STUDY IN MEXICO CAMPUS QUERETARO CAMPUS QUERETARO.

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1 CAMPUS QUERETARO

2 GENERALITIES OF THE PROGRAM LOCATION... ITESM, Campus Queretaro LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION...Undergraduate DURATION OF THE PROGRAM...5 weeks DATES... May 31st to July 3th MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS...20 students LOCATION...ITESM, Campus Queretaro HOUSING...Host Family Program PROGRAM CALENDAR ACTIVITY DATE Official Arrival Day Orientation and Welcome Party First Day of Classes Last day of Classes Final exams and Closing Ceremony Official Departure Day May 29th, Sunday May 30th, Monday May 31st, Tuesday June 30th, Thursday July 1st, Friday July 3rd, Sunday

3 COURSE OPTIONS COURSE* US CREDITS LECTIVE HOURS Spanish I 3 45 Spanish II 3 45 Spanish III 3 45 Doing Business in Mexico 3 45 Mexican Culture 3 45 Literature, Cinema and Culture 3 45 * Course content may be provided upon request. Summer School 2016 ACADEMIC TRIP DESTINATION ABOUT THE CITY DURATION Teotihuacan Discover the history behind one of the world s most intriguing and ancient cultures, while living the spiritual experience around the pyramids and enjoying at the end of the tour a delicious buffet meal and an amazing pool party. 1 Day

4 PROGRAM COSTS The program fee includes: Tuition: 3 or 6 credits (any class) Monday through Friday (Professor provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey). On-line Spanish placement test (one per student). Academic Trip to Teotihuacan. Airport transfer on the official arrival day (one shuttle). Airport transfer on the official departure day (one shuttle). Welcome Party. Closing Ceremony. Orientation Session. ID Card. Welcome kit. Housing arrangements in the Host Family Program. Salsa classes and all the cultural and sport classes available during summer Access to all university facilities (gym, swimming pool, computer labs, library, sports center, etc). Weekly activities organized during the summer. Student advisors (Primos Program). Free Legal Advising upon demand. One social visit of the NGO Niños y Niñas de México. Summer t-shirt. Official group picture. USB with the summer memories. The program fee does not include: Health insurance. Local Transportation. Other trips organized (Ixtapa, Guanajuato, Huasteca, etc) by the International Programs Office. Personal expenses. Meals not specified in this document. Any other incidental costs.

5 HOUSING Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Queretaro offers the opportunity to live with a host family. The students would be able to experience the Mexican culture, improve their Spanish and enjoy Mexican life from a closer perspective. The fee for living with a host family includes: Three meals per day Individual Bedroom Internet access Laundry facilities Cleaning two days per week HEALTH INSURANCE It is the responsibility of the contracting university to make sure that all of their students are well covered while in Mexico. ORIENTATION SESSION The International Programs Office offers important information about Queretaro City, safety and security, academic information, getting around Queretaro, cultural information, student life, campus services, etc., to help the students with rapid adaptation to life, culture and studying in Mexico.

6 PROGRAM S GENERAL COSTS Students (including 3 credits) Students (including 6 credits) Professors Exchange students $1,950 USD $2,850 USD $ 750 USD $ 850 USD PAYMENT Deposit payable to: ITESM Wells Fargo Bank N.A Attn: Int l Business Banking 1100 Matamoros St. Laredo, TX Account: Abba # Send confirmation of the payment (including the date deposited) by fax to (442) or cugaldeo@itesm.mx FINAL AGENDA Final Agenda will be agreed upon once the group is confirmed.

7 DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO Course objective: History and political environment of Mexico: from the formative period to present time. Cultural patterns and business protocol. Mexican economy in the 70s and 80s; under presidents Salinas, Zedillo and Fox. Structure and use of a Business Plan. General principles under Federal Labor Law, Mexican labor unions. Management styles, working behavior and attitudes. Foreign companies and foreign investment in Mexico. The maquiladoras industry. Infrastructure in communications and transportation. Mexico s trade agreements. Themes and sub-themes of the course: Module 1: History of Mexico and political environment? The training period? The modern era? The Mexican Revolution? Recent History Module 2: Cultural patterns and business protocol? Cultural patterns and business protocol? Cultural idiosyncrasies Module 3: Mexico s economy? The Mexican economy during the decades of the 70s and 80s? The Mexican economy during the Presidents Salinas and Zedillo? The Mexican economy during President Fox Module 4: The business plan? Structure and Uses of a Business Plan? Business Ideas class teams Module 5: Work and working conditions in Mexico? General principles of federal labor law? Hiring and firing staff? Labor unions in Mexico Module 6: Management styles? Tables comparing management styles? Comparison of attitudes and behaviors toward work Module 7: Companies and foreign investment in Mexico? The 50 largest companies in Mexico? Business opportunities between Mexico and other countries? Legal issues regarding foreign investments

8 Module 8: Maquiladoras and corporations with foreign investment in Mexico? Steps to establish a legal corporation in Mexico? The importance of the maquiladora industry in the national context? The future of the maquiladora industry. Module 9: Infrastructure? Communications and transportation. Module 10: Commercial Treaties Mexico? The Free Trade Agreement of North America? The trade agreement with the European Union? Trade agreements with Central and South America. Module 11: Presentations and evaluation of business plans? Presentation? Analysis and evaluation Specific learning objectives by topic : Module 1: History of Mexico and political environment Provide a brief inquiry about the history of Mexico, to lay the foundations and cultural and political background allows him to understand the present. Module 2: Cultural patterns and business protocol Awareness of the characteristics of Mexican society, as well as customs and protocols in business. Module 3: Analyzing Mexico s economy dynamics of Mexico s economy in recent times, considering the causes and consequences of major economic changes. Module 4: The Business Plan Understanding the structure and content of a business plan. Writing a business plan for a foreign company that wants to do business in Mexico. Module 5: Work and working conditions in Mexico Analyze the work and working conditions in Mexico, to understand the costs and consequences of hiring and firing an employee, the importance of Mexican unions of workers and issues concerning human resources in a company. Module 6: Management styles compare managerial styles of Mexico and the United States to make better business decisions.

9 Module 7: Companies and foreign investment in Mexico Inquire about foreign investment in Mexico, in order to realize the relative importance of investors from different countries, so as to have a general understanding of the legal restrictions. Module 8: Maquiladoras and corporations with foreign investment in Mexico Analyze the benefits of the maquiladora industry in Mexico and learn about the process and requirements for establishing a company in the country. Module 9: Infrastructure Noticing the importance of adapting the infrastructure to facilitate trade between Mexico and other countries. Module 10: Mexico trade treaties Compare features and benefits of trade agreements between Mexico and other countries. Module 11: Presentations and evaluation of business plans present the business plan of a foreign company and its operations in Mexico. Methodology of teaching and learning activities : Suggested teaching technique : not specified Estimated time for each topic : Suggested evaluation policies : Bibliography: TEXT BOOKS: * Kras, E., Management in Two Cultures: Bridging the Gap Between US and Mexican Managers,, Yarmouth: Intercultural Press,, 1989,, * Jessup, Jay and Maggie, Doing Business in Mexico,, Prima Publishing, CA, 1993, ING, * Reed and Grey, How to do Business in Mexico,, University of Texas Press at Austin, USA, 1997, ING,

10 BASIC SPANISH I Course objective: To understand terms of reference and habitual expressions on topics of personal interest. To interact adequately in communicative contexts that need a simple and direct exchange of information. To write notes and brief and simple messages relative to his immediate needs. To know and to value positively the culture of the Spanish-speaking peoples. General aim of the course: Understand common expressions and statements on topics of personal interest. Interact appropriately in communicative contexts that require a simple and direct exchange of information. Write notes and short, simple messages to their immediate needs. Understand and assess positively the culture of Spanish-speaking peoples. Themes and sub-themes of the course: Module 1: Friends - Courtesy phrases and nonverbal language - Language registers : differences in the use of you and You - Personal pronouns subject - Spanish Alphabet - Structure of sentences affirmative, negative and interrogative - Question words - Present indicative - Gender and number of nouns - Determinants articles, demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, adjectives, numerals - Consistency of gender and number - Semantic fields : identity Module 2: The family - Definite and indefinite articles - Demonstrative adjectives and qualifiers - Impersonal constructions : There... There is... - Irregular plurals - Present indicative : reflexive verbs and reverse construction

11 - Object complement pronouns reflexive verbs and reverse construction - Verbal periphrasis manners like, want, to + infinitive, tener que + infinitive - Possessive adjectives - Prepositions (a, en, de) - Adverbs of intensity and frequency: very, good, little, always, regularly, normally - Semantic fields : home, family, work, and recreational activities of daily living - Adjectives numerals ( ) Module 3 : Purchases - Present indicative : displacement verbs - Imperative - Adverbs and prepositions of place - Direct object pronouns and indirect - The impersonal - Comparative of equality, inferiority and superiority - Verbal periphrasis temporal finish + infinitive, go to + infinitive, estar + gerund - Past and present perfect indicative - Semantic fields : purchasing, quantity, measurement, and storage services, transportation - Adjectives numerals ( ) Module 4 : The holidays - Imperfect indicative - Present and imperfect indicative - Future of indicative - Conditional - Time expressions and logical connectors : first, then, later, after, etc. - Semantic fields : vacation, travel. Module 5: Health - Conditional Clauses - Indefinite and negative : someone, anyone, ever, ever, etc.. - Present subjunctive - Nominal clauses, adverbial and adjectival - Imperfect Subjunctive - Adverbs ending in-ly - Semantic fields : health

12 BASIC SPANISH II Course objective: Language registers. Spanish alphabet, orthography, punctuation and accent marks. Enunciation fundamentals. Verb tenses and moods and their enunciative quality. Enunciative functions. Intent of the course in the overall context of the curriculum: Aim of the subject: Language registers. Spanish alphabet, orthography, punctuation and accents. Essential elements of the utterance. Modes and tenses and enunciative quality. Declarative functions. Themes and sub-themes of the course: 1. Language registers 1.1. Expressions of greetings, farewells and courtesy 1.2. idioms 2. Spanish Alphabet 2.1. Sounds and spellings of Spanish 2.2. Rating and accents 2.3. Intonation and phonemic 3. Essential elements of the utterance 3.1. Pronouns 3.2. Articles 3.3. Nouns 3.4. Adjectives 3.5. Adverbs 3.6. Prepositions 3.7. Diminutive and augmentative 3.8. Comparisons 3.9. Concordance

13 4. Modes and tenses and quality declarative 4.1. Indicative 4.2. Subjunctive 4.3. Infinitive 5. Functions declarative 5.1. Statement 5.2. Question 5.3. Denial 5.4. Condition 5.5. Opposition

14 INTRODUCTION TO MEXICAN CULTURE Aim of the subject: The Mexican roots: science, philosophy and art in the pre-hispanic world. The conquest culture shock. Evangelism and the Knights during the colonial period. From Independence to the Revolution. From the Revolution to the party dictatorship. Cultural syncretism in Mexico. Mexican psychology. The Sixth Sun: the awakening of consciousness in the XXI Century Mexico. Themes and sub-themes of the course: 1. Length of course Securities Course Course Overview Concepts of culture and civilization 2. Our roots: the prehispanic world Science Philosophy Art Religion 3. The colonial Mexico The culture shock of conquest Evangelism and the charge for the colony Independence 4. The Mexico of today From the Revolution to the party dictatorship Cultural syncretism in Mexico Mexican psychology The Sixth Sun : the awakening of consciousness