Argentine Universities Program

Arrival and orientation

• Airport pick-up for group flight travelers
• 10-day on-site orientation for semester/year students: Includes transportation, accommodation, activities and most meals
• Welcome meal

Cultural events

• Music and theatre

• “El Niño Argentino”
• “Pequeñas Patriotas”
• “Método Gronholm”
• “King Lear”
• “Cita a Ciegas”
• “The Doubt”
• “Filomena Marturano”
• “La Bohemme”
• “Madame Butterfly”
• “Romeo and Juliet”

• Fuerza Bruta
• El choque urbano (percussion show)
• Football matches
• Urban biking and canoe excursion
• Tango: crash course for beginners
• Polo and horse riding demonstration class at an Estancia

Excursions

• 3-day excursion to a destination such as San Martín de los Andes or Bariloche
• 1-day trip to Colonia, Uruguay

Activities organized by program classes or concentration

• Tour of Teatro Colón (operal maintenance class)
• Visit to Museo Eva Perón (Eva Perón, mito y representaciones maintenance class)
• Visit to national Congreso and CGT (research concentration)
• Art exhibition at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (human rights concentration)
• Trip to Rosario for the Latin American Cinema Festival (cinema concentration)

Other activities

• Special occasion and special interest meals throughout the year
• Thanksgiving celebration (semester 2)
• Farewell meal

Buenos Aires Intermediate

Arrival and orientation

• Airport pick-up for group flight travelers
• Three week on-site orientation: Includes transportation, accommodation, activities, most meals and three weeks of intensive intermediate Spanish classes
  
• Welcome meal

Cultural events

• Music and theatre

• Fuerza Bruta
• El choque urbano (percussion show)
• Football/soccer and rugby matches
• Urban biking and canoe excursion
• Tango: crash course for beginners
• Polo and horse riding demonstration class at an Estancia

Excursions

• 3-day excursion to a destination such as San Martín de los Andes or Bariloche
• 1-day trip to Colonia, Uruguay

Other activities

• Special occasion and special interest meals throughout the semester
• Thanksgiving celebration (semester 2)
• Farewell meal

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Arrival and orientation

• Airport pick-up for group flight travelers
• 10-day on-site orientation: Includes transportation, accommodation, activities and most meals
• Welcome meal
• Transportation to host family at conclusion of orientation

Cultural events

• Argentine cooking class
• City of Mendoza guided tour
• Annual wine harvest festival (spring semester)
• Halloween festivities (fall semester)

Excursions

• 2-day trip to Buenos Aires: Includes sightseeing and social events
• 2-day trip to San Rafael: Includes rafting, horseback riding, trekking and hiking in the mountains

Additional events available at students’ expense

• Volunteer activity trip to Lavalle ($A100–150)
• Nightlife in Mendoza ($A20 approximately)
• Art in Mendoza ($A5–10)
• History of Mendoza ($A2)

Other activities

• Farewell meal