SIT Mexico website
Advisor/Important notes:
- SIT programs offer students the opportunity to dive deep into a specific academic topic! These small (15-25 student) programs run on a fixed course model where all students are enrolled in the same courses. SIT highly values experiential learning and makes an effort to get you out of the classroom and into your host community as much as possible. A key component of these programs are the Internship or Independent Study Project that students complete during the last month of their global study semester.
- Prerequisite: Three recent semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent and the ability to follow coursework in Spanish, as assessed by SIT.
- Spanish majors/minors must meet with faculty in the Spanish Department prior to choosing a program.
- Great for Spanish, Public Policy, or anyone interested in immigration policies.
- Oaxaca is known as a food capital in Mexico.
Who to contact:
- SIT Program Contact - Abigail Fox (abigail.fox@sit.edu)
- SIT Contact a Former Student Page
- Contact a returned Gettysburg student
Program Highlights:
- Live in Oaxaca, Mexico, a point of origin for many migrants going to the U.S.
- Understand the factors that lead to undocumented migration.
- Get a firsthand look at Mexico’s northern and southern borders.
- See how migration affects Central Americans and their communities.