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The Tufts-in-Chile program allows students to study at the University of Chile in Santiago, one of the region’s leading universities, for the fall semester or the academic year. Students are urged to stay for an academic year, and preference is given to students applying for the full year. Since the restoration of democracy in 1990, Chile has regained its place as a regional model of stable democracy, economic prosperity and social concern, and has signed a free trade treaty with the United States. It is a country of great natural beauty, with climates that range from tropical to antarctic, and landscapes that include the world’s driest desert and the hemisphere’s highest mountain. It has rocky coasts and beaches that recall California, verdant valleys that seem Mediterranean, upland forests that resemble the Alps and fjords that evoke Norway—along with something all its own. Its population is predominantly European in origin, but with significant indigenous groups in the north and south, and a large population of mixed descent. Santiago, Chile’s capital, is a metropolis of 5.5 million set in a valley 2000 feet up in the foothills of the Andes in central Chile. It is the transportation hub of the country, with easy access to both north and south, two hours from world-class Andean ski resorts and an equal distance to famous Pacific beaches. Santiago is one of Latin America’s leading intellectual and cultural centers, the home of many United Nations and other international organizations and a vibrant center for the performing and visual arts. The University of Chile, founded in 1738, is one of Latin America’s oldest and most prestigious universities. It includes thirteen faculties that range from arts and sciences to law and medicine. The university has 23,000 undergraduate students and 55 libraries that contain some two million volumes, divided among the various departments. Students are fully integrated into the life of the university and able to take regular courses in any of its faculties, which are located in four campuses accessible by public transportation that includes a subway as well as buses. The faculties of Arts, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences are all located on the same Juan Gomez Millas campus. AdministrationDirector: Carmen Gloria Guinez, B.A., University of California; M.A., California State University.The resident director advises students on academic and extra-curricular activities, arranges for homestays with Chilean families and organizes special trips and activities. A full-time Tufts professor serves as a faculty adviser for the Tufts-in-Chile program. Return to TopPrerequisitesThe Tufts-in-Chile Program is open to undergraduate juniors and seniors in good academic standing. Since students will be taking regular courses at the university, fluency in Spanish is important, and participants are expected to have completed Spanish 21 and 22 (Composition and Conversation) or the equivalent to six semesters of college-level Spanish.The program should be of particular interest to students in Latin American studies, international relations, environmental studies and the social sciences, but the university's course offerings are comprehensive and interested students from all majors are invited to apply. Preference will be given to students who have taken coursework on Latin America or have shown, in other ways, an interest in the region. Return to TopAcademic Calendar 2007-2008(dates are approximate)
Academic ProgramStudents in the program take regular courses at the University of Chile, choosing from the hundreds of courses offered at its various faculties. Normally, foreign students take four courses a semester, chosen in consultation with the resident director. A Spanish language course equivalent to Spanish 121 is required, except for native speakers and those students who have already completed Spanish 121. Interested students can be placed in internships and community service positions. Evaluation at the University of Chile is similar to that at Tufts, including papers and exams. Accommodations and MealsStudents in the program live with Chilean families carefully screened by the resident director. They normally have breakfast and dinner with their families, giving them an experience of Chilean life and culture that will complement their experience at the university. No more than one student is placed with a family, to ensure one-to-one contact with the culture and the language. Students receive a weekly allowance for lunch (which can be purchased at university cafeterias or outside), transportation and incidental expenses. Return to TopDepartments at UChile(http://www.uchile.cl)Faculty of Architecture
and Urban Studies Institute of Public Affairs Communication and Image Institute Faculty of Chemistry and
Pharmacy Faculty of Economics and
Business Faculty of Arts Faculty of Philosophy and
Humanities
Faculty of Social
Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural
Science and Forestry Faculty of Sciences Faculty of Physics and
Mathematics HealthSantiago is a modern city located in a temperate climate without unusual health problems, but it does have a smog problem (from May to September) that may affect asthmatics. Health care is provided for a fee by the University of Chile, which has a world-class medical school, at its hospital. Return to TopOrientationThe faculty adviser leads a twelve-day orientation program in July, which introduces students to the history, politics, society, economy, and culture of Chile, as well as to Santiago and nearby regions and to the University of Chile. This orientation includes cultural events, trips to the coast and mountains, and meetings with social organizations (including an orientation to internship and community service possibilities). Return to TopStudent ActivitiesThe University of Chile offers a full range of extracurricular activities. Its athletic teams are at a professional level (visiting U.S. basketball players have made the team), but it also offers both intramural and recreational sports, including soccer, tennis and basketball. The university also has a range of cultural groups—chorus, orchestra, ballet, among others. Students receive inexpensive tickets to view performances by these university cultural groups. In addition, the resident director organizes special enrichment activities, including cultural events and excursions to places of interest in Santiago and other regions of Chile. Santiago has a rich cultural life, with first-rate theater, opera and classical music, as well as popular and folk music, art exhibits and poetry readings—in the land of Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral. World-class ski slopes and beaches are located within two hours of Santiago, with one ski center an hour away.
Comprehensive Program Fee
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