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New for 2008!
These programs have beenrecently updated or created.

•  The University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with Vanderbilt University's Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, will offer a new summer intensive immersion language program in K'iche' Maya on site in Nahualá, Guatemala. The program will be offered from June 23-August 1, 2008. This is a FLAS-approved summer language program. Full program details and application instructions may be found at http://clas.uchicago.edu/kiche_summer.shtml.

Please contact Josh Beck, Associate Director of Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, or call (773) 702-8420 for more information.

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• The University of Florida (UF) Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to announce a new spring study abroad program for undergraduate students at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) in San José. 

All program participants will enroll in intensive Intermediate Spanish (taught by UCR faculty) and in Peoples of Latin America (taught by UF faculty). Program participants will also enroll in 1 or 2 elective courses taught in English through UCR's Academic Program for International Students. Students will earn a total of 12-15 credits. Lodging and meals will be provided by host families.   It is anticipated that 12 students will participate in the program in Spring 2009. Undergraduate students from any major with one year of Spanish language study (or the equivalent) and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 are welcome to apply.  The program will be directed by Dr. Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo, UF Assistant Professor of Anthropology.

The estimate program fee for 12 credits is $7760 and includes tuition, lodging, most meals, international health insurance and emergency medical assistance.  It does not include round-trip airfare, lunches during the week, personal travel, field trips for select UCR courses and personal expenses.

The application deadline is October 15, 2008.Non-UF students are encouraged to apply. 
Further program details, including information on how to apply online, can be found on the UF Study Abroad website: http://www.abroad.ufic.ufl.edu/.

For further information, contact Hernando Zambrano, Study Abroad Adviser, at hzambrano@ufic.ufl.eduor Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo, Program Director, at caycedo@ufl.edu.

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