OAXACA PROGRAM
Semester in Mexico
The Mexico program is scheduled each fall semester in Oaxaca and is a combination of two blocks that earn credit in the Spanish Department, taught by Mexican professors for Colorado College, and another two-block course taken in any of the three divisions (humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences) at the Universidad Mesoamericana in Oaxaca, which are guaranteed Colorado College credits. A particular attraction is a week spent in Cuernavaca, where students visit the famous Cortes Museum and take field trips to Taxco, Mexico City, with its Museum of Anthropology and Pyramids, and Xochixalco. Students with financial need may apply for Madre Merrill Fellowships.
The minor is based on participation in the four-block fall semester in Mexico. Students on campus must take 5 units from the following AN211, EC337, EC402 (when topic is appropriate) HY 115, 253, 335, PS338, SO234, SP201, 305, 307, 335. The Integrative Experience: Students write a paper in which they relate the field experience in Mexico to a course taken on campus. Note of Explanation for students on the program in Mexico: the Mexico Program, will always include a least one course outside the Romance Languages, usually in the Social Sciences.
Length of the program: Blocks 1-4 with an Orientation half block.
Enrollment: 15 students
Eligibility: Spanish 201 or equivalent, sophomores and juniors.
Credit: 4.5 units.
Application deadline: March 2008
Campus advisors: Members of Spanish Section of the Romance Languages Department.
Block 4 in Chile
SP316/CO200,Topics in Hispanic Literature & Culture, Literature and Mass Media
This course is taught at the beautiful Universidad Finis Terrae by Dr. Sal Bizzarro of Colorado College and Chilean author, Mr. Antonio Skarmeta. Mr. Skarmeta wrote the novel El Cartero de Neruda, which was later adapted to film as Il Postino.
Program fees apply. For information regarding fees and prerequisites, contact Dr. Sal Bizzarro, x6627 or email sbizzarro@coloradocollege.edu.
2007 Class 
Summer in Spain
May through July, based in Salamanca, Spain
Elementary Spanish in Spain (SP111)is designed for students with less than one year of high school Spanish and focuses on providing students with the necessary skills to navigate through daily life in Spain. Intensive grammar will be taught and practiced with an emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. There will be weekly exams as well as a midterm and final. Consent of instructor is required.
Intermediate Spanish in Spain (SP211) will be an intensive review of Spanish grammar with an emphasis on both oral and written application of verb forms, vocabulary and syntax development, as well as improved reading skills. Students taking SP211 must have taken SP101 or equivalent. Consent of Instructor and SP201 or equivalent is required.
Cultural Context, Oral Expression (SP305) is designed for students who have completed intermediate Spanish or equivalent work. The course includes advanced composition and conversation practice through the study of literary and cultural texts, movies, and cultural activities of the Spanish-speaking world. Critical Analysis (SP306) continues the acquisition of the Spanish language and trains students in the most important methods of critical analysis through readings in different genres. Consent of Instructor and SP201 or equivalent is required.
For program fees, contact Kathy Bizzarro at x6630, email KBizzarro@coloradocollege.edu OR the Colorado College Summer Programs Office at 389-6011
2007 Class
2008 Class
