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Study Abroad

Courses

UGA en Buenos Aires is an academically demanding intensive summer language immersion program during which students take 6 credits of university course credit over a 5-week period. Classes are taught by both UGA and local Argentine university faculty with teaching experience in Buenos Aires and several universities in the United States.

Summer 2024:

Students take 2 of the following advanced courses, which provide for a third-year or fourth-year progression of six credits.

year three courses (pre-requisite: SPAN 3010)
i) SPAN 3020 - Writing Critically in Spanish

year four courses (pre-requisite: SPAN 3030)
i) SPAN 4082 - Latin American Film

ii) SPAN 4080 - Discovering Cultural Formations. This Summer the topic is: The City of Buenos Aires

service-learning/internship options
i) SPAN 4090S - Practicum in Service Learning or SPAN 4190-Internship in Spanish

Internship and service learning placements, which are NOT guaranteed, are subject to availability. Internships require that students first receive recommendations following placement interviews with UGABA staff prior to departure. Subsequently, students must send a current résumé in Spanish to potential providers and successfully complete an on-site interview. Students not accepted for placements will be required to enroll in traditional courses as listed above.

 

Fall 2024:

Students take 4 of the following advanced courses, which provide for a third-year or fourth-year progression of twelve credits.

year three courses (pre-requisite: SPAN 3020)
i) SPAN 3030 - Texts in Global Contexts or SPAN 3050 -Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

year four courses (pre-requisite: SPAN 3030)
i) SPAN 4082 - Latin American Film

ii) SPAN 4080 - Discovering Cultural Formations. 

iii) SPAN 4070 - Latin American Voices of Change

iv) SPAN 4005 - Introduction to Translation (TBA)

v) SPAN 4060 - Cultures in Contact after 1492 (TBA)

vi) SPAN 4092 - Creativity in the Archives (TBA)

service-learning/internship options
i) SPAN 4090S - Practicum in Service Learning or SPAN 4190 - Internship in Spanish

Internship and service learning placements, which are NOT guaranteed, are subject to availability. Internships require that students first receive recommendations following placement interviews with UGABA staff prior to departure. Subsequently, students must send a current résumé in Spanish to potential providers and successfully complete an on-site interview. Students not accepted for placements will be required to enroll in traditional courses as listed above.

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