In addition to Spanish language and Latin American literature and culture, this academic year program offers excellent opportunities for students interested in indigenous cultures, and issues in Latin American economics, development, sociology, and politics. Participants attend a four-week language and culture orientation course followed by enrollment in Universidad Catolica del Ecuador in Quito. Students live with Ecuadorean families. A local director and staff coordinate the program. The UW-Madison sponsors an Academic Year at the University of Warwick in Coventry.
Participants live in university dormitories and carry regular year-long courses at the university.
A wide range of courses in the humanities, social studies, and sciences is available and the university is particularly well known for its offerings in English literature, history, philosophy, and political science. The program is offered in cooperation with the University of Michigan, and a professor from either Michigan or Wisconsin serves as resident director. Four weeks of intensive French language training open the year in Aix before actual classes begin. Students may carry courses in a wide variety of social science and humanities fields in addition to French language and culture. Wisconsin students have the opportunity to study at either the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg or the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn.