For those wishing to experience the culture abroad, the Spanish program faculty strongly encourages majors and minors to participate in approved study abroad programs throughout the Hispanic world. Students receive individualized study abroad advising as well as scholarship support.
Please, note that a maximum of 16 quarter hours of transfer credit from other institutions may be allowed toward major requirements and a maximum of 12 toward the Minor.
The procedure to study abroad is as follows:
1) Identify a site where you want to study. In order to do this, you should visit the Study Abroad Office for advice and information.
2) Meet with the Spanish section Study Abroad Advisor, Professor Javier Torre, to discuss the selection of classes to be taken abroad. Make sure that your courses have been approved by Professor Torre before you leave the U.S.
3) If you are already abroad and have not had your classes approved by the study abroad advisor, Professor Torre, please fill out the Study Abroad Advisory Sheet [link to: Study Abroad Advisory Sheet.doc] and e-mail the document, as an attachment, to him at this address: jtorre@du.edu .
Note for students going to Spain:
Salamanca and Granada are two wonderful cities with excellent universities. Nevertheless, there is a very large number of international students in both cities, making it difficult for our students who study in these places to interact with and get to know Spaniards.
For that reason, the Spanish section recommends Spanish majors and minors to go to either the Universidad de Alicante or the UIMP in Santander. Both are also well-known and highly-regarded institutions, with much smaller numbers of American and international students.
Faculty-Led Summer Program in Santander, Spain
View the program brochure [link to: Verano En Santander.pdf] , a short powerpoint presentation [link to: 2008 Summer Abroad Santander.ppt], or download the application. [link to: 2008 summer abroad application.pdf]