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Quechua - Centro Tinku, Cusco, Peru (Summer)
As LACS works closely with ties among the world, we offer an intensive summer course in Quechua in Cusco, Peru.
The program at Centro Tinku offers the same three levels (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) of the Quechua language as we offer in Fall and Winter, but they are more intensive as the program is much shorter than at University of Michigan.
During 2008, the tenth consecutive year that Latin American and Caribbean Studies has cosponsored the Summer Quechua Study program, and our second year in collaboration with the recently founded Centro Tinku, directed by Dr. Jean-Jacques Decoster. The program is open to all college and university undergraduate and graduate students who wish to learn Southern Quechua. This unique program offers high quality intensive language instruction through the experienced faculty Centro Tinku and the unusual experience of living and learning in the ancient Inka capital of Cuzco.
During the program at Centro Tinku, classes meet intensively for seven weeks. These courses meet daily for 4 hours per day, a total of 140 language instruction contact hours per course. Each course is the equivalent of a full academic year course. Enrollment will be limited to 10 for each of the five levels. The program is open to all graduate and professional school students. A series of lectures on Quechua culture and history and an extensive program of excursions and cultural events will supplement the courses
The Quechua courses are taught using the immersion method, so previous knowledge of Spanish is not required (though of course some familiarity with Spanish is useful for getting around Peru).
For an additional tuition fee, students may opt to take the course for University of Michigan credit by enrolling in the corresponding courses; note, however, that the same academic criteria apply to all students, regardless of whether they enroll through the University of Michigan or directly through Centro Tinku.
