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Winter Quarter Program
Concurrent Enrollment Information for UW and WWU Students

Concurrent enrollment offers students the opportunity to retain the full time student status and financial aid while participating in OSEA Training Programs. In addition, your OSEA credits appear direct on your transcript from your home institution.

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OSEA: The Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology
Concurrent Enrollment Information, University of Washington

Terms Offered

Winter Quarter 2005, 2006, 2007
Type of Program

Study Abroad in Yucatn, Mxico
Classroom Seminars and
On-Site Interactive Learning Practicums
Supervised Independent Research

Eligibility Requirements Undergrads: Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
Graduate students
Area of Study Requirements Any field of social science or humanities with cultural studies focus [especially Anthropology and Latin American Studies; Sociology; Art, Design, Journalism; Theatre; Museum Studies; English, Comparative Literature; CHID, History; Hospitality; TESL] Instruction in Spanish and English Subjects Inter-disciplinary research in Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, Mxico, Indigenous Peoples, Development, Tourism, Archaeological Heritage Management, Maya Healing and Medicine, Migration, Urbanism, Youth Culture, Multi-Media Research, Anthropology of Art
Housing Home Stays with Bi-Lingual Spanish and Yucatec Maya Families
Locations Mérida, Pisté, and Chichén Itzá in the state of Yucatán, México
Educational trips to Archaeological heritage sites & Maya Riviera
Credits 16 credits direct on UW Transcripts
OSEA Courses “Seminar in Maya Anthropology”
“Seminar on Culture Concepts and Theories”
“Seminar on Ethnographic Research and Fieldwork Methods”
“Fieldwork Forum for Independent Research”
“Speaking Spanish and Yucatec Maya for Ethnographic Research”
UW Course Equivalents

ANTH 418 “Indian Heritage of Mexico and Central America” (5 credits)
ANTH 489 “Anthropology Practicum” (6 credits)
ANTH 359 “Linguistic Ethnography” (5 credits)

Student Status UW Students pay IPE fee of $200 for Concurrent Enrollment with UW and OSEA Concurrent enrollment retains UW full time status and all aid eligibility
Application OSEA Application Forms
UW Concurrent Enrollment Form
Deadline OSEA November, 2004
UW-IPE Concurrent Enrollment December 1, 2004
Contact Dr. Quetzil Castaeda
Director, OSEA
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