University of Delaware Institute for Global Studies
Winter 2024: Barcelona EDUC micro

Program Dates January 10, 2024 - January 31, 2024
This program is closed.

Program Overview This program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Interview appointments and acceptance decisions are at the discretion of the faculty director.

Note: Please check program pages regularly or follow @UDGlobal on Instagram or Twitter for updated information on applying for a 24W study abroad program.

Please review the CGPS COVID-19 Updates page before applying to a study abroad program for information about COVID-19 related travel requirements and policies for UD study abroad.

All applicants must have a valid passport by the program’s application deadline. Your passport’s expiration date must be more than six months after the program ends. If you do not have a current passport, apply through the U.S. State Department. It takes an average of 10 -13 weeks (3-4 months) to process a passport.

Traveling and studying abroad during a global pandemic poses new challenges and requires accepting a higher level of uncertainty than in the past. Students who choose to study abroad at this time must be prepared to adapt to the evolving situation and must take responsibility to act in accordance with the rules, regulations, and recommendations of UD, their program leadership, and legal authorities of their home and host country. Due to the rapidly changing and unpredictable global and local response to COVID-19, these rules, regulations and recommendations are subject to change at any time.

The University will continue to monitor the ongoing situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus) as we approach the departure date for this program. Please reach out to your program coordinator or faculty director with questions and continue to monitor the UD coronavirus webpage for updates. If UD decides to cancel a study abroad program, we will communicate directly with affected students.

Study classroom management for social and emotional learning in Barcelona, Spain, a city known for its vibrant art and food scenes, its Mediterranean seascape, and its unique Catalunyan culture and language. You will be engaging course material through online modules and working with international teachers in English speaking classrooms in our partner school in Barcelona. There you will experience how to build communities of learners and how to apply classroom management strategies to achieve educational and social and emotional goals.

Additionally, you will be experiencing the beauty and culture of Barcelona through guided tours of the city, a visit to Gaudi's famous cathedral, La Sagrada Familia, and by experiencing a Catalunyan cooking class. This winter session program also usually includes a visit to the breathtaking Montserrat monastery with its dramatic mountaintop views across northern Spain, and other excursions within the city to Casa Mila, the Picasso Museum and other famous Barcelona sites. The program also includes a welcome and farewell dinner in a traditional Catalunyan restaurant.

Students reside in double or triple occupancy apartments with full kitchen facilities and wifi in a safe and friendly neighborhood with easy access to local shopping, cafes and metro access to tourist sites.

If you are an Elementary Teacher Education major with the desire to learn about classroom management in a dynamic school and warm and friendly city, the Winter Session in Barcelona is for you.

The Faculty Director will be conducting rolling interviews and hopes to have the team together by late April, it would benefit students to have their applications in early.

The Program Fee includes lodging in double or triple occupancy apartments, all program-related events and excursions, in-country transportation, and international medical insurance.

The Program Fee does NOT include airfare to/from Barcelona, nor airport transfers within the U.S. The program officially begins when students arrive in Barcelona. Students will receive detailed travel instructions after acceptance, explaining how and where to purchase their plane ticket. See the Cost section below for estimate airfare.

ACCESSIBILITY: Students with disabilities are welcomed and encouraged to study abroad, but should be aware that accessibility and accommodation in some program locations may differ from the United States. Transit systems and legacy building construction practices may not meet U.S. accessibility standards, and alternative access to public transportation, buildings, or public sites cannot be guaranteed. Review these questions with the Office of Disability Support Services to determine whether this program can meet your accommodation needs.

Courses: Students must enroll in all credit-bearing courses for a grade. Only the UNIV (zero credit) course may be taken pass/fail. Audit registration is not permitted on UD Travel Study. Please refer to the University Catalog to verify requirements and prerequisites. All students must enroll in at least 3 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.
EDUC 390-070: Classroom Management for Social and Emotional Learning (3 credits)
UNIV 370-209: Study Abroad (0 credits) pass/fail
Satisfies the following requirements:
  • Discovery Learning


Program Costs:

How much does it cost?.
Delaware ResidentNon-Delaware Resident
Final Tuition based on current year$1,755.00$4,710.00
Final Program Fee$2,350.00$2,350.00
UD Registration & Activities Fee$30.00$30.00
Total to be charged to UD account $4,135.00$7,090.00
Plus Airfare Estimate (purchased separately)$1,200.00$1,200.00

The rates above may not apply to you if you are a UD graduate student during the time you are studying abroad. Please refer to http://www1.udel.edu/finaid/rates.html for the appropriate rates.


When and how do I pay?
If you are offered acceptance to the program, you will have 3 days to withdraw without financial penalty. After the 3 days have passed, you will be officially accepted to the program, and IGS will post the full Program Fee and Tuition/Fees to your UD student account.

*All students will receive an email when they are accepted to a program and will have 10 days from that notification to make their $1,000.00 Initial Payment.


Contact Information:
William Lewis
Faculty Director
Education
121B Willard Hall
302-831-0728
wlewis@udel.edu



Deadlines:
Submit Program Application by 5pm on April 20, 2023
Recommendation also due by 5pm on April 20, 2023
Acceptance and Scholarship Announced: May 03, 2023

Please note that this program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Interview appointments and acceptance decisions are at the discretion of the faculty director.



Interest Meetings:
02/23/2023, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Willard Hall room 110
03/01/2023, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Willard Hall room 110
03/02/2023, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Willard Hall room 110


Program information is subject to change at any time. Please check this web site periodically for updates.