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Fall 2025 Cuba Global Intensive Program

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Fall 2025 IAFS 3000: Politics & History of Cuba

This is a standard 3-hour, upper division International Affairs course in the Fall/2025 semester, after which time the class will travel to Cuba for an intensive 10-night/11-day education abroad program. The travel dates will be from December 26, 2025 to Jan 5, 2026. The course is usually capped at approximately 15 students.

Contact Dr. Grant Cohen to learn more about the Fall/2025 Global Intensive course and post-semester Education Abroad travel program to Cuba on Cuban Politics, History, and Society. Dr. Cohen will explain the cost, dates, what you can expect to experience on the program, as well as the controlled registration process to sign up.

This global intensive program is specifically geared toward, and prioritizing, students of the International Affairs (IAFS) program.

IAFS Students: This Global Intensive course and Education Abroad travel program can satisfy:

  • Off-Campus Experience Requirement OR Latin American Geographic Concentration (IAFS Majors)
  • Capstone Requirement (IAFS Minors)
  • As always, please check in with your advisor with any questions about requirements!

If you’re interested, you must email Dr. Grant Cohen ASAP.

Sample Highlights:

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  • Spend 10-nights/11- days in Cuba exploring the following destinations: Havana, Cienfuegos, Bay of Pigs, Trinidad, Santa Clara and Vinales. Learn about Cuban politics, US-Cuban relations, economics, history, and society directly from local experts to everyday people.
  • Meet with local experts, such as: entrepreneurs, economists, historians, gender and race experts, architectural experts, a former member of the Cuban Congress, and everyday local families. Visit Old Havana, salsa class, the Revolution Plaza, the National Museum of Fine Arts, a cigar factory, Che Guevara's statue/mausoleum, and private jam sessions with influential Cuban musicians.
  • Visit the site of the Bay of Pigs invasion (Playa Giron), Cienfuegos, Che Guevara's statue and mausoleum in Santa Clara, and spend three nights in Trinidad, a beautiful, fun, historically significant town in the Sancti Spiritus region, a major area for sugar production. Finally, visit Vinales, the beautiful countryside and Cuba’s main tobacco growing region located a few hours from Havana.