Earn Graduate-level Credit from Southern Utah University offered through World Language PD for participating in a 2025 Senegal Program!
Vive l’expérience is pleased to partner with World Language PD, in conjunction with Southern Utah University, to offer registered Senegal program participants a 1-credit graduate course option and a 3-credit graduate course option.
Course Name: Contemporary Senegal
Course Description: This course is designed to help Senegal program participants gain new professional knowledge and apply that knowledge to their own unique instructional settings and circumstances.
Course requirements: The course expectations are outlined below. You may sign up for this option up to a week following the end of your Senegal program.
1 credit option
Tuition = $75.00
Learning Experiences, Application and Reflection
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Learn
Participate in a minimum of 15 hours of qualified activities during the program (Interactions 1-1 and in small groups with Senegalese students, professors, experts and families in various cities and villages; visits to UNESCO sites, among others). Participants will track their attendance using the Program Attendance Form.
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Summarize
List 3 – 5 key points for each activity that you participated in and, for each activity, explain how each key point can contribute to standards- and proficiency-based teaching of world languages and cultures in your own classroom. Due within 2 months of trip completion (Spring Program: May 23; Summer Programs Sept. 3 or Sept. 17, 2025).
3-credit option
Tuition = $220.00
Learning Experiences, Application and Reflection
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Learn
Participate in a minimum of 15 hours of qualified activities during the program (Interactions 1-1 and in small groups with Senegalese students, professors, experts and families in various cities and villages; visits to UNESCO sites, among others). Participants will track their attendance using the Program Attendance Form.
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Apply
Prepare five (5) classroom activities that incorporate what you learned OR review five (5) classroom activities or lessons of teachers you supervise or work with. Due within 2 months of trip completion (Spring Program: May 23; Summer Programs Sept. 3 or Sept. 17, 2025)
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Reflect
In 4-5 double-spaced pages, explain how and where what you learned was incorporated into the lessons you designed and why those ideas supported standards- and proficiency-based opportunities for your students. Due within 2 months of trip completion (Spring Program: May 23; Summer Programs Sept. 3 or Sept. 17, 2025).
Last updated September 30, 2024