Madrid Language, Liberal Arts, and Internship Program

  Spain

• Madrid: 
Madrid

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring 
Dates: Early September to mid-December; mid-January to mid-May; and Early September to mid-May

Description: The Madrid Language and Liberal Arts Program and the Madrid Internship Program offer a semester or academic year of study and cultural immersion in the lively and cosmopolitan city of Madrid, Spain. In addition to courses and/or an internship, day and weekend excursions to locations such as Granada, Córdoba, Toledo, Sevilla, and Segovia. All courses are taught by Spanish faculty or the resident director. Upon successful completion of a semester, students earn 16 Boston University credits.

Highlights: Level I Intensive Spanish Language Program

An intensive language and cultural immersion program held at the Instituto Internacional en Espanya. Academic options are available at various language levels, and courses are taught exclusively in Spanish.

Level II Advanced Studies and Internship Program

Level II offers students the opportunity to complement language study with liberal arts courses at the Instituto Internacional and by direct enrollment at the Universidad Autynoma de Madrid (UAM), a state university in the suburbs of Madrid. Students may choose from a wide variety of subjects, such as art history, cinema, economics, politics, psychology, and Spanish literature. Because of differences in the Spanish system, course work at the UAM is available only to academic-year and spring-semester students.

Level III Honors Program
(Spring semester only)

Level III offers a specialized program for exceptionally well-qualified students who have a strong command of Spanish and have a GPA of at least 3.3. Students enroll directly in course work at the Universidad Autynoma de Madrid (UAM). Prior to the start of courses at UAM, students in Level III enroll in an advanced-level course on contemporary Spain. Program participants choose three courses from a wide array of subjects offered at the university and participate in semester-long tutorials that assist them with their university course work.

Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.

Experience Required: no

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