Program Advisors / Yucatan Program Committee
Dr. Allan Burns, Chair
Department of Anthropology
P.O. Box 117305
1112 Turlington Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611phone 352.392.2031
Dr. Mark Brenner
Dept. of Fisheries and aquatic sciences
University of Florida
P.O. Box 110600
Gainesville FL 32611-0600
phone 352.392.9617 extension 232
e-mail: brenner@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
For More Information
University of Florida International Center
Overseas Studies Services
123 Grinter Hall
PO Box 113225
Gainesville, FL 3261-3225
Tel. 1-352-392-5323
Fax. 1-352-392-5575
email:overseas@ufic.ufl.edu
http://www.ufic.ufl.edu
Application Deadline
Summer Deadline
March 1st for all students on financial aid.
All applications submitted after the deadline are subject to a late fee. Late applications subject to space availability.
Academic Year Deadline
Students are encouraged to apply by April 30th, final deadline is June 1st. Students wanting to go on the Spring semester are encouraged to apply by November 1.The fall semester at the Unviersity of Yucatan begins the first week in September and ends at the end of January. Students on this exchange program end the semester the week before Christmas. Spring semester begins in mid-February and ends in mid-June.
Links to Useful Pages
The Course Syllabus for summer, 1999An essay about saftey on the Yucatan program by Allan Burns
A Pre-departure memo Read this for tips on what to pack
The Autonomous University of the Yucatan home page
Diario de Yucatan. The homepage of the leading newspaper in Yucatan. This has great maps and information available on the Mayan in Spanish or English. Read it to find out what's happening today in Merida.
A great Maya home page with pictures, paintings, stories, and other information from an indigenous perspective.