Barcelona-IES
Liberal Arts & Business Program
Select courses as follows (15-16 credits in total):
1. Required language course (4 credits)
• Students will be placed into appropriate Spanish course based on the results of an IES
administered placement exam
2. Required area studies courses (6-9 credits)
• 2-3 courses must be taken at the IES Barcelona Center
3. Required 1-2 courses (2-4 credits each) of coursework at a local university -or- IES internship**
• Local university courses available in English or Spanish
• Please note that with some local universities, IES may require students to take (2) classes
minimum; You will need special permission to take only (1) class at a local university
• Internship placements at a Spanish business or organization (technical placements require
more advanced Spanish)
Important Notes:
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Students will be required to complete and sign an ‘Outside Course Commitment’ form to acknowledge the
local university or internship placement requirement - there will be no exceptions to this rule.
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Not all of these courses will be offered each term. The courses listed are those that IU students have
taken in the past. They do not represent ALL courses available as part of the program. You can find a
potential list of courses available as well as syllabi on the Barcelona-IES program website (IES does not
list IU equivalencies).
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Undistributed 100-level (-OS 100) courses have not yet been evaluated by an IUB department. Courses
with a DEPT–OS 100 equivalent will be applied towards overall credits to graduate. However, students
may submit the course materials to that department to be evaluated for specific credit either before or
after studying abroad. If a course is listed as OS200/300/400, the course has been evaluated by the
academic department.
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#GEN ED: This course will carry breadth of inquiry A&H credit
%GEN ED: This course will carry breadth of inquiry S&H credit.
++ Common Ground AH/SH credit awarded to students on a case-by-case basis
+ IU Title: Special Topics in Foreign Study (elective credit in COLL)
^ SPEA Topics courses; must obtain advisor approval whether course will apply to specific SPEA major.
Students can earn up to two SPEA courses on an OVST study abroad program.
6. **The business option is only available to Kelley School of Business and LAMP students with the required
prerequisites. Please discuss course distribution with KSB.
Updated 12/2015
IU Equivalent
IES Course Title
1. Required Semester Language Course (based on placement exam)
SP101 Spanish Language in Context: Novice Abroad I
SP102 Spanish Language in Context: Novice Abroad II
SP102I Spanish Lang in Context: Novice Abroad II Intensive
SP201 Spanish Language in Context: Novice Abroad III
SP301 Spanish Lang in Context: Emerging Ind. Abroad I
(if S250 already completed)
SP301I Spanish Lang in Context: Emerging Ind. Abroad I Intensive
SP302 Spanish Lang in Context: Emerging Ind. Abroad II
SP321 Business Spanish: Emerging Independent Abroad I
SP322 Spanish for Global Health: Independent Abroad I
SP323 Business Spanish: Independent Abroad I
SP351 Spanish Lang in Context: Independent Abroad I
SP351I Spanish Lang in Context: Independent Abroad I Intensive
SP362 Conversational Emerging Independent Abroad II
SP367 Grammar Through Composition: Independent Abroad III
SP401 Spanish Lang in Context: Emerging Competent Abroad I
SP410 Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SP444 Creative Writing Workshop: Short Stories in Spanish
SP462 Spanish Through Theater
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-S 200
HISP-S 250 OR
HISP-S 308
HISP-OS 100
HISP-S 280
HISP-S 315
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-S 317
HISP-S 317
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 300
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
2. Required Area Studies Courses (based on placement). Please select 2-3 courses
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Anthropology
SO/AN360 Banditry and Mafias in the Mediterranean
SO/HS/HP350 Gypsies in Spain
AE/HS250 Mediterranean History and Heritage
CU351 Food as an Expression of Culture
Biology
ES/GE320 Mediterranean Oceanography
(CASE S&H)
(CASE/Gen Ed N&M)
COLL-OS 104 (%)
ANTH-OS 100
ANTH-OS 100
ANTH-A 221%
BIOL-L 104 OR
SPEA-V 450^
Business (business credit for Business majors/minors & LAMP only)
Non-business majors will receive other credit as listed or FRST-F400+
IB334 The Business of Sports in Europe
CU/IB Cultural Heritage: Business & Strategies
IB/FI355 International Finance (Spring)
IR/IB 393 Leading Across Cultures: Principles and Practice
IB 325 Marketing Management (Fall)
IB 320 Strategic Management
IB343 Business Ethics in an Intercultural Framework
IB350 International Marketing: A European Approach
MG345 Management Across Borders
Updated 12/2015
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-L 412** OR
SPEA-V 412^
BUS-M 401** OR
SPEA-V 450^
BUS-Z 302** OR
BUS-M 401** OR
BUS-Z 440** OR
SPEA-V 450^
IB360 Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective
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BUS-OS 100 OR
SPEA-V 450^
Catalan
HP/AN345 Catalan Cultural Studies
CT101 Catalan Language for Beginners
COLL-OS 103 (#)
HISP-C 105
Comparative Literature
LT370 The Spanish Picaresque: From Don Quixote to Huckleberry Finn
LT361 Women in Mediterranean Literature
Criminal Justice
LW/CR363 Crime, Disorder, Policing and Justice:
Spanish and European Perspectives
COLL-OS 104 (%)
Economics
SO/EC 340 Globalized Economy and Migration
EC/IB441 Spain's Economic Development & the EU
EC341 The Economic Effects of Spain’s EU Membership
(CASE S&H)
EC342 European Regional Economies
(CASE S&H)
English
LT252 Travel Writing in Spain/Europe: Between Self and Other
ECON-OS 100
ECON-OS 100
ECON-E 309 OR
POLS-Y 350 OR
SPEA-450^
ECON-E 309
ENG-OS 100
Fine Arts
AT/AH324 Modernism in Architecture & Design in a Comparative Perspective
AR225 Art and Design
AH/US230 International Events in Barcelona: An Artistic Perspective
AH223 Great Twentieth Century Artists of Catalonia:
Picasso, Dali, and Miro
AH/US330 Architecture and Landscape in Barcelona
AH/RL350 The Iberian Peninsula: Cultures and Religions
Through the Arts
PG328 Understanding Photography: Decoding the Still Image
Geography
ES/GE311 Mediterranean Environment
(CASE S&H)
US365 Cities and Urbanism in Europe and USA
(CASE S&H)
Gender Studies
LT361 Women in Mediterranean Literature
COLL-OS 103 (#)
GNDR-OS 300++ OR
CMLT-C 340++ OR
COLL-OS 103 (#)
FINA-OS 100
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#)
FINA-OS 100
GEOG-G 315 OR
SPEA-V 450^
GEOG-G 314
GNDR-OS 300++ OR
CMLT-C 340++ OR
COLL-OS 103 (#)
History
AH/HS 251 Barcelona: the Cosmopolitan City
HS215 History of Europe: Building Contemporary Europe
HS332 War & Dictatorship in Spain
HIST-OS 100
HIST-OS 100
HIST-OS 100
Internships
ED/IN395 Internship Seminar: Education
IN395A Internship Seminar (taught in English)
FRST-F 400+
FRST-F 400+
Updated 12/2015
IN395B Internship Seminar (taught in Spanish)
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FRST-F 400+
Media (Communication & Culture, Journalism, Telecommunications)
CM/IC329 Language, Culture, and Communication:
Hispanic Cultures and their Societies (taught in Spanish)
CM327 Language, Culture, and Communication:
(CASE S&H)
The Spanish Perspective (taught in English)
HP/FS340 Contemporary Spanish Film
(CASE A&H)
CM330 European Television in Comparative Perspective
(CASE S&H)
CM/PO335 Media and Politics in Europe
(CASE S&H)
MSCH-OS 100
MSCH-F 413 (CMCL-C 413)
MSCH-F 398 (CMCL-C 398)
MSCH-OS 300
(TEL-OS 300, major) OR
ANTH-E 415 (CMCL-C 415)
POLS-Y 202 OR
MSCH-OS 300
(JOUR-OS 300,TEL-OS 300)
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Music
MS201 Music of Spain: Diversity, Functionality, and
the Construction of Cultural Identity
MS215 Introduction to Music: Learning to Listen
MUS-OS 100
MUS-Z 101 (#)
Political Science
IR/HS317 The American Century: US Policy in Western Europe
PO/IR350 International Security & Geopolitics: A Spanish &
European Perspective
PO371 Politics & Regionalism
POLS-OS 100
POLS-OS 100
POLS-OS 100
PO/SO/HS331 Understanding Contemporary Spain: Politics,
Society, History (Fall, Spring)
EC341 The Economic Effects of Spain’s EU Membership
POLS-OS 100
(CASE S&H)
EC/PO210 Introduction to the European Union
(CASE S&H)
CM/PO335 Media and Politics in Europe
(CASE S&H)
POLS-Y 350 OR
ECON-E 309 OR
SPEA-V 450^
POLS-Y 350 OR
SPEA-V 450^
POLS-Y 202 OR
MSCH-OS 300
(JOUR-OS 300,TEL-OS 300)
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PO475 Democracy in Western Europe
(CASE S&H) POLS-Y 335
PO325 Politics in Spain
(CASE S&H) POLS-Y 335
PO-CM323 Campaigning in Europe: From Propaganda to
(CASE S&H) POLS-Y 407
Political Marketing (Fall, Spring)
Psychology
PS/MG 322 Organizational Behaviour: Psychological Approaches
PSY-OS 100
In a European Perspective
PS350 Human Development in the Spanish
Socio-Cultural Context (pending approval by IES)
(CASE S&H) PSY-OS 300**
IC/PS260 Cross Cultural Psychology
(CASE S&H) PSY-OS 300**
PS410 Cultural Perspectives in Psychology
(CASE S&H) PSY-OS 300**
**Please note: These classes will only be considered for OS 300 credit per PSY
Public Health
AN/SO320 Sports and Society in Spain (offered in English or Spanish)
IB334 The Business of Sports in Europe
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Religious Studies
Updated 12/2015
SPH-OS 100 OR
SOC-OS 300
SPH-OS 100
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HS/SO333 Discrimination and Persecution in Spain & the West
REL-OS 100
Research
RE496 Research Methodology Seminar
FRST-F 400+
Spanish
LT375 Barcelona and the Latin American Literary Boom
(taught in Spanish)
CU-FS340 Contemporary Spanish Film
(taught in English, not for major credit)
CM/IC329 Language, Culture, and Communication:
Hispanic Cultures and their Societies (taught in Spanish)
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
HISP-OS 100
SPEA
IB343 Business Ethics in an Intercultural Framework
ES/GE311 Mediterranean Environment
ES/SO352 Sustainability: Challenges and Responses
EC341 Economic Effects of Spain’s EU Membership
SPEA-V 412^
SPEA-V 450^ OR
GEOG-G 315
SPEA-V 450^ OR
BIOL-L 104
SPEA-V 450^
SPEA-V 450^ OR
IB360 Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective
IB350 International Marketing : A European Approach
EC/PO210 Introduction to the European Union
ECON-E 309 OR
POLS-Y 350
SPEA-V 450^
SPEA-V 450^
SPEA-V 450^ OR
(CASE S&H)
GE/ES320 Mediterranean Oceanography
(CASE/Gen Ed N&M)
(CASE S&H)
IR/IB393 Leadership in a Cross-Cultural World
MG345 Management Across Borders
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Sociology
AN/PS340 Self and Identity in a Postmodern World
RL/SO330 Church and State in Spain from 1492
to the Present (Fall, Spring)
AH/US360 The City as a Place to Live: The Barcelona Experience
GT/ES 361 Science & Society: A European Perspective
AN/SO320 Sports and Society in Spain (offered in English or Spanish)
POLS-Y 350
SPEA-V 450^
SPEA-V 450^
COLL-OS 103 (#)
SOC-OS 100
SOC-OS 100
SOC-OS 100
SOC-OS 300
3. Courses at Local Universities – Estudios Hispanicos. Please select 1-2
courses for 2-4 credits. See IES website for more updated outside course information
and syllabi (From left navigation choose “academics” and scroll to “partner institutions” at
bottom of page).
UPF COURSES (Some courses in Spanish, min. enrollment in two courses)
BS 51239 Culture & Business in Europe (Fall)
IB 51602 Global Marketing & Culture of FC Barcelona:
Playing for Fun or for Keeps
MG 51268 International Management
MK 51250 Marketing Research I (Spring)
HR 40103 People Management
MG 40119 Public Relations & Consumer Relations Management (Fall)
AT 51303EH Barcelona: The Rise of the Design City (Spring)
HS 51146EH Barcelona: the City and its History
Updated 12/2015
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
FINA-OS 100
HIST-OS 100
CM/MA 51666EH Screening the Global World (Spring)
FS51157EH Images of Spain in Contemporary Cinema (taught in Spanish)
FS 51129EH Spain in Cinema: Local and Global Perspectives (Spring)
MSCH-OS 100
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#) OR
MSCH-V 334++
LW 51257EH Law, Justice & Legitimacy (Spring)
HS 51695EH Sefarad: the History and Heritage of Jewish Spain (Spring)
HL51777EH Health Systems and Public Health: a Focus on Spain
And the US
POLS-OS 100
REL-OS 100
SPH-OS 100
(CMCL-C 334)
URL COURSES
BS 075 Sport Business (Fall)
MK 394 Sport Marketing (Fall)
PR 404 Events and Public Relations (Spring)
MK 046 Internet and Multimedia Technologies
PR 423 Sports Media and Public Relations
HM 405 Destination Management
HM 3500 Hotel & Restaurant Management
MG 422 Major Sport Event Management (Spring)
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
MSCH-OS 100
MSCH-OS 100
MSCH-OS 300
(JOUR-OS 300) OR
SPH-OS 100
SPH-OS 100
SPH-OS 100
SPH-OS 100
UBAR COURSES (All courses offered are taught in Spanish unless noted)
FS 12 Spanish Cinema
HP 13 Latin American Painting, Cinema, Literature, Music
EC 06 Spain’s Economy Highlights (taught in English, Fall)
HS 05 General History of Modern and Contemporary Spain
HS 02 Spain and Europe: Origins & Evolution
PO 01 Contemporary Spain: Society and Institutions
COLL-OS 103 (#)
COLL-OS 103 (#)
ECON-OS 100
HIST-OS 100
HIST-OS 100
SOC-OS 100 OR
POLS-OS 100
UAB COURSES (Minimum enrollment in two courses)
MK 2009 International Marketing Strategies
MK 2041 Managerial Skills for International Business
EC 2006 International Economics
EC 2025 Behavior & Incentives in Economics: The Case of Soccer
EC 3035 Inequality, Poverty, and Globalization
PO 2019 Politics, War and Economy in the Age of Globalization
PO 3036 Politics of the Developing World
(CASE S&H)
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
ECON-OS 100
ECON-OS 100
POLS-OS 100
POLS-OS 100
POLS-Y 346
UVic COURSES
MK/FH 211102 Marketing and Fashion
DS/MK 21101 Brand Design
DS 21103 Design Thinking: Product Innovation
MK 21104 Digital Business
US 21105 Smart Cities: The Case of Barcelona
Updated 12/2015
AMID-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
BUS-OS 100
FRST-F 400