Courses

• Wrestling with the Polyglot (core course compulsory for ALL students in ALL tracks - 1 credit)

Choose your track. Students must register for one core course specific to their chosen track and a one-credit internship.

Track 1. Documenting the Carnival Experience

• Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (1 credit)

• Internship - Photography, Film or Carnival Arts (1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (2 credits)

Track 2. Cultural Immersion

• Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (recommended - 1 credit)

• Internship - urban architecture, culture of cane-field workers, journalism, etc. Students may also suggest their own options (1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (2 credits)

Track 3. Music of the Caribbean

• Caribbean Music (required - 1 credit)

• Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (recommended - 1 credit)

• Internship - Music Participation (1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (2 credits)

Track 4. Hindu Trinidad

• Hindu Trinidad - the religion, history and culture of Hindus in Trinidad

• Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (1 credit)

• Internship - Photography, Film or Carnival Arts (1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (2 credits)

Track 5. Gender and Islamic Studies

• Gender and Islamic Studies (1 credit)

• NGO Internship -  internship with a non-governmental organisation or an institution such as the Islamic Academy(required - 1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study OR Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (2 credits)

Track 6. Caribbean Economy, Society and Culture

• Includes:

  • Caribbean man in American and Atlantic civilization

  • Caribbean economy and business; offshore and onshore

  • Caribbean social organisation: family and community, ethnicity (race, class, colour, homeland, religion)

  • Caribbean government and politics (movements and parties, governors and governed)

  • Caribbean art and entertainment (music, dance, orature, literature, cricket, painting, carnival, steel pan, limbo, mas, stick-fighting, soca-chutney, ram-leela, etc.)

• Internship - Trinidad and Tobago  Institute of the West Indies (1 credit)

• Carnival Arts as Performance (recommended - 1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (1 - 2 credits)

Track 7. Ecology & Environment

• Carnival Arts as Cultural Performance (1 credit)

• Internship - Photography, Film or Carnival Arts (1 credit)

• Course(s) offered by the University of the West Indies OR Independent Study (2 credits)

 :: Coming Soon! ::

In 2006, Trinity in Trinidad will be available for both the spring and fall semesters!  Course details will be available on this site soon!

:: Photo Gallery ::

See some of the activities undertaken by past Trinity students in Trinidad and learn more about the country!

• Carnival
• Religion
• Music
• Dance

:: Our Instructors ::

Our programme attracts the most influential and innovative practitioners in their field. Meet some of our past and present on-site faculty below.

Tony Hall
Playwright, actor and director, Mr. Hall has been Visiting Artist in Residence at Trinity College, Hartford, CT since 1998. He has taught playwrights and video making workshops there. More ...
Ravi Ji
Philosopher and spiritual leader of the Hindu Prachar Kendra.
Lloyd Best
Intellectual, Political Analyst and Director, the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies.