Mexico City, Hermosillo-Sonora and San Cristóbal de las Casas-Chiapas
Program Type: UA Faculty-led
Credit Type: UA Direct Credit
Level of Study: Undergraduate
GPA: 3.0
Class Eligibility: First-Year, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Program Open To: UA Students
Language of Instruction: English
Redefining the Borderlands in Mexico is open to W.A. Franke Honors Students. Students will study culture through the lens of language and anthropology. You will travel and experience new cities and have the opportunity to visit cities across Mexico with a focus on history, culture, and education.
Summer Five Week-First - June 5-July 6
On this educational experience, students will have the opportunity to navigate into a cultural journey from a local to a global perspective where different voices, expertise and perspectives have a place to discuss topics related with the concept of the borderlands. This experience will start with some local activities to get ready and travel across different regions located in Mexico. The traveling schedule will take us from the North, Center, and South of Mexico to be part of its unique social ecosystem, historical framework, and diverse culture.
We will visit different Mexican higher education institutions where local students, faculty and community leaders will organize and host different academic and recreational activities for us. This interaction will also give us the opportunity to navigate into the local education system, connect with other identities and participate in an interdisciplinary and diverse community. In addition, we will visit local museums and tourism sites, experience traditions, volunteer in local organizations and be part of a sociocultural environment reside in Hermosillo, Mexico City and San Cristobal de las Casas. All these emblematic cities are in three different regions bringing a unique opportunity to visit Mexico.
Faculty Lead: Dr. Nadia Alvarez Mexia
Curriculum
You will earn 6-units of Honors credits: HNRS 314 and HNRS 395H.
You will earn six units of upper-division Honors credit, HNRS 314 and HNRS 395H. Both courses will be based on the national Honors Colleges’ “City as Text” curriculum: immersive, experiential, and hands-on learning that enables students to generate, analyze, and assimilate the cultural and academic material they encounter. Each morning, small groups of the class will “interact” with different assignments throughout the city; in the late afternoon, we will all convene to discuss the challenges, pleasures, and insights that resulted. On the Honors Trip, life is your text, and the world is your classroom.
Students will either stay in fully equipped multi-bedroom apartments hotel rooms.
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