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As an undergraduate student at the University of Florida, I had the opportunity to take several internationally-focused courses that further developed my cultural and social literacy. Several of these courses were taught by the Anthropology department, but I also enjoyed taking introductory Spanish courses where I was able to learn a new language. Below is a brief summary of my favorite courses that I completed during my time in the International Scholars Program at UF:
ANT 3478:
Global Health & Culture
This course examined the ways in which diverse societies construct illness and health experiences, balance healing traditions with multiple forms of medical practice, and integrate the human experiences of illness, recovery, and death within the technical world of biomedicine. I loved taking this course primarily for its focus on the intersection of culture and medicine, which is topic that will require my utmost understanding during my interaction with a diverse patient population in my future career.
ANT 3141: Development of World Civilizations
This course surveyed the origin and development of civilizations, how they are portrayed and compared in Western scholarship, and the influences that affected their trajectories, along with their eventual collapse. By taking this course, I gained a deeper understanding of how the world's first societies came into existence, leading me to better comprehend our world today and civilization’s progression into the future.
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Below is a link to my final project for this course, where I presented a comparative look at two of the most influential ancient civilizations in human history: Imperial Rome and the Kush Kingdom.
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SPN 1131 & 1132:
Beginning Spanish 1 & 2
These introductory language courses served as an introduction to basic communicative skills in Spanish while also developing my own awareness and appreciation of Hispanic and Latino cultures. I enjoyed these courses most because of their tendency to place me in uncomfortable situations where I was forced to learn valuable communicative skills in the Spanish language. These situations prepared me for my mission trip to Guatemala, where I felt comfortable enough to communicate with the locals and build off my knowledge from my undergraduate Spanish courses in a real-world setting.
ANT 3620: Language & Culture
This course explored basic concepts in linguistic anthropology in order to understand how this field approaches enduring questions about language and the ways it shapes - and is shaped by - culture and society. By taking this course, I developed a cross-cultural understanding of the contemporary world and gained knowledge of how the diverse languages in our world impact our ever changing society on a daily basis.