Course Descriptions for Optional Month-long Intensive Spanish course (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits):
Beginning Spanish Intensive Course
Intermediate I Spanish Intensive Course (Low Intermediate)
Intermediate II Spanish Intensive Course (High Intermediate)
Advanced Spanish Intensive Course

Course Descriptions for Spanish Language Semester Courses:
Beginner Spanish Language (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
Intermediate Spanish Language (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
High Intermediate Spanish Language A (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
High Intermediate Spanish Language B (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
Advanced Spanish Language (45 contact hours / 3 semester credits)


Option One: Open to all language levels. Students take a Spanish language course for 3-6 credits (listed above) and then choose 2-4 of the following electives taught in English:

Elective Courses for Any Level (45 contact hours / 3 semester credits each):
Comparative History of Argentina and Latin America
Argentinean and Latin American Economy
Political and Social Change in Argentina and Latin America
The Making of a Country through its Literature
The Latin American Role in a Context of Economic Globalization


Option Two: Open to all language levels. With this option, students arrive a month early to complete a one-month intensive Spanish language program for 6 credits (listed above). Upon completion of the intensive program, students can take a Spanish course for 3-6 credits (listed above), plus 1-4 electives taught in English from the list below; or you may choose not to take an additional Spanish class and simply take 2-4 of the following electives taught in English:

Elective Courses for Any Level (45 contact hours / 3 semester credits each):
Comparative History of Argentina and Latin America
Argentinean and Latin American Economy
Political and Social Change in Argentina and Latin America
The Making of a Country through its Literature
The Latin American Role in a Context of Economic Globalization


Option Three: Open to Intermediate or Advanced levels. Students take a Spanish language course for 3-6 credits (listed above), as well as 2-5 electives taught in Spanish, from the list below. Students who do not wish to take a Spanish language course may choose to take 4-6 electives taught in Spanish, from the following list.

Elective Courses for Intermediate and Advanced levels:
All electives are 45 contact hours (3 semester credits), unless otherwise noted.
Latin American History - 19th & 20th Centuries
Comparative Political Systems in Latin America
Argentina and Latin America Facing Global Economy (Pre-reqs: Macro and Microeconomics)
Economic History of Argentina
Ethics
Argentinean Economic Policy
Argentinean and Iberoamerican Literature I (17th-19th centuries)
Argentinean and Iberoamerican Literature II (20th century)
Argentina: Open Society in Transition
Contemporary Argentinean Art
Argentinean Culture and Traditions
Tango, the Expression of Buenos Aires (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
Writing in Spanish Workshop (30 contact hours / 2 semester credits)

NOTE: In order to take electives taught in Spanish, students must have completed at least 4 semesters of college Spanish. Students who have taken 3 semesters of college Spanish may also take electives in Spanish, as long as they complete the 6-credit Spanish language intensive course, as described in Option Four. In addition, Intermediate and Advanced level students may combine the electives taught in Spanish with electives taught in English listed under Options One or Two (above).


Option Four: Open to Intermediate or Advanced levels. With this option, students arrive a month early to complete a one-month intensive Spanish language program for 6 credits (listed above). Upon completion of the intensive program, students can take another Spanish course for 3-6 credits (listed above), plus 1-4 electives taught in Spanish from the list below, or you may choose not to take an additional Spanish course and simply take 2-5 electives taught in Spanish, from the following list.

Elective Courses for Intermediate and Advanced levels:
All electives are 45 contact hours (3 semester credits), unless otherwise noted.
Latin American History - 19th & 20th Centuries
Comparative Political Systems in Latin America
Argentina and Latin America Facing Global Economy (Pre-reqs: Macro and Microeconomics)
Economic History of Argentina
Ethics
Argentinean Economic Policy
Argentinean and Iberoamerican Literature I (17th-19th centuries)
Argentinean and Iberoamerican Literature II (20th century)
Argentina: Open Society in Transition
Contemporary Argentinean Art
Argentinean Culture and Traditions
Tango, the Expression of Buenos Aires (90 contact hours / 6 semester credits)
Writing in Spanish Workshop (30 contact hours / 2 semester credits)

NOTE: In order to take electives taught in Spanish, students must have completed at least 4 semesters of college Spanish. Students who have taken 3 semesters of college Spanish may also take electives in Spanish, as long as they complete the 6-credit Spanish language intensive course, as described in Option Four. In addition, Intermediate and Advanced level students may combine the electives taught in Spanish with electives taught in English listed under Options One or Two (above).