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EMU Mexico, the Route of Cortez (Outgoing Program) Print  Share
  • Locations: Mexico City, Mexico; Veracruz, Mexico
  • Program Terms: Fall Break, Spring Break
  • Budget Sheets: Fall Break, Spring Break
Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Spring Break 2026 12/01/2025 12/05/2025 TBA TBA
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Language of Instruction: English Click here for a definition of this term Program Type: Faculty-Led Abroad
Field of Study: All Majors, Anthropology, General Education Requirement, Honors
Program Description:

Mexico: the Route of Cortez 

Mexico City
Course(s): ANTH 351 
Credits: Three
Eligibility: Open to all EMU students in good academic standing and guest students. 
Must be at least 18 years old at the time of travel. 
Program Fee:  See budget

Program Overview
This study abroad program includes educational tours in the states of Tabasco, Veracruz, and Mexico. Students travel and learn about Mexican cultures while experiencing a wide range of settings: from tropical coasts to semi-arid highlands, from rural fishing and agricultural villages to one of the largest cities in the world, and from the most ancient civilizations to the modern. Students learn about the political economies, classes, and genders in pre-Columbian cultures (the Olmec, Maya, Aztecs, among others); the colonial period; after the Mexican Revolution; and how communities are impacted by globalization, NAFTA, and neoliberal structural adjustment policies today. In Veracruz, students will visit a peasant ejido (a collective farm established under the Mexican land reform system), learn about the coffee and leather industries, the educational system, and visit prehispanic and historic cities. The trip ends in Mexico City, with excursions to the Zocalo, the ancient city of Teotihuacán, and the National Museum of Anthropology.

Instructor Information
Professor Ensor’s, PhD, research emphasizes political economic theoretical perspectives in archaeology and ethnology. Among his diverse works, he has published on political ecology and disaster vulnerability, ethnohistoric Native American kinship, and political economic analyses of lifeways and gender in prehistoric small-scale and complex societies.

On-Campus Class Meetings
This program has mandatory class meetings during Winter semester prior to departure. Meeting dates will be determined and announced to students accepted into the program. 

Financial Aid and Scholarships
Financial aid and many EMU scholarships may be applied to the tuition and fees for this approved program. Visit the Office of Financial Aid for more information on how to use your financial aid and scholarships to help cover the costs of studying abroad.

Find information on national and EMU scholarships specifically for students that wish to study abroad on our financial aid and scholarships page.