Study Abroad

IWU Spain Program

Offered during the spring semester each year, the IWU Spain Program allows 16-24 IWU students to study with an IWU professor and local faculty and to live with host families in Barcelona.  Students take one course with the program director, an IWU faculty member, and select their other 3 classes from those offered by Spanish faculty at the Barcelona SAE, our program partner. Toledo

Spanish proficiency is not required, and students will be able to utilize Barcelona resources in their coursework. Spain Program classes are pre-approved for General Education credit and may also satisfy requirements toward the major or minor with the permission of the department chair. Courses are designed to take advantage of Barcelona's cultural resources and the program features educational excursions outside Barcelona, which vary each year but may include Madrid, Granada, or Zaragoza.

Possible General Education  course offerings include the following:

  • From Goya to Contemporary Art in Spain (Fine Arts)
  • The Golden Age Playwrights (Literature)
  • Management and Ethics in a Cross-Cultural Context (Analysis of Values)
  • The Political History of Contemporary Spain (Contemporary Social Institutions)
  • The Practice of World Religions in Contemporary Spain (Contemporary social Institutions)
  • Spanish Culture and Civilization (Cultural and Historical Change)

General Education courses are offered in English and/or Spanish (minimum enrollment of 8).

Spanish Major/Minor course offerings include:

  • Intensive Language Study
  • Advanced Conversation
  • Introduction to Literature
  • Spanish Culture and Civilization
  • Studies in Cultural History
  • Studies in Literature and Culture
2011 Spain Program
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