IGS – Interdisciplinary global studies
Interdisciplinary global studies is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the comprehensive nature of world affairs, and these courses are team taught by faculty and distinguished experts from the host country on economics, politics, culture, and special topics.
Latin America in the World: SummerCourse in Buenos Aires, Argentina (IGS 599 Section 01)
China in the World: Summer Course in Wuhan, China (IGS 599 Section 02)
Russia in the World: Summer Course in St. Petersburg, Russia (IGS 599 Section 03)
Africa in the World: Summer Course in Ghana (IGS 599 Section 04 )
Latin America in the World: Summer Course in Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIRST SUMMER SESSION
IGS 599 Section 01 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
May 17-May 30 On location in Argentina
maiaprogram@miami.edu 305-284-8783
Note: In addition to tuition, students also pay for their airfare, meals, admission
to cultural programs, and housing.
Address Latin America’s relations with the USA, LA, EU, church, and global civil society. Begin your studies in Miami and continue them on site in Buenos Aires. This course features presentations by faculty from the
prestigious Universidad de Belgrano. Additional speakers include Argentinean diplomats and other Latin American experts. Lecture locations include Universidad de Belgrano, the Argentine Council for International Affairs and the National Congress. Lectures and presentations are in English and Spanish. For more information visit www.uglobe.org.
China in the World: Summer Course in Wuhan, China
FIRST SUMMER SESSION
IGS 599 Section 02 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
May 31-June 12 On location in China
Michael Connolly maiaprogram@miami.edu 305-284-8783
Note: In addition to tuition, students also pay for their airfare, meals, admission
to cultural programs, and housing.
Address China’s story of trade, investment, and growth (1979-2008). Begin your studies in Miami and continue in Wuhan, China. Gain an understanding of how China regained world leadership through a dynamic, open
economy and its economic reforms. The key ingredients of the success story are the opening of the economy to trade and investment and the orderly transition to the free market economy. Lectures are in English at Zhongnan
University. Also includes an optional cruise on the Yangtze River to the Three Gorges Dam. For more information visit www.uglobe.org.
Russia in the World: Summer Course in St. Petersburg, Russia
SPECIAL DATES
IGS 599 Section 03 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
June 14 –June 27 On location in Russia
Vendulka Kubalkova maiaprogram@miami.edu 305-284-8783
Note: In addition to tuition, students also pay for their airfare, meals, admission
to cultural programs, and housing.
Address Russia’s relations with the USA, EU, church, Islam, LA, and global civil society. Begin your studies in Miami and continue in St. Petersburg, Russia. This course features presentations by faculty from the prestigious
St. Petersburg State University School of International Relations as well as other Russian experts and diplomats. Lecture locations include the Mariinskyi Palace which houses the legislative assembly and the St. Petersburg
State University housed in the former Smolnyi Monastery. All lectures and presentations are in English. For online information visit www.uglobe.org.
Africa in the World: Summer Course in Ghana
SECOND SUMMER SESSION
IGS 599 Section 04 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
July 25- August 5 On location in Ghana
Edmund Abaka maiaprogram@miami.edu 305-284-8783
Note: In addition to tuition, students also pay for their airfare, meals, admission
to cultural programs and housing.
Address Africa’s relations with the USA. Focus on Africa’s social, political, economic, and cultural issues. Begin your studies in Miami and continue them on site in Ghana. This course features presentations by faculty from
the prestigious University of Ghana (Legon) as well as excursions to the picturesque forts and castles that dot Ghana’s coastline, the Asantehene's Palace at Manhyia, Kumasi, the centre for Kente weaving at Bonwire, and
the Kakum National Park. All lectures and presentations are in English. For more information visit www.uglobe.org.
