Assignment 2b

Definition of "Interdisciplinary Studies"

"Interdisciplinary studies" is an academic program or process seeking to synthesize broad perspectives, knowledge, skills, interconnections, and epistemology in an educational setting. Interdisciplinary programs may be founded in order to facilitate the study of subjects which have some coherence, but which cannot be adequately understood from a single disciplinary perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary

Defintion of "Latin America"

The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French.

Countries of South America and North America (including Central America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea) south of the U.S.; the term is often restricted to countries where either Spanish or Portuguese is spoken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America
http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-america

List of Countries that make up "Latin America"

Carribean: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, DominicanRepublic, Grenada, Guadeloupe,Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands,

Central Amreica: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,Panama

South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela,

North America: Mexico,

http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/

Countries that make up the "Caribbean"

Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands,

http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/

Cool fact

Something I did not know about Latin America is that according to Wikipedia Latin America includes not only all Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, but also the current and former French territories in the hemisphere, including Quebec in Canada; Louisiana in the United States!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America

I cited all of my sources used above. I believe this is all very reliable information because I chose very reputable websites such as Wikipedia, and the Latin American Information Center.

What do you notice in general.

In general what I noticed is most of my classmates that are taking this class are doing so to fulfill a requirement towards their general education. I also noticed that most of us chose this particular course to fulfill that requirement because we thought it would be interesting.

Choose any two classmates and tell us what you have in common with that classmate

I have noticed that I have the same outlook as Katy she says "it is all about school and her family" and I completely agree with her!

AND

Dana and I are both married with three beautiful children at home!