Spanish 朗uage & Liberal Arts
2024/2025 Year 格拉纳达

About the Program

Improve your spoken and written Spanish while delving into intriguing subjects like art, 经济学, 历史, 文学, media, 音乐, political science, 社会学, 和更多的. 在学期和学年期间, elective course options increase in proportion to your language level. 从初级到中级水平, 选修课全部用英语授课, 而在高中级及以上水平, 选修课全部用西班牙语授课. Summer courses are designed for students at the intermediate Spanish level and above. 无论语言水平如何, 你会喜欢从一系列丰富的课程中进行选择, taught in English and Spanish that build upon all that 格拉纳达 has to offer, 从历史到艺术再到文化. 除了, you can complete a ACTFL Official Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) at the CEA office to prove your language ability, whether it be for future employers or to become a foreign language teacher.

Program 结构

Students at an advanced Spanish level or lower enroll in 2 Spanish language courses and 2-3 elective courses (taught in English and/or Spanish); students above advanced level enroll in 1 Spanish language course and 3-4 elective courses (taught in Spanish). Students at a superior proficiency level may enroll 1 integrated elective course with Spaniards.

课程 meet for a total of 45 contact hours/12-16 credits. Integrated courses meet for 60 contact hours/4 semester credits. You may earn 12-16 credits (up to 240 contact hours); if you choose the Early Start option, 你可以获得16-21学分(最多320学时).

Classes meet on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday; during the intensive language portion of the program, 周一到周五上课. Active learning components required by your courses may be scheduled on Fridays.

Early Start: 的 Early Start course runs for 4 weeks/80 contacts hours in Fall and 3 weeks/60 contact hours in Spring; it’s designed to help you adjust to the university setting and prepare you for your courses. If you participate in the Early Start course you may earn an additional 4-5 semester credits (up to 80 contact hours).

Prior to departure, you will select your preferred courses. You'll take a language placement exam after you arrive in 格拉纳达. You will be enrolled into courses based on their availability. It is in your best interest to have multiple alternative courses approved by your home university prior to your departure due to course availabilities. To ensure that you receive credit for the language level you place into, have your home school pre-approve courses at several levels before you leave for 西班牙. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university on credit pre-approval guidelines.

远足

Get out and explore! 远足 are offered for most semester, year, and summer programs*. Semester students are typically offered between two to three excursions and summer study students are typically offered between one to two excursions. 你会收到一份旅行日程表 during 取向; here are a few day and overnight excursions we've offered in the past.

摩洛哥

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Deepen your understanding of 格拉纳达’s Arabic legacy by exploring three northern Moroccan cities: Tangier, 得土安, and Chefchaouen. You’ll take a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, 你会在妇女协会享受到蒸粗麦粉吗, explore the souk (market) and old medina (old district), and ride camels. 带着长长的, complex 历史, Tangier’s beauty and diverse culture has inspired artists and writers like Delacroix, 马蒂斯, Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams, 以及丹吉尔本地人穆罕默德·乔克里. 在19世纪和20世纪, the city also served as a global center for espionage and smuggling.

接下来，您将游览里夫山脉的舍夫沙万. 由西班牙的摩尔流亡者建立, 这座城市以蓝色的房屋和建筑而自豪, a tradition left over from the Jewish population that once called Chefchaouen home.

最后，我们将参观马蒂尔山谷. Set among a string of orchards with the stunning Rif Mountains in the distance, you’ll find that the city of 得土安 deserves its reputation as a visual treasure. 有着丰富的文化和历史, 得土安’s medina is a UNESCO World Heritage site that features a mix of mosques, 商店, 制革厂, 和房屋, 全漆成白色，门窗是绿色的.

塞维利亚

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Your visit to 塞维利亚 starts at the Reales Alcazares, a palace built by Arabs in the 14th century. 你将探索圣克鲁斯区, 曾经是一个犹太社区, 然后参观塞维利亚大教堂, the world’s third largest and (allegedly) the final resting place of Christopher Columbus. Spend your free time relaxing at the Parque de Maria Luisa and the Plaza de España, 这个城市最受欢迎的景点之一, with its fountains and mini-canals filled with rowboats. Take a stroll to the bank of the Gualdalquivir River to see the Tower of Gold and La Maestranza, 世界上最古老的斗牛场之一.

朗达

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朗达是一个 pueblo blanco (whitewashed town) sitting on the Tajo de 朗达, a 500-foot-deep gorge that divides the town. Here you’ll find monuments from the Roman, Arab, and Christian periods, like the 澡堂 (建于13世纪的阿拉伯浴场), the Puente Nuevo (a stunning bridge that connects the old and the new towns), and one of 西班牙’s oldest and most beautiful bullrings. Authors Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles spent time in 朗达 and wrote about its beauty and traditions.

科尔多瓦

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科尔多瓦 was the capital of the Islamic caliphate in the Middle Ages. Once Europe’s most populous city and the intellectual center of the Western world, 犹太人, 穆斯林, 基督徒在科尔多瓦和平共处, and many philosophers, 科学家们, 艺术家们从城市中涌现出来. An understanding of 科尔多瓦's cultural background enriches your exploration of its monuments, like the world-famous mosque with a cathedral built in the middle, 以其令人叹为观止的一排排拱门和圆柱而闻名. Enjoy a walk through the maze-like streets of the old Jewish quarter, 满是装饰着五颜六色花朵的阳台, whitewashed patios, artisans’ work商店, 还有一座建于1315年的犹太教堂.