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The winter-quarter Oaxaca program is built around the three-course sequence "Mexico in Latin American Civilization," an historical survey of Latin America, from the pre-Columbian era to modern times, with some emphasis on Mexico. Classroom work is supplemented by excursions to sites of historical interest both within and outside the city of Oaxaca. Participants also take a fourth course in Spanish language designed to enhance their connection to the surrounding community. The city of Oaxaca itself, with its richly layered history and cultural diversity, plays an important role in this venture. Established in the late fifteenth century as an Aztec stronghold, occupied by Spanish conquistadors in 1521, Oaxaca today is a colorful, modern city of a half-million inhabitants, the capital of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, and a cultural center of extraordinary ethnic diversity. The city and surrounding area offer program participants numerous opportunities for excursions, both official and unofficial, as well as occasions for a consideration of the interconnection between Mexico's past and its present as a modern nation.
Housing:
Program participants are housed with host families, an arrangement that includes partial board.
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Credits:
Participants in the Oaxaca program receive three credits for the civilization sequence and one credit for the Spanish language course. The sequence meets the College’s civilization requirement. If students have already met the civilization requirement these courses are usable as electives. Course titles, units of credit, and grades are placed on the student's Chicago transcript.
Registration and Tuition:
Students remain registered full-time in the College and pay regular College tuition, the Oaxaca program fee and the non-refundable study abroad administrative fee required of all participants in Chicago's programs abroad. For precise figures, see Study Abroad Program Fees.
Financial Aid:
Students retain their financial aid eligibility. However, two expenses--the study abroad administrative fee and the round-trip airfare to Oaxaca--are not underwritten by College Financial Aid. On the other hand, since students cannot be expected to work part-time in Oaxaca, the self-help component of their financial aid package does not include a term-time employment factor.
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The Oaxaca program is open to University of Chicago undergraduate students only. Applications from outside the University are not accepted.
The program is designed for undergraduates in good academic standing who are beyond their first year in the College. While the program stipulates no minimum grade-point average, an applicant’s transcript should demonstrate that they are a serious student who will make the most of this opportunity. Because the civilization sequence is taught in English, there is no language prerequisite, although students are encouraged to take Spanish on campus before the program begins.
Because of the considerable demand for Chicago’s civilization programs abroad, no student may participate in more than one of these programs. Each application is examined on the basis of the student's scholastic record, personal statement and academic recommendation.
A student accepting an offer of admission is expected to secure his or her place with a non-refundable study abroad administrative fee.
Further Information:
If you would like to discuss the Oaxaca program
and the possibility of participating in it, please contact Erika Mercer (Harper 216; 834-5424).
Statements contained on this site are subject to change without notice.
