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Program Facts

Program Type: Arizona Abroad

Credit Type: Transfer Credit

Terms Available: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer

GPA: 2.5

Class Eligibility: Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Program Open To: UA and Non-UA Students

Language of Instruction: English

Application Deadline: Summer 2020: April 1st, Fall 2020 & Academic Year 2020-2021: April 1st

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Academics

Since enrolling its first class in 1957, our partner, the Institute for American Universities (IAU) has served as a center for education abroad for U.S. undergraduates. IAU has worked with over 700 U.S. public and private colleges and universities, given its high academic standards. Institute for American Universities academic offer includes a variety of Gen Ed courses, as well as courses for the following majors:

  • Architecture,
  • Art and Art History
  • Business
  • Communication
  • Environmental Science
  • History
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Summer Session Courses

Fall Semester Courses

Political Science

A Greater Middle East

Course Description:
The goal of this course is to offer an in-depth introduction to a fundamental geostrategic area since the end of World War II, that is, the Middle East. The course will cover region by region but always trying to keep the global picture behind the specific region. The title of this course makes reference to both, Carter Doctrine (1980) and George W. Bush’s Greater Middle East and North Africa Initiative (2004), by which the Middle East region is studied with North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Central Asia, covering the Area of Influence of the Central Command.
Partner Course Code:
POL 322
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Geopolitics of the Mediterranean Basin: Security in a Diverse Region

Course Description:
This course explores issues of development, the state, and democracy within the Mediterranean region with a special attention to Southern Europe, North Africa, and Turkey (from a comparative perspective). In this exploration we will pay attention to issues of Modernity and its significance and connection to development, the state, and democracy. The religion-politics duality is of essence throughout the semester. A cultural component (films, related to Mediterranean political issues) will be part of this course.
Partner Course Code:
POL 308
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Global Environmental Politics

Course Description:
Exploration of the main environmental problems facing the international community today with an analysis of the roles of states, international organizations, multinational corporations, and civil societies in the causation and solution process.
Partner Course Code:
ES 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Islam and Europe in Today's Media Climate

Course Description:
Islam has been a presence in Europe for centuries, but today’s media outlets might lead us to believe that Islam is a threat to European civilization. This course will explore not only current events highlighting this problematic perception of Islam but more importantly how these events are covered in the media. Students will look at historical precedents in an effort to clarify the reality and the background leading up to the current situation.
Partner Course Code:
POL 357
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Nationalism in Comparative Perspective

Course Description:
This course studies the relationship between states and nations in both a theoretical and comparative perspective with a particular focus on the Catalan, Basque and Spanish experiences. It analyzes state- building processes and the development of nationalism, as well as the social, economic and technological conditions behind its emergence, transformation and contrasting discourse. The course aims at providing a solid theoretical background on the subject of nationalism as well as introducing the students into the social and political reality that permeates in Spain’s daily life and shapes Spaniard’s political mind-frames and identities.
Partner Course Code:
POL 357
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Politics of the Developing World

Course Description:
This is an introductory course to the politics of development from a comparative perspective. We will be addressing development issues across different points in time and across different world regions. Two main topics/concepts will be analyzed throughout the semester: development and the state. We will study Latin America, Africa, and Asia, which form part of what is known as the developing world or Third World, which in fact we will make a problem out of this labelling.
Partner Course Code:
POL 325
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Political Economy of European Integration

Course Description:
This course will introduce students to the main issues of economics and politics of European integration by using an economic approach. The course addresses key economic questions that arise from the process of integration. This course draws on a core textbook, articles from journals and other documents. Student will be oriented in the most up to date policy discussion about European integration. By the end, students will be able to apply and relate conceptual and theoretical knowledge underpinning the course of the economic and political process of European integration.
Partner Course Code:
POL 327
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Course Description:
This course examines the historical conception of abnormal psychology and what is culturally considered abnormal behavior. A connection is drawn from the historical foundations of abnormal psychology to present-day assessment, diagnosis, theory, research, causes and treatment of psychological disorders. A critical, interdisciplinary bio-psycho-social framework of understanding abnormal behavior will be used throughout the course. More specifically, biological or genetic causes, environmental causes and social causes for the manifestation and onset of abnormal behaviors will be utilized while the construction of knowledge will also be interrogated. Understanding abnormal behavior through this framework will further assist with the development and utilization of appropriate preventative and intervention measures as well as critical thinking skills that enhance clinical acumen. The instructor will use various forms of instruction throughout the course including lecture, experiential learning, in-class discussion and other activities such as videos, discussions, critical group activities, etc. Moreover, the context students will be taking this course in will be discussed through European influence in the development of Abnormal Psychology. Activities completed `outside of class will also incorporate the immersion context.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 333
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Human Development in Cultural Contexts

Course Description:
Study of human development from a psychodynamic perspective. Draws extensively on the theories of such psychoanalytic thinkers as Freud, Melanie Klein, Wilifred Bion, and Donald Winnicott.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Human Sexuality

Course Description:
Past and present analysis on research and historical underpinnings influencing the cultural evolution of sexuality across cultures will be discussed. Sexual behaviors and identity will be discussed through personal development, culture, biological influences as well as the influence of attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, practices and myths on human sexuality. Course content will also examine sexuality throughout different developmental stages, fertility, reproduction, sexual functioning and privilege, socialization, dating, marriage, family, sexual orientation, non-traditional relationships, contraceptives and sexual responsibility. Interviews and lectures with mental health professionals will be provided as opportunities to students throughout the course to learn more about what perceptions of mental health are in the context the course will be taken in (Barcelona, Spain).
Partner Course Code:
PSY 230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division. Tier 1 & 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
3

Architecture

Architectural History of Spain

Course Description:
This course will look at the history of architecture and urban design in Spain. Beginning with a brief introduction of the ancient styles (from the first civilization of the Iberian Peninsula), it will focus on developments in architecture and urban planning in Spain from the first century A.D. until the contemporary period. Special attention will be paid to the 19th and 20th centuries in Barcelona, and several relevant field visits will be made.
Partner Course Code:
ARC 320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Business

Business Ethics

Course Description:
This course investigates ethical problems in business practice. Topics include personal morality in profit-oriented enterprises; codes of ethics; obligations to employees and other stakeholders; truth in advertising; whistleblowing and company loyalty; self and government regulation; the logic and future of capitalism; and the changing responsibilities of the manager in a rapidly globalizing business environment.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Global Marketing

Course Description:
Exploration of basic knowledge of global marketing focusing on the impact of environment on the strategies used by firms and understanding of consumer behavior management as it relates to the development and implementation of global marketing strategies.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG 456
UArizona Units:
3

Intercultural Management

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to concepts and fundamentals of international management. The course will consider aspects of management within an international and culturally complex environment, while considering the business influences within the global workplace.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT 435
UArizona Units:
3

International Finance

Course Description:
This course extends the principles of finance to the international context. Topics include exchange rate determination, foreign exchange markets, currency derivatives (forwards, futures, swaps, options and money market), and exposure (translation, transaction and economic).
Partner Course Code:
FIN 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FIN 414
UArizona Units:
3

Communication

Communication and Gender

Course Description:
This course aims to reflect on the importance of the media in the production, reproduction and perpetuation (or change) of gender roles. Students will investigate how socially constructed gender categories inform their daily lives as citizens, consumers and creators of public discourse. The course will also explore the dynamic relationship between gender and other identity categories (race, religion, class, sexuality, nationality, etc.) as well as analyze the contents of the press, radio, television, TV series, movies, and internet from a gender perspective.
Partner Course Code:
COM 317
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Intercultural Communication

Course Description:
The main differences the course focuses on are nationality, race, class, gender and religion. Students will study and observe how different identities under those categories affect people’s perceptions of themselves as individuals, themselves within their groups, themselves within other groups, and how those perceptions affect the way they communicate and interpret messages. In response to the changes in the way we communicate due to communication, the course will also focus on the impact of technology on intercultural communication as well as the ways that different cultures utilize the various forms of social media platforms.
Partner Course Code:
COM 318
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Islam and Europe in Today's Media Climate

Course Description:
Islam has been a presence in Europe for centuries, but today’s media outlets might lead us to believe that Islam is a threat to European civilization. This course will explore not only current events highlighting this problematic perception of Islam but more importantly how these events are covered in the media. Students will look at historical precedents in an effort to clarify the reality and the background leading up to the current situation.
Partner Course Code:
COM 357
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Media and Conflict

Course Description:
This course examines the role media play in the progression and public perceptions of conflict. Relevant topics will include media and military intervention, portrayals of protest movements, and news and entertainment coverage of crime, rumors, domestic politics, violence, and ethnicity.
Partner Course Code:
COM 316
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Philosophy

Ethics in Society

Course Description:
From the perspective of selected topical issues of politics and society, students will be encouraged to develop an enhanced critical awareness of how major political and social thinkers in the past have treated the relationship between individual and society. The course will thus include the study of prominent texts in moral and political philosophy (from Plato and Aristotle to authors of the twentieth century), but it will also aim directly to improve students’ analytical skills for understanding conflicts that commonly arise in the practice of citizenship, while also helping them to develop a finer appreciation the significance of social change and of cultural diversity, in an emergent global society.
Partner Course Code:
PHI 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHIL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Geography & Development

Global Cities - Urban Barcelona

Course Description:
Multi-disciplinary course that analyzes the cultural history of Barcelona as a reflection of the politic and cultural history of contemporary Spain. Field study excursions and dynamic interaction with city environment are part of the course, which incorporates Urban Studies, Hispanic Studies, Cultural Studies, and Anthropology.
Partner Course Code:
GEO 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

History

Muslim Presence in Europe

Course Description:
This course is an overview of the long-term interaction between the Muslim world and the West, not as two separate entities, but with emphasis on their historic commonality, and their dialectic relation. The course focuses on the debates regarding the Muslim population in Europe, covering concepts of religion and secularism, the history of Muslim populations in Europe, legal issues, human rights, feminism, and modernity. Field study will take us to specific sites in Marseille, historically linked with the Muslim community.
Partner Course Code:
HIS 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Spanish Civilization and Culture

Course Description:
This course starts with a view of the Spanish history, and then examines the different cultures within Spain: Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician; focusing mainly on language, nationality, and political implications. The rest of the course will travel throughout the various aspects of the Spanish Civilization, understanding civilization as lifestyle and society (family, immigration, youth, economic crisis, politics…), and also the various artistic ways of expression (painting, architecture, literature, music and cinema). By using concepts from these various subjects, students will study how Spain changed from being a polarized country to an allegedly reference in the West.
Partner Course Code:
HIS 326
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Sociology

Muslim Presence in Europe

Course Description:
This course is an overview of the long-term interaction between the Muslim world and the West, not as two separate entities, but with emphasis on their historic commonality, and their dialectic relation. The course focuses on the debates regarding the Muslim population in Europe, covering concepts of religion and secularism, the history of Muslim populations in Europe, legal issues, human rights, feminism, and modernity. Field study will take us to specific sites in Marseille, historically linked with the Muslim community.
Partner Course Code:
SOC 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Nationalism in Comparative Perspective

Course Description:
This course studies the relationship between states and nations in both a theoretical and comparative perspective with a particular focus on the Catalan, Basque and Spanish experiences. It analyzes state- building processes and the development of nationalism, as well as the social, economic and technological conditions behind its emergence, transformation and contrasting discourse. The course aims at providing a solid theoretical background on the subject of nationalism as well as introducing the students into the social and political reality that permeates in Spain’s daily life and shapes Spaniard’s political mind-frames and identities.
Partner Course Code:
SOC 357
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

The European City in Literature and the Visual Arts

Course Description:
This course will explore the rise and the establishment of the urban setting as the nexus of contemporary European culture and civilization through literature and the arts. The course will focus primarily on the late nineteenth-century up to the contemporary setting. The main literary genres of the course are the novel and cinema, and will also include poetry, music, and painting.
Partner Course Code:
SOC 375
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Fine Arts

Photography

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce photography as a fine art and a means of personal expression. The emphasis in this course is on the elements of composition and editing for a final quality black and white image. Areas of concentration include: creativity, composition, use of basic camera functions, analyzing/critiquing the work of others and the use of computer/digital imaging/editing. Students are expected to bring a digital camera and a laptop.
Partner Course Code:
ART 110
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 244
UArizona Units:
3

Art History

Picasso, Matisse, Dali and the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Understanding early 20th century art through an investigation of its sources in the Mediterranean myth and reality.
Partner Course Code:
ARH 320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Great Art Collections in Spain

Course Description:
This course will study the origin and formation of great art collections preserved in the most important Spanish museums as well as the way they are in display today. Student will be also able to recognize the most important masterpieces of the Spanish art, know the reasons that account for their unanimous positive appraisal, and analyze their artistic characteristics and their social and historical implications. The methods of instruction will include lectures, oral presentations by the students and at least one field visit with the professor.
Partner Course Code:
ARH 344
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Film & Television

Spain as seen Through its Movies

Course Description:
This course will investigate the ways in which film narratives interrogate the role of place, space, and culture in understanding Spain today. Students will learn how to critically examine the connection between content (Spain in global context), intertextual elements (theatre, painting, architecture), and overall cinematic form.
Partner Course Code:
FLM/SPA 356
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Departmental Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Religious Studies

The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Course Description:
This course is a comparative study of the three Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It examines the shared aspects as well as the distinct elements of these religions, and shows that sometimes these traditions work together and sometimes they are at odds with each other. The course first introduces the three Abrahamic religions emphasizing their common source. Then it compares them along thematic lines, and finally it examines the way these three major traditions impact the modern West and the Middle East specifically. Among the themes to be discussed are: Abraham, scripture and tradition, law, the creation, God, worship, mysticism, the house of God, the tradition of head covering, homosexuality, Jerusalem, and the end of times.
Partner Course Code:
REL 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Location & Housing

Location

Gothic architecture, vibrant art, and delicious cuisine—discover it all in the bustling capital of the Catalonia region of Spain. Not far from the border of France, Barcelona features sophisticated shopping, world-renowned museums, and serene views of the Mediterranean Sea. UA Barcelona at the Institute for American Universities offers a central location in the downtown Plaza de Cataluña area within walking distance to the Gothic quarter and metro lines.

Housing

Students choose whether to live with a Spanish family or in apartments shared with other students. If you choose the homestay option, you will experience traditional Spanish cooking with daily breakfast and six dinners per week. If you choose an apartment, you may request roommates on the housing application form. Either way, we will guide you through the housing selection process.

Program Details: Summer

Summer Cost

  • $50 Study Abroad Application Fee
  • Mandatory Geo Blue International Health Insurance at a rate of $3 a day
  • 3 week program: arrive June 6, depart June 27
    • 3 credits (1 course). Summer tuition for 3 credits, $1428
    • Housing: $2,200; homestay option includes two meals a day
  • 6 week program: arrive June 6, depart July 19
    • 6 credits (2 courses). Summer tuition for 6 credits, $2825
    • Housing: $3,000; homestay option includes two meals a day
  • Other estimated costs include but not limited to transportation (air & local), visa, meals, books and supplies
  • UA Study Abroad scholarships are available based on eligibility

Summer Budget

Program Details: Semester

Semester Cost

  • $50 Study Abroad Application Fee
  • Mandatory Geo Blue International Health Insurance at a rate of $3 a day (approximately $360 a semester)
  • You pay UA Tuition & Fees to study abroad and receive all of the financial aid you use on main campus
  • Housing costs $5,660 per semester at UA Barcelona; homestays include two meals a day
  • Other estimated costs include but not limited to transportation (air & local), visa, meals, books and supplies
  • UA Study Abroad scholarships are available based on eligibility

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