The curriculum consists of a six hour schedule daily except Friday, for 13 weeks. The 7th week of each semester is an obligatory mid-term vacation. There are two thirteen-week terms each year in Brockport's Cuernavaca Program. Students are placed in groups of one to five students organized according to their previous language experience. The program allows for up to 34 of these groups.
Some groups have only one or two students and none are larger than five students.
Instructors are native Spanish speakers who are rotated periodically to expose students to different voice tones and accents. These sessions are designed to improve the students' listening skills and expand their vocabulary and dictation-taking skills while discussing topics on contemporary Latin America. Conferencia classes meet daily Monday through Thursday. The Conferencia on Fridays is usually devoted to Latin American popular songs and is led by a professional musician and recording artist. Some English is permitted and most students can comprehend the materials after less than four weeks of intensive Spanish.