"Come to the border knowing that you have to keep your mind and your heart open to every experience."

Location
The Border Studies Program is situated in Tucson, Arizona and "Ambos Nogales" (Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona). The program is situated in a way that students will be able to fully embrace and understand the complexities of this dynamic region.

Students spend six weeks living, studying, and working in Tucson, Arizona while making periodic trips to Nogales. Following the six-week Tucson block, the students take an excursion to the interior of Mexico. In 2008, this trip will be to Mexico City. Students return from the interior Mexico excursion and spend the remainder of the semester living with new host families, conducting field studies and taking coursework in Nogales, Sonora.

Eligibility
The program is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors of all academic majors and backgrounds. Two semester of college level Spanish (or equivalent) are required.  Students from all colleges and universities are eligible to apply.

Credits
Students may earn 18 semester credits (or equivalent) for successful completion of the program. All students must be full time participants.

Resident Director
The Resident Director coordinates all aspects of the program throughout the semester and works closely with the students. The Resident Director also teaches the program course Globalization, Migration, and Human Rights.

Program Dates
The Border Studies Program takes place every fall semester. Fall 2008 will take place from mid-August to the beginning of December, 2008. Students should plan to arrive in Tucson, Arizona no later than 4:00pm on Saturday, August 16, 2008. The program ends on Sunday December 7, 2008, and students should plan to depart Tucson, AZ in the late morning/early afternoon.

Program Fees
The program fee will be announced in 2008. The fee covers academic costs, room and board, and required program excursions as well as transfer of credits and grades. A non-refundable deposit of $350.00 will be due upon acceptance. Students at member colleges of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. (GLCA, Inc.) remain eligible for their college's financial aid program and should consult the Financial Aid Office on their campuses.

Students are responsible for the cost of transportation to and from the program site, books and materials, independent travel, and personal expenses.

"This is an incredibly, wonderful, amazing, unique, excellent, challenging, important, inspiring program with excellent program leaders-take the program seriously and try to bring to it as much hard work, compassion, insight, self awareness, hope, enthusiasm, courage, introspection and love that you can." - Program Participant

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