Summer School - Mexico

2024

 

IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School 2024
Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
17 June - 12 July 2024
Virtual

The was held virtually from 17 June to 12 July 2024.  

The online format helped us to welcome students from abroad to participate in the Summer School despite their location. The summer school offers a wide range of basic and advanced courses in the most innovative research methods and techniques within the social sciences. 

The IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School offered an intensive course of three hours per day taught by an international instructor, followed by a two-hour laboratory session led by a teaching assistant from the University of Missouri. During the classes, the instructor encouraged participants to share examples from their research interests and to apply their own datasets for analysis. The lab sessions involved group work reinforcing the theoretical concepts covered in class and fostering active and collaborative learning.

A total of 11 people registered and participated in the course Quantitative Modeling for the Social Sciences. The academic degrees of course participants included Bachelor's degrees (5), Master's degrees (3), and Ph.D. (3).

SHORT COURSES 

The academic program for the first two weeks, 17-28 June 2024, included 13 three-hour introductory courses given in Spanish.

INTRODUCCIÓN A R
Profesor: Julio César Martínez (Colegio de México, MX)

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO CON R
Profesor: Julio César Martínez (El Colegio de México, MX)

USO DE LA TÉCNICA DE ENCUESTA EN R
Profesora: Mónica Lara Escalante
(FLACSO México, MX)

CLAVES PARA ELABORAR UN PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Profesora: Marietha Pérez Arellano
(FLACSO México, MX)

ATLAS.ti: HERRAMIENTAS BÁSICAS E INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL
Profesora: Judith Pérez Soria (El Colegio Mexiquense A.C)

INTRODUCCIÓN A LA TEORÍA DE LOS JUEGOS
Profesor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO,MX)

ETNOGRAFÍAS (DIGITALES): SENTIDO Y PODER
Profesora: Karina Bárcenas (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales UNAM, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A LOS MÉTODOS CUANTITATIVOS PARA LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Profesor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO México, MX)

ANÁLISIS DE NARRATIVA Y DISCURSO POLÍTICO
Profesor: Tomislav Lendo (Consultor externo)

MODELOS DE REGRESIÓN PARA VARIABLES DEPENDIENTES LIMITADAS CON STATA
Profesor: Javier Aparicio (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A STATA
Profesor: Ulises Flores LLanos
(FLACSO México, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN AL ANÁLISIS DE REDES SOCIALES
Profesor:Óscar Fontanelli
(FLACSO México, MX)

ESTRATEGIAS DE COMUNICACIÓN POLÍTICA PARA POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Profesora: Georgina Flores Ivich 
(FLACSO México, MX)
 

COURSES

Four courses were offered during the second part of the Summer School from 1 to 12 July 2024, each consisting of three hours of theoretical instruction and two hours of practical workshops per day, all taught in English. 

QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Professor: Bruno Cautrès (Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, FR)

INTRODUCTION TO QCA 
Professor: Nena Oana (Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, FL)

QUANTITATIVE MODELING FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professor: Laron K. Williams (University of Missouri, US)

DATA SCIENCE
Professor: Sebastían Vallejo (University of Western, Ontario)

 

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IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School 2023
Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
5-30 June 2023
Virtual

The 8th Annual IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science was held virtually from 5-30 June 2023.

The 2023 edition was organized in collaboration with the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico, the and the Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences of the UNAM. 

The online modality helped to welcome students from abroad to participate in the Summer School despite their location. This approach was successful, as the course was attended by students from South Korea, Bangladesh, Nicaragua, the United States, and different states in Mexico. The IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School offered an intensive course of 3 hours per day taught by an international instructor, followed by a 2-hour laboratory session led by a teaching assistant. Sessions were both theoretical and practical to provide a fulfilling academic experience with the highest quality standards. The instructors encouraged students to provide examples of their research interests and to use their databases for analysis. Meanwhile, the laboratory sessions consisted of group assignments that put into practice what had been taught earlier in the class. And each morning, before the theoretical session, the instructor answered any questions that might have arisen during these group assignments.

16 people registered and participated in the course Quantitative Modeling for the Social Sciences. Academic degrees of course participants: Bachelor's degree (5), Master's degree (10), Ph.D. (1).

The Academic Program for the first two weeks, from 5-16 June, consisted of 13 short introductory courses, with a duration of three hours of class, taught in Spanish, which are:

INTRODUCCIÓN A R
Profesor: Julio César Martínez (Colegio de México, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A PROCESS TRACING
Profesor: Henio Hoyo (Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales-UNAM, MX)

LOS SIG Y LA COMUNICACIÓN CARTOGRÁFICA
Profesora: Ayesa Martínez (ENES-UNAM, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A LA TEORÍA DE LOS JUEGOS
Profesor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO,MX)

ETNOGRAFÍA BÁSICA PARA LA CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Profesor: Raúl Pacheco- Vega (FLACSO México, MX)

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO CON R
Profesor: Julio César Martínez (El Colegio de México, MX)

ETNOGRAFÍAS (DIGITALES): SENTIDO Y PODER
Profesora: Karina Bárcenas (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales UNAM, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A LOS MÉTODOS CUANTITATIVOS PARA LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Profesor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO México, MX)

ANÁLISIS DE NARRATIVA Y DISCURSO POLÍTICO
Profesor: Tomislav Lendo (Consultor externo)

MODELOS DE REGRESIÓN PARA VARIABLES DEPENDIENTES LIMITADAS CON STATA
Profesor: Javier Aparicio (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, MX)

ETNOGRAFÍA AVANZADA PARA LA CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Profesor: Raúl Pacheco- Vega (FLACSO México, MX)

INTRODUCCIÓN A PYTHON
Profesora: Gloria Cristina Chávez (FLACSO México, MX)

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO CON STATA
Profesor: Ulises Flores LLanos
(FLACSO México, MX)

In the following two weeks, from June 19 to 30, five international courses were held, with a duration of three hours of theory and two hours of workshops per day, taught in English:

QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Professor: Bruno Cautrès (Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, FR)

QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA): PERFORMING BASICS AND ADVANCED ANALYSES USING R
Professors: Carsten Schneider (Department of Political Science at Central European University, HU) Nena Oana (Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, FL)

QUANTITATIVE MODELING FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professor: Laron K. Williams (University of Missouri, US)

INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA
Professor: Francisco Cantú (University of Houston, US)

EXPERIMENTAL POLITICAL SCIENCE
Professor: Soledad Prillaman (Stanford University, US)

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IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School 2022
Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science

22 August-16 September 2022
Virtual

The 7th Annual IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science will be held virtually from 22 August to 16 September 2022.

The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico, the and the Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences of the UNAM open the call to participate in the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science.

The summer school offers a wide range of basic and advanced courses in the most innovative research methods and techniques in the social sciences. 

SHORT COURSES

Dictated in Spanish
Duration of 1 week per course

Week 1: 22-26 August 2022

INTRODUCTION TO R
Professor: Julio César Martínez (Colegio de México, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO STATA
Professor: Ulises Flores (FLACSO México, MX)

DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY
Professor: Karina Bárcenas (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales-UNAM, MX)

SURVEYS AND PUBLIC OPINION
Professor: Isaac Cisneros (El Colegio de México)

PUBLIC SECURITY DATA ANALYSIS
Professor: Horacio Ortiz (Data Lab Mx, MX)

QUALITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Lecturer: Alejandra Armesto (FLACSO México, MX)

POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
Professor: Tomislav Lendo (External Consultant)

Week 2: 29 August - 2 September 2022

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WITH R
Professor: Julio César Martínez (El Colegio de México, MX)

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WITH STATA
Professor: Ulises Flores (FLACSO México, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS TRACING
Professor: Henio Hoyo (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences-UNAM, MX)

REGRESSION MODELS FOR LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLES WITH STATA
Professor:Javier Aparicio (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO México, MX)

ETHNOGRAPHY FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
Professor: Raúl Pacheco- Vega (FLACSO México, MX)

COURSES 

Duration of two weeks per course, taught in English.

Week 3 and 4: 5-16 September 2022

QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Professor: Bruno Cautrès (Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, FR)

QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA): PERFORMING BASICS AND ADVANCED ANALYSES USING R

Professors: Carsten Schneider (Department of Political Science at Central European University, HU) Nena Oana (Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, FL)

MIXED METHODS AND CASE STUDY RESEARCH
Professor: Werner J. Patzelt (Technische Universität Dresden, DE)

SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS
Professor: Soledad Prillaman (Stanford University)

Important Dates

  • Registration begins: 8 June 2022
  • Short Courses start date: 22 August 2022
  • Courses start date: 5 September 2022
  • Deadline for registration: 5 August 2022

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The 6th Annual IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science will be held virtually for the second time from August 16 August to 10 September 2021.

In this 2021 edition, the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School with UNAM's Political and Social Sciences Postgraduate Program join forces to offer a wide range of high-level courses (Spanish and English) in the most innovative research methods and techniques that define analysis and measurement in political science and social sciences.

Academic Program:

In the first two weeks from 16 to 27 August 2021, seventeen introductory courses will be offered with a duration of 3 hours per day for one week in Spanish:

INTRODUCTION TO R
Professor: Julio César Martínez (Colegio de México, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO STATA
Professor: Ulises Flores (FLACSO México)

COMPARATIVE POLITICS: LATIN AMERICA
Professor: Nicolás Loza (FLACSO México)

DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY
Professor: Karina Bárcenas (IIS-UNAM, MX)

PUBLIC OPINION DATA ANALYSIS
Professor: Isaac Cisneros(COLMEX)

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WITH R
Professor: Julio César Martínez (El Colegio de México, MX)

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WITH STATA
Professor: Ulises Flores (FLACSO México)

POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
Professor: Tomislav Lendo (Consultor externo)

INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY RESEARCH
Professor Álvaro Mejía (Think Data Mx, MX)
Professor: Mónica Lara (Think Data Mx, MX)

HOW TO READ AND PROCESS GENDER DATA IN R?
Professors: Georgina Jiménez y Mariana Solano (DATA CÍVICA, MX)

QUALITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Professor: Alejandra Armesto (FLACSO México)

INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
Professor: Mitchell Valdés (Laboratorio Nacional de Políticas Públicas-CIDE, MX)

DATA STORYTELLING
Professor: Georgina Flores (FLACSO México)

PUBLIC SECURITY DATA ANALYSIS
Professor: Horacio Ortiz (Data Lab Mx, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS TRACING
Professor: Henio Hoyo (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, MX)

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professor: Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO México)

NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH PYTHON
Professor: Mitchell Valdés (Laboratorio Nacional de Políticas Públicas-CIDE, MX

In the following two weeks from 30 August to 10 September 2021, eight international courses will be offered with a duration of 3 hours of theory and 2 hours of workshops in English:

QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Professor: Bruno Cautrès (Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, FR)

QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA) AND FUZZY SETS
Professor: Carsten Schneider (Central European University, HU)

MIXED METHODS AND CASE STUDY RESEARCH
Professor: Werner J. Patzelt (Technische Universität Dresden, DE)

QUANTITATIVE MODELING FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professors:Laron K. Williams (University of Missouri, US) Cameron Wimpy (Arkansas State University, US)

DATA PROCESSING AND TEXT ANALYSIS/ SCRAPPING AND BIG DATA
Professors: Tiago Ventura (University of Maryland, US), Ernesto Calvo (University of Maryland, US)

INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE
Professors:Francisco Cantú (University of Houston, US) Sebastián Vallejo (University of Houston, US)

SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS
Professor: Soledad Prillaman (Stanford University)

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Professor: Emily Bacchus (University of Kentucky)

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5th IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
Flacso, México

26 October-6 November 2020
Virtual

The fifth Annual IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School in Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science was held virtually from 26 October to 6 November 2020. In this edition, FLACSO Mexico´s Summer School allied with UNAM´s Political and Social Sciences Postgraduate Program, thus reaching a broader group of social sciences practitioners and therefore achieving greater student participation in comparison to previous years.

Three intensive courses of 3 hours daily sessions were offered by a recognized team of international instructors. There were also two hours of laboratory sessions led by teaching assistants. Participants received theoretical and practical training and an opportunity to discuss topics related to their specific research.

In the evenings, the instructors gave lectures on specific and current academic topics, such as: "Researching during the crisis", "Why do we need historical political science and how should we combine historical research with systematic social science research?”, and finally, “Democracy in Crisis - Recovering Political Discourse”.

The Summer School was attended by 28 students: 13 female and 15 male. 

In addition to the three international courses offered during the two weeks of this edition, twelve short introductory courses were taught in Spanish by eleven local professors.

Course list and Instructors: 

  • Mixed Methods and Case Study Research, Werner J. Patzelt (Technische Universität Dresden) 
  • Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis, Bruno Cautrès (Science PO Paris)
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets, Carsten Schneider (Central European University) and Iona Elena Oana, (European University Institute)

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4th IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
June 10-21, 2019
Flacso, México

The fourth Annual IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School in Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science was held at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Mexico, from June 10 to June 21, 2019.  

It was attended by 50 students, mainly from Mexico. Enrollment was represented by 55.2% of women and 44.7% by men.

The fourth edition of the summer school offered a program of eight introductory one-week courses and four intensive two-week courses, where students received theoretical and practical training. They also participated in conferences, seminars and social activities organized by the local committee, integrated by  Irma Méndez, Georgina Flores, Rodrigo Salazar and Jacqueline Plascencia.

The eight introductory one-week courses that were taught with great success are:

  • Introduction to R , Julio Martínez (El Colegio de Mexico)
  • Introduction to Stata, Ulises Flores (FLACSO Mexico)
  • Mathematical Tools for Quantitative Analysis, Rodrigo Salazar (FLACSO Mexico)
  • Data Visualization, Sebastian Garrido (Centro de Investigación y Docencias Económicas, CIDE)
  • Survey Analysis and Sampling, Javier Marquez (Centro de Investigación y Docencias Económicas, CIDE)
  • Statistical Analysis with R, Marisol Luna (FLACSO Mexico)
  • Statistical Analysis with Stata, Ulises Flores (FLACSO Mexico)
  • Introduction to Twitter Analysis with R, Georgina Flores (FLACSO Mexico)

The intensive two-week courses took place from Monday to Friday and lasted around four hours in the morning and two additional hours of computer lab sessions, to add the use of specific software to the curriculum. Additionally, participants had the opportunity to discuss their own research interests with instructors, and receive special advice about their specific needs. There was a coffee break in the middle of the day.

The four two-week courses that were taught are:

  • Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis, Bruno Cautrès (Science PO París)
  • Modern Regression Analysis, Laron K. Williams (University of Missouri) and Cameron Wimpy (University of Massachusetts)
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Case Study Research, Carsten Schneider (Central European University) and Werner J. Patzelt (Technische Universität Dresden)
  • Data Science, Francisco Cantu (University of Houston)

The late afternoon special lectures by instructors represented a great opportunity to examine the use of different methodologies on specific and substantial academic issues, as it was the case with “The fingerprints of fraud: evidence from Mexico 1988, presidential election”. Furthermore, the instructors also offered evening lectures on more practical academic matters, such as: "How to be published", “How to apply to grad schools and postdocs in the US’" and “How social scientist may make use of history.

The fourth edition of the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School in Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science ended with the distribution of certificates and a brindis which gave everyone the opportunity to networking and plan their participation  to the next summer school.

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3rd IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
June 4-15, 2018
Flacso México

The 3rd IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School was held at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Mexico City from June 4 to 15, 2018. This year’s Summer School offered an intensive two-week program of four courses on quantitative and qualitative methods, including mixed methods, survey analysis, data science, and quantitative public policy analysis.

The 47 participants included graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and professionals interested in receiving theoretical and practical training in research methods. According to our satisfaction survey, the overwhelming majority of participants (85%) found the courses challenging, and would recommend them to their colleagues.

The 2018 syllabus included:

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The 2018 edition of Flacso Mexico also offered six short courses as an introduction for the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School:

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Local Organizing Comittee
Dra. Irma Méndez de Hoyos
Dr. Rodrigo Salazar Elena
Mtra. Georgina Flores Ivich

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PSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School

2nd IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
July 10-21, 2017
Flacso México

After a successful first edition, once again the Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences hosted the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science from 10 to 21 July, 2017.

During two weeks the IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School offered high-quality, cutting-edge and advanced training in qualitative and quantitative social science methods to more than 60 participants from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, France and Mexico. The four courses offered this year were:

  • Comparative Research Design and Comparative Methods
    • Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser, University of Marburg
  • Modern Regression Analysis
    • Prof. Guy Whitten, Texas A&M University
    • Prof. Laron K. Williams, University of Missouri
  • Experimental Methods
    • Prof. Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky
  • Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis
    • Prof. Bruno Cautrès, Sciences PO Paris

The IPSA-FLACSO Mexico Summer School 2017 provided an intensive program. All courses offered a minimum of 3.5 hours of teaching time per day, plus two hours of laboratory assignments.

The summer school also gave the opportunity to engage in discussion sessions, group assignments and other activities. This year participants attended late-afternoon lectures on how methods are improving the quality of research in the field. The lectures were:

  • Statistical Nightmare of Causal Feedback': How Spatial Econometric Models Improve Empirical Tests of Party Competition (Dr. Laron Williams)
  • Contemporary Problems and Future Perspectives of Empirical Research on Democracy (Dr. Dirk Berg-Scholsser)
  • How to get published? (Dr. Bruno Cautrès)
  • Partisan Conflict In Extremis: Legislative Brawling and Public Opinion (Dr. Emily Beaulieu)

Local Organizing Comittee
Dra. Irma Méndez de Hoyos
Dr. Rodrigo Salazar Elena
Mtra. Georgina Flores Ivich
Mtro. J.Gabriel González Macías

For more information about the IPSA-FLACSO México Summer School please contact: ipsasm@flacso.edu.mx

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Mexico Summer School

1st Annual Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science
June 6-17, 2016
Flacso México

After its successful presentation in several countries around the world, the Summer School on Concepts, Methods and Techniques in Political Science was held for the first time in FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales), México from June 6 to 17, 2016.

The school offered cutting-edge, advanced training in qualitative and quantitative social science methods under highly experienced international faculty from the U.S. and Europe, and it provided 65 participants with rigorous training in state-of-the-art research methods.

Spanning a period of two weeks, the IPSA-FLACSO México Summer School 2016 gave scholars as well as masters and PhD students in México and other Latin American countries a unique opportunity to expand their knowledge of social science research methods, discuss research interests, network, and participate in an evening lecture series. The evening lectures saw each of the instructors discuss their research, and Mexican academics led the discussions concerning substantive and methodological implications. FLACSO México also offered a math refresher course at no extra cost to participants intent on acquiring the minimum level required for each of the six courses offered.