When is semana i? From September 21st to the 25th, 2015

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1 What is Semana i?

2 Semana i is a week of the fall semester where students and teachers will participate on activities that are conceived and taught differently from the traditional classes taken on a classroom. These activities will encourage students to learn by doing and could go from regional field trips and study tours to other cities and countries to special interactive and experiential learning, workshops and more. The idea is for students to acquire not only knowledge, but also other types of competencies seen as necessary to perform effectively in a globalized, highly technological, hyperconnected world of the 21st century. These activities aim to develop one or more of the following competencies: Leadership Entrepreneurial and innovative thinking Critical thinking Problem solving Ethics and citizenship Global perspective Intellectual curiosity and self-learning Collaborative work Communication and foreign languages When is semana i? From September 21st to the 25th, 2015 How will these activities be conformed? Activities can be of: 16 hours 24 hours 40 hours. Activities of 24 hours will be conducted from Monday to Wednesday, activities of 16 hours from Thursday to Friday and activities of 40 hours will be conducted during the 5 days of the week. Students will have to complete 40 hours of work in total, that is, student who choose an activity of 24 hours will also have to take a 16 hour activity to complete the 40 hours required. These activities will be part of the work load of your regular semester classes. That is why they will be graded by the organizing teacher of each activity. To get a grade, students will have to submit some type of work at the end of the activity. The grade of this activity or activities will count as a percentage of the grades of the classes you will be taking during the semester.

3 Do I need to speak Spanish to participate on these activities? The language of instruction of these activities could be Spanish or English. If you are fluent in Spanish you could join any of the activities depending on your area of study. However, if you are not, don t worry, you can select from a number of activities in English. Please remember that some activities could be limited to students from certain majors or specialty areas. Does it cost to participate on Semana i? Because of the nature of some activities, some will have a cost to be paid by the student; however, most of the activities will have no cost. Where can I see the list of activities to choose from? A Preliminary list of all activities planned for semana i is included on the document DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES SEMANA i, which you can download here. This document will give you an idea of the activities planned and help you decide which one is best for you. Please have in mind that this is only a preliminary list of activities and that changes may occur by the time you have to make the final registration of the activities. How can I register for a particular activity? Registration for these activities will take place during the second or third week of classes; however, it is necessary that you fill out the PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM SEMANA i. Once you fill out this format, please sent it to the International Programs Office staff member of your Campus. With this Information we will better advise you on the selection of your activity and register you directly on that activity. So what is the next step to participate on Semana i? INSTRUCTIONS 1.- Once you download the document DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES SEMANA i, the first thing you need to do is to find out which activities will be available to you. To do this, have in mind the following variables of the activity, since they will limit the number of activities you could participate in:

4 1.- Area(s) of study (or major).- Some activities are very specialized and, therefore, will be limited to some majors. You need to check if the activity offered is related to your area of study. For example: If you are a business major, then you can only participate on the activities that specifically allow business students to participate in. How can you check if your area of study is included on a particular activity? It is very easy. The column called ACADEMIC AREAS THAT CAN PARTICIPATE will show the acronym of the majors allowed to participate on each activity. To find yours, please refer to the following list of majors: Acronym (Acrónimo) Business and Economics Majors in Spanish (Área de Estudios en Español) Majors in English (Área de Estudios en Inglés) LAE Administración de Empresas Business Administration LAF Administración Financiera Financial Management LCDE Creación y Desarrollo de Empresas (Emprendimiento) Business Creation and Development (Entrepreneurship) LCPF Finanzas y Contabilidad Finance and Accounting LDF Leyes y Finanzas Law and Finance LDP Leyes y Ciencias Políticas Law and Political Sciences LEC Economía Economics LED Derecho Law LEM Mercadotecnia Marketing LIN Negocios Internacionales International Business Publicidad y Comunicación de LPM Mercados Humanities and Social Sciences Advertising and Marketing Communications LAD Animación y Arte Digital Animation and Digital Art Comunicación y Medios Communications ad Digital LCMD Digitales Media LLE Literatura Española Spanish Literature LMI Periodismo y Estudio de Medios Journalism and Media Studies LP Psicología Psychology LPL Ciencias Políticas Political Sciencs LPO Psicología Organizacional Organizational Psychology LRI Relaciones Internacionales International Relations

5 Engineering and Architecture ARQ Arquitectura Architecture IAB Agrobiotecnología Agrobiotechnology IBT Biotecnología Biotechnology IC Ingeniería Civil Civil Engineering IDA Ingeniería Automotriz Automotive Engineering IDS Desarrollo Sustentable Sustainable Development IFI Físico Industrial Industry Physics IIA Industrias alimentarias Food Industry IID IIS IMA Ingeniería en Innovación y Desarrollo Ingeniería Industrial y de Sistemas Mecánico Administrador Innovation and Development Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Industrial Engineering IME Mecánico Electricista Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering IMI Producción Musical Digital Digital Music Production IMT Mecatrónica Mechatronics INCQ Química y Nanotecnología Chemestry and Nanotechnology IQA Ingeniería Química Administrativa Chemestry Engineering and Administration IQP Ingeniería Química con especialidad de Procesos Sustentables Chemical Engineering with an specialization in Sustainable Processes LDI Diseño Industrial Industrial Design Information Technologies and Electronics INT ISD Negocios y Tecnologías de Información Robótica y Sistemas Digitales Business Information Technology Digital Systems and Robotics ITC Tecnologias Computacionales Computer Sciences and Technology LATI Administración en Tecnología de Información Information Technology Management Health Sciences IMD Ingenieria Biomédica Biomedic Engineering LNB Nutrición y Bienestar Nutritions and Wellness LPS Psicología Clínica y de la Clínical Psychology Salud MO Medical and Surgical Dentist Odontología

6 2.- Language of instruction.- If you are fluent in Spanish you can participate on activities taught in Spanish, if not, concentrate only on the ones that specify that the language of instruction will be English. 3.- Cost of the activity.- If you don t want pay for an activity that has a cost, concentrate only on the activities that will be free for students. 4.- If International students are allowed to participate on the activity.- For legal or immigration issues, some activities are restricted to international exchange students. Verify the ones that have no restriction for international students. 5.- Minimum and maximum semesters of study.- Some activities require students to be on an advanced semester. Make sure that you can meet this requirement on the activities that you like. 2.- Mark the activities that you are interested in and that you meet all the admission requirements (language, area of study, etc.) 3.- Fill out the PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM SEMANA i 4.- Send it to the Academic Director of the International Programs Office described above. IMPORTANT: PLEASE REMEMEBER THAT SEMANA i IS MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHICH ACTIVITY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND SEND THE PREREGISTRATION FORMAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.