HIST 276 - History of Nicaragua

3 Credit Hours
Taught as a component of the Academic Service Learning Semester in Nicaragua, the goal of this ocurse is to introduce students to the history of Nicaragua from the independence era to the present. Topics of study will include the nation building process of the early nineteenth century, the Walker Affair and the National War, the triumph of liberalism as a guiding force in poltics and economics, the struggle to overcome persistent violence, contemporary popular culture, and the turn toward new economic, political and cultural realities in the twenty-first century. Academic Service Learning Program Only.

Course Attributes: Humanities Elective

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate

College of Arts & Sciences History