Study Abroad Orientation & Excursions in Argentina

Argentine Universities Program and Buenos Aires Intermediate

Previous excursions included, but were not limited to:

Arrival and orientation

• Airport pick-up for group flight travelers
• Ten-day, on-site orientation for semester/year students includes: transportation, accommodation, activities and most meals
• Introduction to Argentine culture
• Discussion of academic differences and expectations
  
• IFSA-Butler staff walk students through everything from how to succeed academically to living with a host family to integrating socially in the university setting
  
• 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
• Rugby matches
  
• Football matches
• Urban biking and canoe excursion
• Tango: crash course for beginners
• Polo demonstration class at an Estancia

Excursions

• Three-day excursion to a destination such as Colonia, Uruguay; Montevideo, Uruguay; or Rosario, Argentina

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

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Previous excursions included, but were not limited to:

Arrival and orientation

• Airport pick-up for group flight travelers
• Ten-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 (semester 1)
• Halloween festivities (semester 2)

Excursions

• Two-day trip to Buenos Aires includes sightseeing and social events
• Two-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