2024年秋季学期 墨西哥的韦斯特蒙特
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你是那种喜欢挑战和冒险的人吗? Does becoming more fluent in another language and building relationships with people of other cultures excite you? Would you like to explore Christianity in a new context and grow in ways you never thought possible? 墨西哥的韦斯特蒙可能正适合你! 墨西哥的韦斯特蒙特 (WIM) is a fall semester program led by Westmont faculty and located in the beautiful, 殖民城市奎尔凯萨罗. 在这个节目中, 学生获得有效的跨文化生活技能, 经历道成肉身的事工, 提高他们的西班牙语能力. WIM offers students the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in Mexican culture through 首页。 stays, 课程, 以及在基督教ag娱乐官网的支持下进行实地考察. Another distinctive feature is its "cycle of learning" consisting of orientation, 国内, 以及重返社会研讨会.
"Spending the whole semester in the same city allowed us to really feel the heartbeat of our host families, 地方, 以及整个墨西哥文化."
——加布里埃尔，《ag娱乐官网》 & 西班牙语专业
WIM被设计为通识教育课程的一部分, 并满足GE的多项要求. 我们鼓励所有专业的学生申请.
圣地亚哥市位于墨西哥的中部高原上, 136 miles northwest of Mexico City in the rich agricultural region of the Bajío. At an altitude of more than 6,000 feet, it enjoys a pleasant climate, much like Santa Barbara. 建于16世纪, 地方 is both a charming colonial center which played a significant role in the country’s history and a modern city with a population of approximately one million. It prides itself on being one of Mexico's cleanest and most picturesque cities, 它仍然是最安全的国家之一. One of the advantages the city provides for a study abroad program is that it is “off-the-beaten” tourist track. 作为墨西哥最具智慧的城市之一, 拥有丰富的艺术资源, 音乐, 文学, 戏剧, 殖民时期的建筑. 承认其历史重要性和文化宝藏, 联合国已将querimastaro指定为世界遗产.
在这学期，你将和一个精心挑选的墨西哥家庭住在一起. 您将在培训课程中被告知您的位置, and will even have an opportunity to correspond and get to know your family before the program begins. 学生们被小心翼翼地分组在彼此靠近的ag娱乐官网. All participants will have their own bedroom, meals with the family, and laundry service. The families are eager to incorporate you into their daily lives - to treat you like their hijo o hija - and students consistently report that the 首页。stay was one of the most rewarding aspects of their experience abroad.
An integral part of the WIM curriculum involves several organized field trips to explore the rich diversity of Mexico. 例如, you will travel to the megalopolis of Mexico City and to rural indigenous villages; you'll walk along cobblestoned, colonial streets and wade through rivers and streams; you'll climb mountains and monuments and walk under arches and waterfalls. One of your profesors, along with the Westmont faculty resident director, will be your guides.
- 伯纳峰，世界上最大的巨石之一
- 塞拉戈达，塞拉神父开始传教的地方
- 墨西哥城和特奥蒂豪坎金字塔
- 瓦哈卡，包括米特拉和蒙特遗址Albán
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课程
WIM提供综合课程, in which topics learned in one class are reinforced and expanded upon in others, 以及实地考察和当地游览. 最重要的是, students are learning and applying something new each and every day both inside and outside the classroom.
WIM的学生通常学习16个单元. 大多数课程是3个单元. 韦斯特蒙特的住院主任教授一门课程, “迷人的文化," which is an integrative seminar designed to help you process the entire experience. All other courses are taught by highly qualified Mexican university professors.
- 中级西班牙语(sp3 /4) 通用现代语言
- 高级西班牙语(SP 100) & 语境中的语言(sp105) GE写作密集
- Advanced Oral Skills, Composition, and Grammar (for advanced Spanish students)
- 墨西哥历史 & 文明 通用电气的历史思考，常见的问题
- 艺术原则:墨西哥 通用电气执行 & 解读艺术
- 综合研讨会:参与文化 通用电气全球思维
- 拉丁舞 通用电气豌豆
- 拉丁美洲文学I & II 阅读想象文学
- 墨西哥的文学 阅读想象文学
- 文学翻译(高年级学生)
- 墨西哥和美国的关系 GE政治学选修课
- Mexican Schools Field Experience (Liberal Studies Practicum, for students with advanced Spanish)
WIM has a 2-unit pre-departure orientation seminar (IS 192) during the spring semester and an optional reentry seminar (IS 197) upon arrival back 首页。.
- 这个项目的额外好处是西班牙语强化课程, allowing you to complete the equivalent of one year's language study in just one semester
- WIM程序作为一个整体满足 跨文化沟通
- Students will return with multiple GEs satisfied (typically 5-7 GEs) and up to 16 units for a Spanish minor or major.
教师
Dr. Docter graduated from UCLA with a degree in Spanish and earned both a master’s degree (Spanish) and a doctorate (Hispanic languages and 文学) there. She joined the Westmont faculty in 1992 after teaching for four years at Scripps College. 她的研究重点是20世纪拉丁美洲文学, 尤其是诗歌, 她还写了ag娱乐官网何塞·埃米利奥·帕切科的文章, 墨西哥著名诗人和思想家. 她还研究西班牙电影和殖民时期的拉丁美洲文学, 尤其是胡安娜·伊萨梅斯·德拉克鲁兹的作品, 一位17世纪的墨西哥女权主义修女. 她在西班牙游历了很多地方, 南美, 中美洲, and Mexico to interview and videotape the oral history of a large cross-section of the population, 为她的课程配备独特的多媒体材料. 她在学术期刊上发表了大量文章.
项目成本
The cost of the program will be standard Westmont tuition, fees, standard room and board. 没有节目费用, but you will be responsible for the cost of round trip airfare from the USA to Mexico.
Students are allowed to apply their financial aid awards from the college—both need-based and merit-based awards—toward the program’s cost.
资格
- 任何专业的二年级，三年级和四年级学生. 特别鼓励大一新生申请.
- 一学期的大学西班牙语或同等学历.
- 春季学期(IS 192)的2单元出发前指导研讨会.
标准
- Participate in occasional communal meals based on local diet with limited control over food choices.
- Navigate multiple irregular surfaces and walk/travel an average of 3-5 miles a day independently and up to 10 miles a day on monthly field trips.
- Anticipate having sufficient emotional wellness to fully participate in the program safely and successfully despite the limited availability of frequent access to psychological services.
- 预计每月实地考察至少有两间客房.
- Receive the final dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at least two weeks prior to the commencement of the program.
- 如果符合条件, receive the most recent Covid-19 vaccine booster at least two weeks prior to departure if it has been at least two months since your last Covid-19 vaccine or booster.
如何申请
For more information about the program, contact Professor Mary Docter (docter@lfkgw.com). 有关申请流程的更多信息，请联系ocp@lfkgw.com.
WIM手册
The WIM handbook is designed to help current WIM students navigate their semester abroad once you are accepted into the program. 在你准备旅行时，这本手册会回答你的许多问题, 以及在墨西哥生活期间给你提供有价值的信息. 目前还没有最新的手册. 请发邮件给. 医生，如果你想看以前的版本.