Participants will enroll in a second eight-weeks honors seminar course titled “Self-Governance, Sustainability, and the Arts." This course introduces students to indigenous systems of self-governance, community-based heritage management and sustainability, and the interrelationships between arts and society in the context of Mexico. After the end of the semester, students will take their knowledge abroad to visit heritage sites and meet with people who manage community heritage, practice various forms of art, and work to promote cultural identity during a two-week continuation of the program in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Study in Mexico will take place May 11-25, 2025.*
Please note that this program includes a second eight-weeks spring semester course that will meet on campus.
*All travel dates are tentative and subject to international travel restrictions.
October 2, 2024
| 2:00-3:00pm HHC Great Room |
Course Title: HON-H251: Self-Governance, Sustainability, and the Arts
Academic Director & Instructor: Stacie King
Syllabus Description:
This course discusses the themes of self-governance, sustainability, and the arts and prepares students for their international experience in Oaxaca. In Mexico, students will encounter and study unusually robust forms of self-governance, study local artistic traditions, and consider the challenges and potentials of sustainability in a developing region- where responses are often shaped by practices of self-governance. The experience in Mexico will complicate students' understanding of the course themes both in Mexican and American society.
Oaxaca is a culturally, linguistically, and environmentally diverse state in southern Mexico, famous for its rich indigenous heritage, arts, languages, and natural beauty. Much of this diversity converges in the capital of Oaxaca City, in places such as the markets, where local vendors sell their crafts and foods, and in central plazas, which become focal points for music and dance performances and rallying areas for groups with specific social, political, and economic agendas. Local economic cooperatives, customary political institutions, and grassroots community museums are common mechanisms through which local communities have improved cohesion, protected cultural heritage, promoted sustainability, and maintained economic independence.
- Daily excursions, including:
- Traditional weaving demonstration
- Tour local museums
- Visit vibrant markets
Program participants will stay in hotels during their stay in Mexico. Each hotel was selected to provide a combination of convenience, safety, and affordability for the program participants.
Program Fee - $1850*
The program fee includes airport transfers in country, accommodations in Mexico, some meals, transportation to and from all excursion sites, entry fees to all museums and historical sites, student travel insurance, and administrative fees
*Program fee information is from spring 2023. Information for spring 2025 will be available later in the semester.
IUB Tuition
If you are enrolled as a full-time student during the spring semester and enroll in HON-H251 as part of your block credits, there is no additional tuition cost to participate in Self-Governance, Sustainability, and the Arts.
Additional Variable Costs
Variable costs are paid before and after you arrive in Mexico as you pay for roundtrip international airfare, some meals, snacks, personal expenses, and independent travel outside the program.
Note: The program fee will appear on your bursar bill and is paid directly to IU. See the program fee sheet for more details.
Scholarships
All admitted program participants are awarded an automatic HIEP Hutton Honors Study Abroad Scholarship of $500 applied directly to the program fee. No separate application is required.
Additionally, applicants to Hutton Honors Study Abroad programs may be considered for additional merit and need-based scholarships. If finances will be a barrier to participating in your study abroad experience, we invite you to apply for these awards. Please submit your application no later than your program's final application deadline.
Note: Program participants are not eligible to apply for the HIEP Grant.
Please see the IU Education Abroad Office website for more information on other available scholarships and financial aid opportunities.