STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

SUMMER 2016

eamadorga@itesm.mx

CAMPUS QUERETARO

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

SUMMER 2016

GENERALITIES OF THE PROGRAM

LOCATION............................................................................ ITESM, Campus Queretaro

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION........................................................ Undergraduate

DURATION OF THE PROGRAM............................................. 4 weeks

DATES................................................................................... July 3rd to July 31st

MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS............................... 15 students

HOUSING............................................................................. Host Family Program

ACTIVITY DATE

Official Arrival Day July 3rd, Sunday

Orientation and Welcome Party July 4th, Monday

First Day of Classes July 5th, Tuesday

Last day of Classes July 29th, Friday

Final exams and Closing Ceremony July 29th, Friday

Official Departure Day July 31st, Sunday

PROGRAM CALENDAR

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

SUMMER 2016

COURSE* US CREDITS LECTIVE HOURS

Spanish I 3 45

Spanish II 3 45

Spanish III 3 45

Doing Business in Mexico 3 45

Mexican Culture 3 45

Literature, Cinema and Culture 3 45

* Course content may be provided upon request.

DESTINATION ABOUT THE CITY DURATION

Teotihuacan

Discover the history behind one of the world’s most intriguing and ancient cultures, while living the spiritual experience around the pyramids and enjoying at the end of the tour a delicious buffet meal and an amazing pool party.

1 day

COURSE OPTIONS

ACADEMIC TRIP

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

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The program fee includes:

• Tuition: 3 or 6 credits.• On-line Spanish placement test (one per student).• Academic Trip to Teotihuacan.• Airport transfer on the official arrival day (one shuttle).• Airport transfer on the official departure day (one shuttle).• Welcome Pool Party.• Closing Ceremony.• Orientation Session, Monday July 4th.• Student ID Card.• Welcome kit.• Housing arrangements in the Host Family Program (4 weeks).• Salsa classes and all the cultural and sport classes (available in July).• Access to all university facilities (gym, swimming pool, computer labs, library, sports center, etc).• Weekly activities organized during the summer.• Student advisors (Primos Program).• Free Legal Advising upon demand.• One social visit of the NGO “Niños y Niñas de México”.• Summer t-shirt.• Official group picture.• USB with the summer memories.• Free WIFI in the campus area.• Use of one classroom for a maximum of 3 hours per day, for a Cal Poly professor to instruct one course in site.

The program fee does not include:

• Health insurance.• Local Transportation.• Other trips organized (Ixtapa, Guanajuato, Huasteca, etc.) by the International Programs Office.• Personal expenses. • Meals not specified in this document.• Any other incidental costs.

PROGRAM COSTS

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

SUMMER 2016

Tecnologico de Monterrey – Campus Queretaro offers the opportunity to live with a host family. The students would be able to experience the Mexican culture, improve their Spanish and enjoy Mexican life from a closer perspective.

The fee for living with a host family includes:

• Three meals per day• Individual Bedroom • Internet access• Laundry facilities• Cleaning two days per week

It is the responsibility of the contracting university to make sure that all of their students are well covered while in Mexico. Students are requested to provide a copy of their insurance policy to the international office upon arrival.

The International Programs Office offers important information about Queretaro City, safety and security, academic information, getting around Queretaro, cultural information, student life, campus services, etc., to help the students with rapid adaptation to life, culture and studying in Mexico.

HOUSING

HEALTH INSURANCE

ORIENTATION SESSION

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

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FEE PAYING STUDENTSStudents (including 3 credits) $1,850 USDStudents (including 6 credits) $2,850 USDProfessors $ 750 USDPARTNER UNIVERSITIES can get a tuition waiver in a 3 summer to one semester exchange student basis.Students (including 3 credits) $ 850 USDStudents (including 6 credits) $ 850 USDProfessors $ 750 USD

Deposit payable to:ITESMWells Fargo Bank N.AAttn: Int’l Business Banking1100 Matamoros St.Laredo, TX 78040-500578040-5005Account: 2985-50094-7Abba # 121-000-248

Send confirmation of the payment (including the date deposited) by fax to 011 52 (442) 238-3374 or e-mail cugaldeo@itesm.mx

Final Agenda will be agreed upon once the group is confirmed.

FINAL AGENDA

PAYMENT

PROGRAM´S GENERAL COSTS

STUDY IN MEXICO|CAMPUS QUERETARO

SUMMER 2016

HI1004 BASIC SPANISH I

Course objective: Towards the end of this Basic Spanish course students must understand terms of reference and habitual expressions on topics of personal interest, interact adequately in communicative contexts that need a simple and direct exchange of information, write notes and brief and simple messages relative to his immediate needs, know and to value positively the culture of the Spanish-speaking peoples.

HI1005 BASIC SPANISH II

Course objective: Towards the end of this Basic Spanish course students must have reviewed language registers, the Spanish alphabet, orthography, punctuation and accent marks, Enunciation fundamentals, regular verb tenses and moods and their enunciate quality. Enunciative functions.

HI2015 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

Course objective: Towards the end of the course, students would have reviewed and must be able to use at a low intermediate level; question words, noun gender and number, agreement and position of adjectives, comparisons, verb moods and tenses, reflexive verbs, verbs like “gustar”, complement pronouns, uses of “se”, “ser” and “estar”, imperative, prepositions, vocabulary related to student life, hobbies, trips, traditions and environment.

HI2016 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

Course objective: Towards the end of the course, students would have reviewed and must be able to use at a high intermediate level; Noun gender and number, agreement and position of adjectives, comparisons, verb moods and tenses, complement pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs, verbal periphrasis, vocabulary related to social life, family and work, health, the city, politics, government, hobbies and traditions.

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HI3010 ADVANCED SPANISH I

Course objective: Towards the end of the course, students would have reviewed and must be able to communicate in an advanced level of Spanish enunciation system. They mus understand and use indicative and subjunctive tenses, Object pronouns, value and use of infinitive, gerund and participle. Students must produce reflexive constructions, using indefinite pronouns and adverbs. Use correctly prepositions and connecting word, articles, adjectives and adverbs, orthography and accent marks. Understand and use expressions for interacting, idioms, proverbs and riddles. Articulation of Spanish sounds.

HI3011 ADVANCED SPANISH II

Course objective: Towards the end of the course, students would have reviewed and must be able to communicate in Spanish, being able to express ideas correctly, give opinions and argument in Spanish using elaborated elements and discursive resources. Students should also be able to understand the complexity of Spanish speaking countries cultural elements.

NI2006 DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO

Course objective: Towards the end of this intermediate level course, students would have reviewed: • General aspects of the history and political environment of Mexico: from the formative period to present time. • The study of cultural patterns and business protocol and a general review of Mexican economy in the 70s and 80s; under presidents Salinas, Zedillo and Fox is included. • General principles under Federal Labor Law, Mexican labor unions. Management styles, working behavior and attitudes. Foreign companies and foreign investment in Mexico. • The maquiladoras industry. Infrastructure in communications and transportation. Mexico’s trade agreements.

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H1011 INTRODUCTION TO MEXICAN CULTURE

Course objective: Towards the end of this intermediate level course, students would have a general view of the Mexican roots: science, philosophy and art in the pre-Hispanic world, the conquest culture shock, the Evangelism and the Knights during the colonial period. A general historical review of the periods from Independence to the Revolution, from the Revolution to the party dictatorship, the cultural syncretism in Mexico. They would also have a theoretical approach to Mexican psychology and an overview of the Sixth Sun: the awakening of consciousness in the XXI Century Mexico.

H1037 LITERATURE, CINEMA AND CULTURE

Course objective: This is a Humanities and Citizenship course where students acquire basic knowledge for the analysis, interpretation and appreciation for cinematographic and literature work as a mean to approach more sophisticated cultural dilemmas and it effect in the human condition. It is a cross-curricular course where students do not require prior cinema specialized knowledge.

HI3010 ADVANCED SPANISH I