MEXICO_summer + fall 2016
COURSES OFFERED:
ARCH 480
Special Studies in Architecture - 5 units
(will be substituted for ARCH 453)
ARCH 445
Urban Design in Architecture - 3 units.
Design role of the urban architect. Economic, environmental and
technological forces impacting on architectural practice in urban areas.
ARCH 470
Selected Advanced Topics - 4 units
The work is design to offer the students a full-time load of 12 units to meet
the requirements of a quarter of 4th year.
main archaeological sites
_first populated over 13,000 years ago
_home to many great civilizations
OLMEC_1400-400 BCE
MAYA_pre-classic 2000 BCE - 250 CE, classic 250-900 CE
TOLTEC _900-1168 CE
AZTEC_1428-1521 CE
Christopher Columbus_1492
Hernán Cortés_1521
ITINERARY_summer 2016
Week 1 [JUNE 20-26]: excursion 1_SILVER TOUR
Week 2-7 [JUNE 27 – AUG 7]: Home Base - San Miguel de Allende
Week 8 [AUG 8-14]: excursion 2_HEART OF MEXICO
A view of La Bufa
ZACATECAS
Cathedral
AGUASCALIENTES
LEON
San Miguel de Allende, GTO [home base]
Los Arcos, SMA
Tenochtitlan at the time of the conquest
Mexico, DF
Aerial view of modern Mexico City
Cathedral from Zocalo
Cathedral from ruins of Templo Mayor
National Museum of Anthropology
September 12 - November 20
Week 1:
Home Base - SMA - Dia de la Independencia
Weeks 2 - 5: Home Base - SMA - Understanding the social,
culture, and economics of this area of Mexico
local field trips
Week 6 -
Guanajuato - Festival Cervantino
Week 7 -
Home Base - SMA
Week 8
- Morelia, Patzcuaro - Dia de los Muertos
Weeks 9-10
- SMA - Wrapping it up
HOME FOR THANKSGIVING!!!
ITINERARY_fall 2016
We’ll experience the Mexican Independence Day Festival from where it originated 205 years ago, San Miguel de Allende
SMA - Week 1 - September 16th - Dia de la Independencia
Typical street scenes
SMA - Week 2-5 - Studying the City
Convento la Concepcion
Central Cultural Ignacio - Courtyard
SMA - Week 2-5 - Studying the City
Sequeras Mural
La Parroquia
A View of Guanajuato
Typical street
Universidad de Guanajuato
Guanajuato - Week 6 - Excursion 1 - Exploring the City & Design Charrette
Street acts as well as performances in theaters and churches take place over a 3 week period in October.
Guanajuato - the Cervantino
A night time view of Queretaro and the Aqueduct
Queretaro - Excursion 2
Interior courtyard of the Museo de Artes
Morelia Cathedral
Morelia - Excursion 3
Plaza Central
Images of the Dia de los Muertos Celebration in Patzcuaro - November 2nd
Patzcuaro - Excursion 3 - Dia de los Muertos
JOIN US ON
NOVEMBER 18TH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
[ROOM 05-106, 12pm]