The AASU-Kukulcan Intensive Spanish Program in Cuernavaca, Mexcio, offers the student a complete immersion in the Spanish Language and Mexican Culture. For further information about the Kukulcan Institute, please go to: http://www.kukulcan.com.mx/en/index.htm

Deadline for enrollment and payment procedure

March 15, 2009. The student secures his/her space in the program via a $600 US deposit non-refundable, that could be sent via www.paypal.com or a wire transfer. For further details on account numbers, please contact Dr. Bill Deaver at bill.deaver@armstrong.edu or Leticia Becerril at info@kukulcan.com.mx

Purpose

• To allow participants to study Spanish in a total immersion method for two weeks.
• Gain insight into the cultural, social and political environments of Mexico.
• Develop a better understanding of Latin family life by living with a host family.
  
  Description
  

Students can study language, culture and literature classes for 5 1/2 hours per day, M-F. Classes are taught in Spanish. Participants attend class with U.S. and other International Students. Classes will be taught by faculty from AASU and from the host institution, Kukulcan Educational Spanish Community. Students will lodge in local homestays that are arranged by the host country affiliates.

 

Qualifications

Students must have a GPA in good standing, and be at least 17 years of age. There is no language requirement for students who take SPAN 1001 (Elementary Spanish I) during the program. There are prerequisites for students who plan on taking other Sopanish levels during the course of the program.

Estimated Cost for the two week program

• $1950 + AASU tuition  (note: If you are a Hope Scholar, the Hope Scholarship will pay your tuition)

Details: The $2000 includes

• One AASU faculty member accompanying the trip
  
• Double occupancy with a Mexican host family, 3 meals/day, and transportation to/from the school
  
• 5.5 hours of total immersion classes in Spanish per day (M-F) at the Kukulcan Spanish Institute
• Mexico City tour and hotel (plus lunch on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday)
• Entrance fees to the Teotihuacán pyramids and the Museum of Anthropology
• Welcome and Farewell Party at Kukulcan
• Round-trip airfare from Atlanta to Mexico City plus ground tranportation to Cuernavaca
• Unlimited Internet Access
• Health and Accident Insurance
• Some excursions (past sites have been Mexico City, Puebla, Tepoztlan, Teotichuacan, palacio de Cortes, jardin Borda, and/or Templo Maor)
• Minimum - 6 undergraduate semester hours (3 of these must com efrom SPAN 3510 Study Abroad)/Maximum - varies with lenght of stay (up to 15 hours for 12 weeks).

  Span 1001 Elementary Spanish I
  Span 1002 Elementary Spanish II
  Span 2001 Intermediate Spanish I
  Span 2002 Intermediate Spanish II
  Span 3050 Spanish for Health Care Professions
  Span 3050 Advanced Grammar
  Span 3060 Advanced Grammar for Native Speakers
  Span 3510 Study Abroad
  Span 4030 Special Topics (business Spanish, Mexican Literature, etc)
  Span 3031 Conversational Composition I
  Span 3032 Conversational Composition II
  Span 4040 Phonetics
  

  Sample Daily Schedule from a Previous Year

  Sunday, May 18th	Departure from Atlanta, arrival in Mexico City with bus transfer to Cuernavaca (1.5 hour bus ride) Orientation program and assignment of host families
  Monday, May 19th	First day of classes, integration of groups
  Tuesday, May 20th	Welcome party at Kukulcan
  Wednesday, May 21st	Field excursion after classes to Tepoztlan
  Friday, May 22nd	Departure to Taxco and Acapulco after classes
  Saturday & Sunday, May 24-25	Trip to Acapulco (2 nights sleep over in Acapulco, no meals included)
  Monday, May 26th	Begin the second week of classes
  Tuesday, May 27th	Field excursion in the afternoon to Jardin Borda & Cathedral
  Wednesday, May 28th	Movie night
  Thursday, May 29th	Farewell party at Kukulcan
  Friday, May 30th	Field excursion after grammar classes to Palacio de Cortes
  Saturday, May 31st	Excursion to Teotihuacan and Mexico City (1 night sleep over in Mexico City). Saturday lunch included as well as breakfast on Sunday
  Sunday, June 1st	Transfer to the airport and return to Atlanta

  
  For further information contact:
  Dr. Bill Deaver, Associate Professor of Spanish
  Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosoph
  Gamble Hall 202E
  Armstrong Atlantic State University
  phone: (912)921-5630
  email: bill.deaver@armstrong.edu

Comments from previous participants"
"My Spanish progressed more in two weeks in Mexico than in a whole semester in the States."

"I loved my host family. We still keep in touch."