Encuentro Dominicano

Curriculum Structure

The time periods are merely suggested and could be altered. They were designed with the following considerations in mind:

• leave the daytime hours for students to take required classes, study, and do service work
• daytime hours will also enable visiting Creighton professors to prepare for class, to explore the area, and possibly to do their own service hours or research
• meals are served at specific times at the Center: 8:00 breakfast, 12:30 lunch, 6:00 dinner
• the time period for Elective #2 will include Creighton's fall/spring break, so that the professor has the option to miss only 2 weeks (instead of 3) of teaching other courses on Creighton's campus
• if students are not taking one of the elective class in the evening, they may use this time to study or work on projects and other courses
• the last day of each 3-week session could be assessment day (major test or project or other assessment measure)

	Weeks
	#1-3	#4-5	#6	#7-9	#10-11	#12-14	#15
8:00-9:00	Breakfast	Immersion with campos or urban family (11-12 day immersion; 1.5 day retreat)	One-week break for students (different from C.U. break week)	Breakfast	Immersion with campos or urban family (11-12 day immersion; 1.5 day retreat)	Breakfast	Debriefing of experiences in the D. R. and then a Re-Entry Retreat (Dar La Vuelta) back on Campus at Creighton
9:00-10:15	EDP 361 (5 hrs/week)			EDP 361 (5 hrs/week)		EDP 361 (5 hrs/week)
10:15-12:30	Study			Study		Study
12:30-1:30	Lunch			Lunch		Lunch
1:30-2:30	Spanish class (EDP xxx)			Spanish class (EDP xxx)		Spanish class (EDP xxx)
2:30-6:00	M-Th service 3 hrs/week; Fri.- seminar 1 hr/week			M-Th service 3 hrs/week; Fri.- seminar 1 hr/week		M-Th service 3 hrs/week; Fri.- seminar 1 hr/week
6:00-7:00	Rest & Dinner			Rest & Dinner		Rest & Dinner
7:00-10:00 *	Elective #1 (M-Th 3 hrs)			Elective #2 (M-Th 3 hrs)		Elective #3 (M-Th 3 hrs)

* Contact hours will be fulfilled as prescribed by the faculty member and may include field trips, meals together, or other forms of contact/teaching time.

1. EDP 361 / JPS 361 - Social Justice in the Dominican Republic (6 credit hours). This course will be taught/facilitated/supervised by the Academic Director for the Encuentro Dominicano program in collaboration with the Executive Director of CESI with regard to service learning and immersions. It will include the following components:

• 56 class hours during the 9:00-10:15 time period. This period allows flexibility for class lecture or guest speakers to use 30-90 minutes each day;
• 27 hours of volunteer service in designated sites (about 3 hours per week) during the 2:30-5:30 time period on Monday-Thursday, which will connect course content with practical experience and provide the foundation for directed journaling and other assignments. The large time block will allow flexibility in transportation and site availability;
• 9 hours of seminar class time (50-60 minutes per week) during the 2:30-5:30 time period on Friday, that will enable the students to discuss their service experiences and connect them to topics or themes from the morning class lectures/speakers;
• 22-24 days of immersion living with families, to provide students with fuller Dominican life experiences and enable them to make connections to topics from class; and
• 3 total days of retreat (split into 1.5 days) at the end of each 2-week immersion period

2. EDP/SPN xxx - Spanish class (3 credits)

There will be various levels offered (beginning, intermediate and advanced), and the students will be placed in the classes based on their ability levels. These courses will be taught by instructors from the university PUCMM for 45 contact hours (approximately 50 minutes per day). The Academic Director will work with PUCMM to determine the best time to teach the courses at the Center daily, during the time periods 10:30-12:30 or 1:30-2:30 .

3. Elective Courses - Creighton professors (3 credits each)

The professors will teach for 45 contact hours Monday-Friday for approximately 2.5-3 hours daily during the three weeks.

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