| GCOS 171 Electronic Portfolio Construction Seminar |
| This course introduces students to use an electronic platform and to work with text, PDF, photo, audio, and video files. The course will help students increase their digital literacy skills in these areas as well as discover the benefits and challenges in creating and using multimedia files for documentation of learning. The classes will be completely practical; the students prepare the necessary projects as part of the documentation for the diverse courses that they are taking during the semester. By the end of this course, the student will be able to: Use the platform to submit work electronically; have a basic understanding of how to create an electronic learning portfolio; edit and enhance digital photographs; create an audio digital file; and plan and produce a multimedia video that incorporates photography and audio. |
| Spanish Language |
| Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish language courses are taught each semester in Costa Rica. It is required that students take a 4-credit language course in the fall semester, but Spanish is an elective 3-credit course in the spring semester for continuing students although HIGHLY recommended. In addition, primarily advanced students or students not taking a regular Spanish course may do a Spanish language independent study in the fall or spring semesters. |
COSTA RICA CENTER (GCOS) COURSE DESCRIPTIONS - GCOS 102 Living Latin American Culture I |
