Study Abroad in Spain and Argentina

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

The objective of the study-abroad semester is to provide Spanish majors an opportunity to advance their knowledge of the Spanish language and to pursue their specialized fields of academic interest while developing cross-cultural competency. High-quality instruction by distinguished local professors is combined with immersion in Spanishspeaking societies with the goals of improving understanding of a variety of cultures and allowing students to explore the world from more than one perspective. Students majoring in Spanish must spend at least one semester abroad in Salamanca, Spain, or Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they will live with local families. Eligibility: Students must have completed SP 235 or its equivalent to go to Salamanca. To go to Buenos Aires, students must have completed SP 254 or 294.

COURSE LOAD AND CREDITS IN SALAMANCA, SPAIN

Students will attend the University of Salamanca taking tailor-made courses taught entirely in Spanish by accomplished local university professors. They will complete all the 200-electives required for the major in addition to SP 254 (if they go in the fall), or SP 294 (if they go in the spring). In the fall program, students take a three-week introductory Spanish language class starting at the end of August. This introductory class is followed by a break, after which the regular semester classes begin during the first week of October. From October through mid-December, students take Spanish language two hours daily. In addition, students must take three to four classes from among the following:

• Spanish Culture
• Survey of Spanish Literature (SP 254)
• History of Spanish Art
• Contemporary Spanish
• Oral Practice of the Spanish Language
• Business Spanish
• Women in Spanish History
• Spanish and Latin-American cinema

Upon satisfactory completion of the Salamanca Program, students will return to Goucher College having earned 15 200-level credits. If a student has an advanced level of Spanish, s/he may discuss with the director of Spanish studyabroad programs the possibility of taking one of the classes in Salamanca as a 300-level course.

For more information about applying to Goucher study programs, please visit the Office of International Studies

COURSE LOAD AND CREDITS IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Students will take one course designed for non-Argentinean students (Lengua española), two elective courses with other Argentinean students, one course comprised mostly by foreign students (SP 294: Latin American Literature) and a three-credit writing seminar (SP 370). In the writing seminar, students will meet with the site coordinator to write three research papers throughout the semester. Each paper must relate to one of the content based courses, must be four to six pages long (not including cover and reference pages), and must include three to five well-referenced academic sources to prove the arguable thesis or research hypothesis.

Among the elective courses, students can choose from a wide variety of courses such as:

• SP 370–Writing Seminar
• Latin America in the 20th Century (History Department)
• Latin American Culture and Society (Sociology and Anthropology Department)
• Evolution of the Argentinean Society (Latin American Studies Department)

Upon satisfactory completion of the Buenos Aires Program, students will return to Goucher College having earned 12 200-level credits and three 300-level credits.

For more information about applying to Goucher study programs, please visit the Office of International Studies