The Program

The Department of Spanish is please to offer an exciting international educational opportunity to John Carroll University students in Madrid, Spain. This program is offered in collaboration with the College of International Studies (CIS). The objective of the program is to promote academic excellence and provide access to to an outstanding international education by offering this program in Madrid. This program is designed to enhance the academic, personal, professional, and intercultural development of the students. Students in Madrid will have a wide range of courses from which to choose. All courses have been approved and many have been given CORE designation. This program has been developed to suite the needs of Spanish majors and minors, as all courses are taught in Spanish.

Courses^

• SP 310: Cinema of Spain
• SP 311: Perspectives/Peoples and Culture of Spain
• SP 315: Introduction to Literary Analysis
• SP 321: Advanced Spanish Grammar
• SP 399: Spanish Culture through Art
• SP 399A: Advanced Spanish Grammar II
• SP 499: Spanish Literature and Performing Art

^ Courses subject to change.

Accommodations

John Carroll University students will be placed with pre-screened host families. These families have had a long and successful relationship with CIS. The families live in close proximity to CIS, and their homes are all in up-scale and quiet residential areas of Madrid. While living with the families, students will receive three meals a day and have laundry service provided. Additionally, students will have their own bedrooms and in some cases a private bath.

Excursions

Included in the program are four (4), day long excursions within Madrid and to neighboring cities, such as Toledo, Segovia, etc. Additionally, during the first weeks of the semester, students spend a a long weekend in Barcelona. Additionally, in the middle of the semester, students travel on a four-day excursion to Andalusia.

Program Costs

Currently all John Carroll University scholarships (except work study), federal and state aid is applicable to this program.

$15 330 John Carroll University tuition

$2 425 John Carroll University room

$2 065 John Carroll University board

$2 000 Program fee*

$1 000 Administrative fee

$22 820 Program Total

* program fee includes, airfare, transfers, some group dinners and pre-paid cell phones

Deadline

The program application deadline is March 15, 2011. For further information, please contact the Center for Global Education.

For further information on Madrid and Spain please consult the following links:

CIA Fact book: Spain

State Department's Consular Information Sheet: Spain

Information on living in Madrid

Centers for Disease Control: Western Europe