For more than 30 years, the SMU-IN-TAOS program at Fort Burgwin has been home to a variety of unique educational experiences enhanced by the bountiful cultural and natural resources of Northern New Mexico. For the first time, a FALL term will be offered!

As a participant in the SMU-IN-TAOS fall program your experiences will be your classroom.  Instead of reading about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, you'll visit the site of the famous event.  Rather than looking at pictures in a classroom, you will be taking the pictures. You will be part of history on this historic campus and instrumental in establishing traditions for future classes on the Taos campus.

Students and faculty will be part of an entirely unique educational experience during this inaugural term, participating in an active, engaged academic community of investigation and discovery. Students must have a minimum 3.3 GPA to apply and once admitted will register for at least one academic course during each of four blocks, allowing for in-depth focus on course content and thereby completing 12 credit hours. A fifth course will be offered on research strategies with a learning component and an additional option of a sixth course of independent study will be available. Students may also take their Wellness II course in the outdoors of the Taos area. There will be a 3-4 day break between each of the blocks allowing for visits home, return visits to the Dallas campus, Outdoor Adventure trips, resting up in residence or perhaps having parents come to Taos for a visit.

Tuition, room and board costs will be consistent with those on the Dallas campus; however, some incentives will be offered! Students will be given a round-trip mileage stipend covering costs from Dallas to Taos. In addition, costs of one trip to be taken during one of the interim breaks between blocks will be covered by the SMU-in-Taos program.

To explore the SMU-IN-TAOS program and campus in greater detail, please use the links at the left to aid in navigation of our website and to retrieve information on both our fall and summer programs.