Courses

Throughout my academic career as an undergraduate student at FIU, I took several Global Learning courses that contributed to my newfound interests in different academic fields.

GL Courses:

• EVR1001: Intro to Environmental Science

This introductory course is a survey of the biological, chemical and physical principles of the enviromental science and their applications to environmental issues. As a student growing up in Florida, my science classes had curriculums with a heavy focus on our own rich, local environment and expressed the importance of conserving it. This course felt close to home and I enjoyed continuing to learn about the Florida ecosystem, as well as expanding my awareness of environmental issues and their conservation efforts.

• SPN 2340: Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers

As a dual enrollment class I took in high school, this course was my introduction to college-level coursework at FIU. As a native speaker, this course felt simple and reiterated what I already knew whilst still expanding my cultural knowledge of Hispanic countries.

• COM 3417: Communication in Film

This course examined the relationship between communication and film from the 1920s through modern films. As an elective, this class allowed me to learn through a different media than I was used to: film. This course is by far one of the most memorable ones because I had no prior experience in this academic field, so I had no idea what to expect. I was able to learn about all kinds of cinematographic techniques, technical terms and the use of intention when creating films to engage intended audiences.

• REL 3308: Studies in World Religions

This was one of my very first upper-level courses and it was quite challenging, but the knowledge I left with will always be worth it. This course is another memorable one because I had no prior knowledge in this field of study, The curriculum had range, lecturing on indigenous religions to the more common Abrahamic ones. This marks the start of my interests in cross-cultural courses.

• LAS 3002: Intro to Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This was one of my study abroad courses, but not my first course in the academic field of Latin American and Caribbean politics, yet it had the most impact because I got to learn through traveling. Since the study abroad program was based in Buenos Aires, there was particular focus on Argentine history, politics and culture. This course truly marks a special time in my academic career in which I truly felt like a global learner because I was able to learn through cultural immersion, cuisine and conversations with locals.

Attached below is my favorite, most memorable work from my GL courses.

My presentation for LAS 3002 focused on an important topic in Argentine politics— the study of their very own populist movement. This is a movement I became very familiar with throughout my time abroad through conversations with locals.