Study Away
Given the intercultural and multicultural focus of the Department’s curriculum, majors are strongly advised to spend a semester or academic year studying abroad at the junior level. Students who study abroad will enroll in programs that offer university-level courses in Spanish (not in a language acquisition program). A minimum grade point average of 2.7 is required to retain the Spanish major and for permission to study abroad. All study abroad plans for students majoring in Spanish must be approved in advance by the Spanish major advisor and Department Chair. Eligibility prerequisites for Spanish majors to study abroad include the completion of Spanish 135 and Spanish 231 with a grade of C or better.
The three pre-approved programs in Spain are Colby in Salamanca (Integrated Program), Hamilton in Madrid, and Middlebury in Córdoba. The seven pre-approved programs in Latin America are Brown University CASA in Havana, CIEE in Buenos Aires, Middlebury in Buenos Aires, Middlebury in Montevideo (Uruguay), IFSA-Butler in Lima, and IFSA-Butler in Havana.
Jan Plan in Salamanca
Jan Plan SP 128 in Salamanca, Spain: During this course students will immerse themselves in day-to-day Spanish life by living with local families, taking part in activities in the city, exploring other historic sites in Spain, and engaging in intensive language study. Students will be expected to speak only in Spanish during their stay in order to strengthen their language production and to increase cultural competency through a communicative, task-based approach. Please contact Luis Millones ([email protected]) if you have any questions.