| INTENSIVE
LANGUAGE OVERVIEW |
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following information is provided as a guide. Placement
in a program is subject to approval by the Office
of Study Abroad and an advertised program may be
unavailable for unforeseen circumstances. |
Overview
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Students
studying Spanish, Portuguese, French, or Japanese will
be enrolled in the intensive language by distance
education graded credit option. Students
studying German, Arabic, or Chinese will
be enrolled in the transfer credit
option. Students in good standing
and enrolled at other universities (or recent
high school graduates with a 2.5 g.p.a.) may
apply to enroll in the intensive language program
by distance
education option (Spanish, Portuguese,
French, Japanese only) only. Intensive language
study at language institutes is limited to
winter break or summer for NMSU degree seeking
students (except when the institute is affiliated
with a university). NOTE: PORTUGUESE 113 IS
GRADED S/U ONLY.
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| Procedures
for Graded
Credit or Transfer
Credit |
Currently
enrolled NMSU students apply through
the Office of Study Abroad after consulting
with the Foreign
Studies Advisor, Languages and
Linguistics, to determine what credit can
be earned. They will follow either the distance
education procedures or the transfer credit
procedures. Non-NMSU
students will first complete
the Intensive
Language by Distance Education application then
consult with the Foreign
Studies Advisor to determine
appropriate courses to take (Spanish, Portuguese,
French, or Japanese only). All
students must complete the NMSU WebCT orientation
course and the NMSU final evaluation survey
to receive credit.
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| Forms |
Currently
enrolled NMSU students use the form NMSU
Study Abroad Agreement-International Distance
Education to finalize approval to enroll
in the intensive language program.
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| Scholarships |
NMSU
degree seeking undergraduate or graduate students
may apply for intensive language study scholarships
administered by the Office of Study Abroad in
partnership with these language institutes: Actilingua,
AF Lyon, BridgeAbroad, CPI, Cuauhnáhuac,
Fenix, NRCSA, and PIEE. Number of awards
varies annually and may not be available each
year. Awards are generally worth the
value of two weeks of tuition, room and board,
and students must agree to study for at least
four weeks and provide service to the Office
of Study Abroad upon return. Awards are available
for summer or winter break study only.
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| Application
Deadlines |
Each
language institute sets its own application deadlines.
As a general rule, students should apply at least
2 month prior to anticipated enrollment.
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| Office
of Study Abroad Priority Administrative Deadlines |
The
Office of Study Abroad needs sufficient time
to process applications, set up files, administer
orientation, and enroll students in NMSU distance
education courses or study abroad courses (for
transfer credit).The Office has set May
1 as the deadline for programs starting Summer
1 or 2, and November 15 for
those starting Winter Break. By
these priority deadlines, students must have
(1) submitted
the application to the language institute and
provided the office with a copy, (2) paid the
NMSU application processing fee (or arranged
for billing authorization if receiving financial
aid), (3) completed the appropriate Study Abroad
Agreement and turned it in to the Office, and
(4) ) completed both WebCT orientation
quizzes. Students
who apply after the priority deadline or fail
to complete the other requirements listed above
are subject to Late Processing Fees.
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| Standard
Fees Paid to NMSU |
Application
Processing Fee ($150 non-refundable),
Study Abroad Health Insurance ($36 per
month), NMSU distance education tuition
($30 per credit). NMSU
fees are subject to change at any time. Penalties
may apply for early withdrawal after accepting
placement. Since
currency exchange rates fluctuate, review the
most current
rates for converting U.S. dollars to a foreign
currency. Note: The fee for non-degree option
is $60 per credit.
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| Other
Costs |
Contact
specific Language Institute for cost of their
Application Fee (sometimes waived for NMSU students),
Advanced Deposits, Instructional Fee, Housing
and Meals, Excursions. Also consider the costs
of a Passport (about $110),
Travel to site by air-bus-train, student or tourist
visa fees, and Personal Miscellaneous Expenses.
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