Spanish Study Abroad
Guayaquil, Ecuador
The UT Semester in Ecuador is a fall semester program only. The anticipated start date for this program is fall 2008. The program will run from the 3rd week of August through mid December.
Students will participate in a program specifically designed for non-native Spanish speakers at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG). A UT professor will teach a Social Justice course in English. All other courses will be taught in Spanish at the UCSG (occasionally a Sociology course may be offered in English). Courses include Spanish language for elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, Ecuadorian Studies, History, Sociology, Latin American Studies, and literature.
For further information click here.
Santander
Santander
is the capital of the Cantabria region located in Northern Spain. The population of the city is around 200,000 inhabitants, but during the summer
months, Spaniards look to Santander as a vacation spot and the population climbs. Santander is known for its extraordinarily beautiful landscape and its coastal
location on the shores of the Bay of Biscay. The city combines an urban environment with what is essential in Cantabria: countryside, nature, gastronomy, and culture;
but it's the beaches in Santander that are the best known and most appreciated city attraction. While in Santander students will visit the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd,
the Marine Museum of Cantabria, the Magdalena Palace and Park, and enjoy a scenic boat ride on the Bay of Biscay.
While in Santander, students will be housed in double rooms with Spanish families. All meals on non-excursion days are provided as well as laundry service once per week while living with host families. Trips to Madrid, Toledo, El Valle de los Caídos and El Escorial are included.
The program is open to undergraduate students who have successfully completed either Span 112 OR Spanish 123 OR Spanish 150, OR to students who have placed into a 200-level class in the Spanish Placement Exam.
Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive credit for Spanish 211 and Spanish 212 for a total of 6 credit hours. Classes will be held Monday through Friday (4 hours/day).
For further information contact:
Alvaro A. Ayo
Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
Phone: (865) 974-5584
E-Mail: aayo@utk.edu
Alicante
five weeks on Spain's central Mediterranean coast in the small port city of Alicante (for 300 level and higher students), studying advanced Spanish grammar and selected readings in Spanish short fiction.
Famous for its miles of white, sandy beaches (the nearby Playa de San Juan) and its palm-lined seafront walkway (the Esplanada), Alicante is a vibrant university town small enough (population 310,000) to be congenial, safe, and accessible yet big and modern enough to offer everything, including unexpected dimensions from the narrow streets of the old quarter (the Barrio de Santa Cruz) to the main commercial avenues downtown.
Alicante is within easy reach of Madrid, Granada, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, and Barcelona, and June is the month of Alicante's ancient "Festival de las Hogueras," in which huge paper sculptures are ceremoniously paraded and then burned in city squares.
Students will live with Spanish host families (one exchange student per family), meet locals and make international friends through organized social and cultural activities, and improve language skills by participating in cultural workshops. Excursions include a visit to the Costa Blanca, to sites in the interior of the province of Alicante, to Granada, etc.
The program is open to 17 Spanish majors who have not taken Span 422 (the other course offered could be taken as either Span 461 or Span 491). Classes will be held in the Escuela Mediterránea de Vela (Sailing School) in the harbor of Alicante and across the street from the beach.
This program runs from the last week of May to the end of June (5 weeks). For more information and application procedures, click here, then click on "Summer Application," and submit application to the Programs Abroad Office at 1620 Melrose, along with a copy of your academic transcript.
You may also contact the Director of this program:
Dr. Bryant Creel
Phone: (865) 974-6996
E-Mail: bcreel@utk.edu
Intermediate and Advanced Spanish in Puebla, Mexico
Puebla Mexico is the capital of the state of Puebla, located in south central Mexico. Puebla is one of the oldest cities in Mexico, founded in the 16th century and has a population of about 2 million, and is rich in history, folklore, and monuments, both pre-Columbian and colonial. Students live for five weeks with judiciously selected Mexican families in Puebla and take two courses out of a list of five language and literature courses.
The classes are taught by UT faculty and teaching personnel and by local university personnel. Student will earn six (6) hours credit for Spanish 305 and 491. For information about this program, click here or contact the director:
Dr. Oscar Rivera-Rodas
Phone: (865) 974-7005
E-Mail: oriverar@utk.edu