SIT Ecuador website
Advisor/Important notes:
- SIT programs offer students the opportunity to dive deep into a specific academic topic! These small (15-25 student) programs run on a fixed course model where all students are enrolled in the same courses. SIT highly values experiential learning and makes an effort to get you out of the classroom and into your host community as much as possible. A key component of these programs are the Internship or Independent Study Project that students complete during the last month of their global study semester.
- Prerequisite: Three recent semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent and the ability to follow coursework in Spanish, as assessed by SIT.
- Spanish majors/minors must meet with faculty in the Spanish Department prior to choosing a program.
- Studies indigenous groups— dives into what projects and efforts are being made to support them, and how organizations support indigenous groups in a way that is not paternalistic and is sustainable.
- Works really well for students who are interested in linguistics.
Who to contact:
- SIT Program Contact - Abigail Fox (abigail.fox@sit.edu)
- SIT Contact a Former Student Page
- Contact a returned Gettysburg student
Program Highlights:
- Study development, power, and language in a multilingual, multiethnic society.
- Visit the spectacular Galápagos Islands, the Cloud Forest, and Upper Amazon Basin.
- Explore how languages instill, reinforce, and subvert power relationships.
- Learn how to identify your own cultural biases and imagine a different society.