning dormitory during the entire
first year experience. The TAP class will take place during the fall semester.
During the spring semester students will be expected to have designed events to
take place at least once a month (eg: film series, lecture series, cultural
events). It is hoped that a travel component will be available at the end of
the spring semester.
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It is our hope that our colleague at the
University of Havana, Dr. Digna Castenada, will join us as a scholar in
residence for the 2003-2004 academic year.