Spanish Language
Students in this course cover the most important grammar points in Spanish, systematically reviewing verb tenses and adding the subjunctive and conditional forms. Vocabulary expansion is stressed as an important aid to fluency. Courses are taught at the appropriate level (intermediate, advanced, superior) and are similar in structure.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Recommended US semester credits: 4
Contact Hours: 45
Historia del Arte en España (History of Art in Spain)
The goal of this course is to give students an introduction to the discipline of art history, viewed through the history of art in Spain. Particular attention is spent on the art and historic monuments in Granada and the surrounding areas in order to allow students to more closely appreciate the history of Spanish art as a whole.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Introducción al español de los negocios (Introduction to Business Spanish)
This course focuses on the business world in Spain, commercial correspondence, and business language.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Cultura Islámica en España (Islamic Culture in Spain)
This course covers the most important aspects of the Hispano-Muslim civilization, beginning with a general introduction to Arab culture, then the politics, economics, society, and culture of Medieval Spain, and finally, a study of the Hispano-Arab city.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Civilización y Cultura Hispanoamericanas (Latin American Civilization and Culture)
This course aims to cover and explain the basic elements of the Latin American culture. It addresses issues that are now models of understanding the contemporary reality of Latin America. The main objective is to provide a general overview of the complex reality of peoples who are the result of a laborious process of acculturation.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Literatura Hispanoamericana (Latin American Literature)
This course will focus on Latin American Literature from the 20th century to the present-day. A focus on authors and works is combined with an approach of considering the reality and diversity of the continent. The selected topics include: Latin-American avant-garde Literature of the Mexican revolution: Los de abajo, by Mariano Azuela, Pablo Neruda; poetry and politics; the concept of literature in Luis Borges; denunciation in the works of Mario Benedetti; Women as lead roles: Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Spanish Civilization and Culture
This course offers a more in-depth overview of the basic points that comprise “Spanish culture” such as: Spanish geographical, linguistic and cultural diversity; Spanish music, dance and diet; religion and folklore; family structure, and Spanish ideology, politics and culture.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
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Historia de España (History of Spain)
The goal of this course is to study the political, economic, social, and cultural highlights of the recent past century. After an introduction designed to present a synthesis of those aspects relevant to the general history of Spain, students analyze the contemporary age, focusing on social movements and issues and on the most important cultural events of the 20th century in Spain.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Spanish Literature
This course is designed to provide students with an appreciation of Spanish literature from the 15th century to the present, covering the literary works that are most representative of an epoch or literary movement. Authors include Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Federico García Lorca, and Francisco Ayala.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
La Diversidad del Español en el Mundo (The Diversity of Spanish in the World)
The program covers the following topics: Levels of formality and informality of Spanish language, Communicative functions: tips, messages, congratulations, praise, hello, goodbye. Communicative functions: agreement, disagreement, rejection, hypotheses and probability, Colloquial Spanish, south and centro-peninsular linguistic features of Spanish, and linguistic features of American Spanish.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Advanced
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana (Spanish and Latin American Literature)
The basic objective of this course is to provide students an approach to Spanish and Latin American literature, both its history and the most outstanding authors. In order to familiarize them with the texts, the study of these should be the priority activity of the subject. The selection of authors and works will at all times attempt to convey to students the reality of the vast literary output we are talking about, as well as its diversity. In the classroom we will do essentially communicative work in which both teacher and students will present their impressions and discussions will be created. Moreover, in the development of this subject, the texts will be accompanied by more extensive information about the context in which these productions arise and, in general, the economic, political, and social situations at the time.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Historia y Geografía de España (Geography and History of Spain)
The course aims to address the most significant political, economic, social, and cultural events of the last century, as well as providing a general understanding of the country through the geographical study of the natural environment, population, economic activities, and regional reality.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Course Level: Upper Division
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Civilización y Cultura Españolas e Islámica en España / Spanish and Islamic Civilization and Culture
This course aims to explain and elaborate on what are considered to be the basic points of what has been called the Spanish culture. Emphasis will be placed on both the topics and the specific characteristics of the different aspects covered in the syllabus while there will be a thorough and detailed study of phenomena universally regarded as genuinely Spanish. The Islamic culture section is divided into two blocks where the most important aspects of Hispano-Muslim Civilization will be related, introducing the Arabic culture in general in Block I. The objectives of the course will focus on the student being able to understand the reality of Al Andalus at a political, economic, social, and cultural level (Block II). As the city is the nucleus where these aspects interrelate, Block II has been dedicated to the Hispano-Arab city with specific emphasis on Granada and the Alhambra.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
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Civilización y Cultura Españolas e Hispanoamericanas (Spanish and Latin American Civilization and Culture)
This course aims to explain and elaborate on what are considered to be the basic points of what has been called the Spanish culture. Emphasis will be placed on both the topics and the specific characteristics of the different aspects covered in the syllabus while there will be a thorough and detailed study of phenomena universally regarded as genuinely Spanish and/or Hispanic American.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
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Historia General y Del Arte en España (General History, and the Art History of Spain)
The subject of Spain, history, and society aims to address the most significant political, economic, social, and cultural events of the recent past century. The art sections aims to present, principally, the initiation and understanding of this discipline, through a historical and artistic tour of the main stylistic languages that define the unique characteristics of Spanish art.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Course Level: Upper Division
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Internships in Local Companies (Programa de Prácticas en Empresas)
The Internship Program for Foreign Students (PPEE) is designed for university students and professionals interested in broadening their studies through professional internships across a wide range of institutions. These internships consist of field work (45/120 hours), a group seminar (10 hours), individual interviews with an internship tutor (2 hours) and a written project and presentation at the end of the term (2 hours).
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Advanced
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Course Level: Upper Division
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Sistema Juridico y Derecho Negocios (The Legal System in Spain and the European Union and Spanish Business Law)
This course addresses the essential institutions of the Spanish legal system as a starting point to deepen the study of law, something especially interesting for study abroad students of law, students of other majors who, for professional or cultural reasons, want to study Spanish law: translation and interpretation students interested in deepening their understanding of legal Spanish or students studying economics, communication, or journalism interested in familiarizing themselves with Spanish law, and many others. Although the course is an exhaustive overview of Spanish law, the course puts an emphasis on Business Law, as is demanded by today's students and professionals.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Course Level: Upper Division
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Geografía de España (Geography of Spain)
This course is intended to give general knowledge of the country through the geographical study of the natural environment, population, economic activities and the regional reality
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Sistema Juridico Español y de la UE (The Legal System in Spain and the European Union)
This course addresses the essential institutions of the Spanish Legal System as a starting point to deepen the study of law, something especially interesting for study abroad students of law, students of other majors who, for professional or cultural reasons, want to study Spanish law: translation and interpretation students interested in deepening their understanding of legal Spanish or students studying economics, communication, or journalism interested in familiarizing themselves with Spanish law, and many others.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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Derecho Español de los Negocios (Spanish Business Law)
This course will introduce you to Spanish business law, something especially interesting for people attracted to the economic activity in Spain, particularly study abroad students with majors in Economics or Law or students who, for professional or cultural reasons, want to study business law.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Intermediate
Course Level: Upper Division
Recommended US semester credits: 1.5
Contact Hours: 22.5
Course Level: Upper Division
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