{"id":40292,"date":"2025-09-03T17:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?p=40292"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:53","slug":"experiential-learning-in-action-recent-experiences-in-the-mexico-city-field-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/2025\/experiential-learning-in-action-recent-experiences-in-the-mexico-city-field-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiential learning in action!  Recent experiences in the Mexico City Field Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Experiential learning in action!  Recent experiences in the Mexico City Field Course\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1453\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae.jpg\" alt=\"photo of students in CDMX field course\" class=\"wp-image-40294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/CDMX.field_.course.5e58b744-bd8f-45b4-9f28-1154d60c0aae-360x202.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1453px) 100vw, 1453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens when you take learning out of the classroom and into the streets of Mexico City?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty undergraduate students from Carleton University discovered the answer during an unforgettable field course in Mexico City.&nbsp; They embarked on the experience of a lifetime recently as part of the CDMX Field Course, organized by Political Science professor Laura Macdonald and Geography and Environmental Studies professor Jill Wigle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>read full story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/2025\/a-multidisciplinary-journey-through-mexico-city-cdmx\/\">A Multidisciplinary Journey Through Mexico City (CDMX)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you take learning out of the classroom and into the streets of Mexico City? 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