OSEA Payment Options. OSEA Schedule of Fees for Summer Field Study Abroad Programs in Interdisciplinary Cultural Anthropology. TESL, Teaching English Service Learning, Ethnography of Archaeology, Heritge Ethnography, Tourism Studies, Intensive Maya Language Immersion, Learn Maya, teaching Maya as a second language acquisition, Mexico. Quetzil Castaneda is the founding director of OSEA the Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology. Specialist in Maya language, archaeological tourism and heritage, ethnographic methods, experimental ethnography and experimental fieldwork.

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OSEA Schedule of Fees: Maya Immersion

OSEA Intensive Maya Immersion Program is combines LANGUAGE IMMERSION in Maya speaking communities & families with intensive CLASSROOM based LEARNING that exceeds the minimum standards of the US Dept. Education for teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL). The OSEA Maya program is not for the armchair learner.

OSEA Maya program is ideal for persons wanting to gain high levels of communicative proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Maya. This program is for those who want to speak Maya fluently as well as to conduct fieldwork in Maya.

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Schedule of Fees and Payments (updated: December 20, 2025) All Amounts are paid in US$.

APPLICATION Deadline & Fees

Regular Enrollment Deadline February 20
Application Fee: $50 by Zelle or Venmo
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Late Enrollment Accepted, Feb 21 to May 20
Application Fee: $70 by Zelle or Venmo
Registration Fee
$300 by Zelle or Venmo

Registration Fee is non-refundable Advance payment on total. Amount deducted from final billing
Notification of Acceptance into the Intensive Maya Immersion Program within 5 days of receipt of the Complete Application Package (all fees and forms)
Funds must be received in US dollars in full amount. Please contact the Director if paying from foreign accounts.

Applications are Accepted until Roster is filled.

Complete Application consists of:
⇒ Online Application Form for Maya Immersion
⇒ Online Letter of Recommendation Form
⇒ Online FLAS Eligibility Form
⇒ Application Fee
⇒ Non-refundable Registration Fee
Registration Fee is only deposited when Applicant is accepted into the program. Checks are destroyed and if paid by Paypal a refund is issued is applicant is not accepted in OSEA program. The amount is an advance on tuition.

REGISTRATION FEE Due at time of submission of Application:
Non-Refundable Registration Deposit Confirms & Guarantees Enrollment

Registration Fee payments by Zelle, Venmo, Bank to Bank Wire Transfer Deposit

Registration Payment: $300
(check is not deposited unless applicant is accepted; amount is deducted from tuition)

PAYMENT OF BALANCE Due Date: May 10

Bank to Bank Bill Payment can be arranged for no Fee with two weeks advance set up or lead time.

Please note that the lodging & meals fee may be adjusted by an amount of $50 to $100 at time of final billing due to unforeseen dramatic drop in the currency rate of Mexican peso to the US dollar. Thank you for your understanding.

OSEA Tuition
Total $7600 (6 wk)

$5900 (4wk)

Balance (total minus Registration Deposit):
$7300 / $5600

Awardees of Rey & Eddy Mis Scholarship
(Tuition Assistance, variable value) calculated in final amount due May 10

Lodging, Meals & Activities Fees

Amount is calculated in Balance due May 10

LATE FEES

Late Fee on Payment of Balance: $50
If paid in full within seven (5) days past of due date

Direct Wire Transfer Deposit or Zelle in full is required for all Late Payments and for all Payments that are made after May 10.

Additional Late Fee charges of 4% of total due per every additional seven days late payment in order to maintain enrollment

Contact Director for Instructions on making a Direct Wire Transfer

In cases of lack of payment of balance, OSEA assumes that the applicant has chosen to cancel participation and forfeit their non-refundable Registration Fee.

If the lack of timely payment according to this official schedule is due to extraordinary and contingent circumstances related to the disbursement of grants or other emergency factors, waivers of Late Fees can be requested. Please contact OSEA Director Quetzil Castañeda, quetzil@osea-cite.org if such a siutation presents itself. Please keep OSEA informed on the timeline of your expected receipt of a grant upon which your participation is dependent. Thank you!

OSEA Payment Options — students have several payment options

OSEA Deferred Payment Plan — for students waiting for Financial Aid or funds from Scholarships, Fellowships or Grants

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