CAR 310 - Caribbean History and Cultures (or Sweet Power: Sugar, Empires, and Slaves in the Caribbean)

Sweet Power is a three-week, six-credit study abroad course. The class will take place in Puerto Rico (Spanish and American empires), Curaçao (Dutch slave trade), and Barbados (English sugar plantation system). The Caribbean is an amalgam of five continents: Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. It is an archipelago of the world’s cultures, mixed and remixed by time, economics, and power. Studying the historic and contemporary Caribbean is a route toward greater understanding of world history.

Credits: 6 hours
NOTE: This course counts as three hours for the US History designation in the history major and three hours for the Non-Western History designation in the history major.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.