
"Come to the border knowing that you have to keep your mind and
your heart open to every experience."
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.
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.
Students may earn 18 semester credits (or equivalent) for successful completion
of the program. All students must be full time participants.
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.
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.
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
Back to top
Earlham Home Page
|