The Winter Term in Mexico takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the Instituto Mexico Americano de Cultura. The program affords the participants the opportunity to experience the Spanish language in intensive study during the month of January. Students spend three and a half hours per day in the classroom four days per week.
Students speak Spanish for the entire session.
Upon their return students take the department's placement exam to determine placement in the Oberlin curriculum. It is possible and encouraged to skip a level in the department's language sequence.