Mitla

Program for autumn 2009

 Students will enroll in the following classes:

 SPAN 201             -               5 CR        (A Term)
 SPAN 202             -               5 CR        (A+BTerm)
 SPAN 203             -               5 CR        (B Term)
 SPAN 237             -               2 CR        (A Term)
 SPAN 299             -               3 CR        (B Term)

 Language classes are taught by UW faculty & teaching   
 assistant.

 
 All students must enroll in the
 Conversation & Culture/History Courses
 below:

 SPAN 237 (Term A), Spanish Conversation,
 2 credits (numerical grade), taught by Mexican
 faculty.
 SPAN 299 (Term B), Culture/History
 Course, 3 credits (numerical grade), taught by
 Mexican faculty.

 The normal course load will be 15 credits.
 Students may also participate in optional
 workshops in Mexican cooking, salsa dancing,
 etc. No credit awarded for these workshops.    

Santo Domingo

 Participation will include up to twenty five
 highly motivated UW students who have
 successfully completed Spanish 103, 123, 134,
 or 201 by September 2009 or  placed into
 Spanish 201 or 202.

 1) Submit the completed application form
 AND a copy of your transcripts to the
 100/200-level   Spanish Language Advising
 Office, Padelford C-106 (or leave in Lani
 Phillips box in C-104 Padelford Hall).
 2) Have a professor from the UW submit a
 letter of recommendation to Lani Phillips,
 Division of Spanish & Portuguese, Box
 354360.  A letter  of recommendation form is
 available in the Study Abroad section of the
 department website, 
 http://depts.washington.edu/spanport/

 Both steps must be completed by 5 p.m., May
 8, 2009.   You will be notified shortly thereafter
 regarding acceptance to the program.

 The cost of the program (including a room and
 two meals a day with a Mexican family, and
 program overhead) will be approximately
 $3,200US. This amount does not include the
 $250 IPE Fee; air fare; local transportation;
 (except for the group excursions); textbooks;
 passport; health insurance; pocket money, or
 the costs of room, board, and transportation
 for the mid-term trip.

 Once you have been admitted to the program
 you will be expected to apply for a passport
 and book and pay for your own flights.

 All program fees will be charged to the student account
 and paid to the UW Student Fiscal Services Office
 according to the above schedule.

 Most forms of financial aid can be utilized
 during participation in the program. 
 Participants who are on financial aid should
 contact the Financial Aid Office to verify
 that their awards will apply.  For more
 information about Financial Aid &
 scholarships, including the quarterly IPE
 scholarship: http://ipe.washington.edu &
 GoGlobal opportunities scholarship:
 http://www.goglobal.washington.edu/

  The $350 program deposit and the
 $250 IPE Fee are non-refundable. 
 Any student withdrawing after June 26,
 2009 will be liable for a set percentage of
 the program fee, depending on the date of
 withdrawal. No part of the program fee is 
 refundable once the program has begun.
 Notice of withdrawal from the program
 must be made in writing to both the
 International Programs and Exchanges Office
 and the Division of Spanish and Portuguese.

 Barro negro (black pottery)

 Classes will be held at the Instituto Cultural
 Oaxaca, a language institute housed in a
 Colonial style home surrounded by lush gardens.
 Participants will be placed individually with
 local families, with whom they will take two
 meals per day. The purpose of staying with
 local families is so that students will be
 immersed in Mexican culture and have the
 opportunity to speak only Spanish for the
 duration of the program.

Monte Albán