OSEA Ethnographic Methods Field School / Heritage Ethnography, Visual Ethnography / Summer Study Abroad / Community Tourism Sustainable Tourism Field Studies / International Service Learning in Yucatan. Maya Culture and Tourism Development / Open School of Ethnography and AnthropologyOSEA Schedule of Fees OSEA 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.
The OSEA Application Process requires submission of online forms and submission of transcripts via email attachment. Please complete all these forms including payment of the Application Fee within the deadline in order to receive a timely processing of your enrollment.
Please pay the Application Fee via Zelle or Venmo. Note that Venmo charges a percentage of amounts which is deducted from the payment. Please calculate this amount in your payment.
OSEA does not require an official transcript as these can add extra financial burden due to their institutional costs.
Please send as an email attachment.
Early Decision Enrollment
Early Decision Enrollment allows to benefit from a Tuition Reduction that varies in amount depending upon program. Early Decision Enrollment requires the payment of the Application Fee and the Non-Refundable Registion Deposit to be received by closing date as well as all required forms. If the primary application forms and payments are received by the early decision deadline, OSEA can offer this discounted tuition.
Late Enrollment
Late Enrollment begins on a different date for each program. Late enrollment for the Ethnography Programs begin February 25. Late applications are not processed without the payment of both Late Application Fee and the Non-Refundable Registion Deposit to guarantee place on the summer roster. Provisional Acceptance can be extended when payments are made but the enrollment package is incomplete. We allow for letters of recommendation and unofficial transcripts to be submitted within a week of the official deadline.
Main Online Application Form for Maya and Ethnography
Transcripts Transcripts must be submitted by all applicants in all programs. If you are no longer a student please let us know by email to request a waiver of this requirement. Transcripts need not be official. Send as an attachment quetzil at osea-cite dot org.
Letters of Recommendation
OSEA requires one letter of recommendation for each of its programs. A second letter is optional and at the discretion of the applicant.
Spanish Self Assessment: Who Needs to Submit Them?
Applicants for every OSEA program is required to submit the Spanish Self-Assessment Spanish Form.
Spanish Evaluation Form: Who DOES NOT Need to Submit?
We ask Native or fluent Heritage speakers of Spanish to complete the form themselves. No need to have a third party make this evaluation.
Applicants for the Maya Immersion Program need not complete the Third Party Evaluation of their Spanish. Please complete only the Spanish Self-Assessment.
Troubleshooting Application Problems
If you have any questions or difficulties with this system please contact us as soon as possible by email at quetzil@osea-cite.org
OSEA Direct Enrollment
OSEA is an independent, non-degree school. You must apply and submit all materials and payments directly to OSEA.
