Intensive Ecuadorian Quichua
Two sessions of four credits each.
FLAS Fellowships are available. Visit The International Fellowships Office web page for more information
General Description
This is an intensive program (beginning, intermediate and advanced) of Runa Shimi or Quichua Language offered to students who want to learn this language living in a Quichua community in Ecuador. The program offers two intensive sessions. Each session will be three and a half weeks of intensive learning in class as well as directed activities in the community. The program has the purpose to combine the language classes and key conferences on culture and history of Andean peoples. In coordination with Arizona State University Field School this course includes a visit to the Ecuadorian lowlands. Graduate students who are U.S. citizens are encouraged to apply for Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowships. Faculty include Armando Muyolema and Anthropologist Frank Hutchins, PhD.
Specific Information
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted until all spaces are filled. Please contact LACIS for more information.
Contact Information
Alberto VargasLatin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
209 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-5622
email: avargasp@wisc.edu
Website: polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lacis/
Location
Otavalo and San Clemente, Imbaburra, Ecuador.
Date
June, 12 through July, 30
Estimated Cost
Tuition
- Wisconsin Residents $2,336
- Non-Residents $7,106
Additional Costs
Air travel, room and board, and local transportation.
Instructors
- Armando Muyolema
- Dr. Frank Hutchins, PhD
