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

To understand the diversity of Modern Spain through its natural regions and by its Autonomous Communities. Study the road to Democracy through the process of political transition. Analyze the Spanish Constitution and the modern institutions.

Program

Modern Spain through its socio-cultural and economic diversity
The political transition to Democracy
The Spanish Constitution : The State of the Autonomies and the institutions

WINTER STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

To study the present day Spanish society through some of its most represented aspects; the population, the economy and the culture.

Program

Population and society
External relations
The present day Spanish economy and the state of well-being
The Spanish culture today