Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

FALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

Understanding of the natural reality of Spain in relation to society and economy.

Program

Geomorphology, economy, and society
Genesis of the Iberian Peninsula
Structural and topographic units
Relations between physical factors and human acts
Climate, economy, and society
Temperatures, rainfall, wind
Climatic diversity of the Iberian lands
Relations between climatic factors and human acts
Hydrography, economy, and society
Rivers, lakes, lagoons and their relation with human acts
Ecology, economy, and society
Vegetation, fauna, and the dynamic global ecology

WINTER STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

Understanding of the natural reality of Spain's society and economy and its regional and world dimension in relation to its natural framework.

Program

The historical roots of the spanish society and regional diversity
The Spanish population: stucture and dynamics
The Spanish society: stucture and dynamics
The Spanish Economy
A historical perspective in a worldly context
The diversity and regional contrasts
The large economic sectors
The agriculture and other primary activities
The minery and the industry
The services: Commerce, transportation, tourism, etc.