SP 301 STUDY ABROAD
Students admitted by the faculty of the Spanish Department will take a variety of classes
at an accredited institution in a Spanish speaking country and will spend a minimum of
30 hours per week in class. This program is designed with the objective of providing
students with extensive amount of Spanish language input ,opportunities for negotiation
of meaning and meaningful interaction in Spanish. Students will also be required to visit
sites of archeological, historical and cultural importance. Immersing themselves into the
culture of the host families, educational institution and social environment, students will
be able to recognize distinctive cultural patterns in multiple domains. They will gain
experiential learning of family structures, social roles, institutional arrangements as well
as the local history and and distinct cultural patterns of education, business,
transportation, etc. Students will also be given opportunity to observe social and cultural
institutions relevant to their content area of interest (e.g., business, education, social
work, art, engineering etc.)
The students’ work and progress will be monitored and evaluated by the LSSU
Department of Spanish in cooperation with the foreign institution. The last week of Study
Abroad is devoted to reflective discussion and writing.
Prerequisites: Students must have completed a minimum of two courses of
Spanish at LSSU and obtain the professor’s permission. Credit for this course may be
applied to fulfill the requirements for a Spanish major or Spanish minor. Detailed course
description and study schedule along with printed course materials are provided by the
host school. Two samples of overall program goals and setup are the following:
Spanish 301 Study Abroad 2004
Destination: Universidad Internacional The Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies
(UNINTER)
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Students admitted by the faculty of the Spanish Department of LSSU will take a variety
of classes at Universidad Internacional The Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies
(UNINTER) Cuernavaca, Mexico and will spend a minimum of 30 hours per week in
class. They will also be required to visit sites of archaeological, historical and cultural
importance.
Spanish 301 Study Abroad 2005
Destination: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Complutense University will provide intensive language classes for four weeks.
During this four-week period, students will attend 4-5 hours of classes daily M-F. LSSU
Spanish faculty will teach the class the last two weeks of the six-week period. These last
two weeks of classes will consist of two hours of formal class time in the morning. After
two hours of formal language instruction, students will visit places of interest in and
around Madrid. Through these field trips, students will be exposed to a wide variety of
cultural experiences and will be required to use their Spanish skills in real life situations.
One of the most noteworthy places of interest that will be visited is the World Heritage
City of Alcala de Henares. Only 15 miles from downtown Madrid, this city offers
impressive Spanish Renaissance architecture. Museums and visits to historical churches
are but two more examples of the types of extracurricular activities that students will
accomplish during the final two weeks of our stay.