University of Delaware Institute for Global Studies
Fall 2024: Granada, Spain

Program Dates September 09, 2024 - December 20, 2024
This program is closed.

Program Overview Passport:
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 8-11 weeks (2-3 months) to process a passport.


Covid:
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.

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.

All applicants must have a valid passport by program's deadline.

Study Spanish culture in Granada, one of the most beautiful cities in the Andalusia region of southern Spain. Granada's imposing Moorish palace, the Alhambra, overlooks the city and envelops it in history. A Mediterranean climate, romantic location, and excellent academic program make the Granada Semester an experience not to be missed. The host institution of this program is the Granada Institute of International Studies.

The Fall Semester in Granada combines multi-disciplinary course offerings taught in Spanish with a variety of social and cultural activities. Spanish majors and minors, as well as students interested in art, history, business, international relations, political science and literature will find this program a particularly enriching experience.

You will have the chance to explore Spain, too. Once settled into Granada, weekend excursions will take you to the famous Costa del Sol, and the Andalusian cities of Cordoba and Seville and perhaps Madrid. The program also typically features visits to sites in and around Granada all while working on your Spanish language skills. Dr. Amalia Pulgarin, Director of GRIIS administers the program in Spain and serves as a liaison to the University of Delaware.

The Center for Global Programs & Services cooperates with the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures on the administration of this program.

Accommodations:

• Students will reside in private Spanish homes, in pairs. Bedding and linens are provided, as well as all meals
• Students will reside in hotels during overnight excursions
• All students are required to stay in program sponsored housing, independent housing arrangements are not allowed by UD or the program partners.

Student Selection:

• All applicants must complete any two 200-level Spanish courses (with any passing grade) prior to the application deadline. A thorough working knowledge of Spanish is essential, and a minimum 2.8 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) is required.
• The student must submit a complete application (Online application and at least one online recommendation letter from a professor) by the program's deadline.
• All applicants will interview with the program coordinator.
• All applicants will receive information about taking the Versant language exam. The exam is a short oral and written computer administrated exam that indicates your level of preparedness for the program. The exam should be taken prior to the interview and students must bring the exam score report to the interview.

The Program Fee includes:

• Housing
• 3 meals a day
• Overnight excursions and local tours in Spain
• Visa processing fees
• International medical insurance.
• Airport transfers in Spain only

The program fee does NOT include airfare to/from Granada, Spain, nor airport transfers within the U.S. The program officially begins when students arrive in Granada, Spain. 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. For this program, students will be given recommended flight itineraries for traveling together.

ACCESSIBILITY: Homestays and classrooms will not have air conditioning and students walk on average about 20 minutes to class. 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 18 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course. Please note that all courses offered on the program are taught in Spanish.

Students are enrolled in a 3 credit intensive Spanish course (SPAN 300 or SPAN 406) which meets M-F in the first month of the program. The intensive Spanish course is designed to enhance the language skills of students prior to the start of the other academic courses. In addition, all students will take SPAN 308: Spain in the XXI Century throughout the duration of the progam. At the end of the intensive Spanish course, all students will take the University of Granada’s Center for Modern Language’s Spanish language proficiency test. The results of this test will dictate which track students will be enrolled in, Hispanic Studies or Language and Culture. Students with higher scores will focus on Hispanic Studies and students with lower scores will study Language and Culture.

Students interested in taking French, Italian or German courses have to take a placement exam on-site and be in the Hispanics Studies track. See program coordinator for more details.

Program Costs:

How much does it cost?.

	Delaware Resident	Non-Delaware Resident
Final Tuition based on current year	$7,300.00	$19,595.00
Final Program Fee	$5,680.00	$5,680.00
UD Registration & Activities Fee	$0.00	$0.00
Total to be charged to UD account	$12,980.00	$25,275.00
Plus Airfare Estimate (purchased separately)	$1,500.00	$1,500.00

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.

• An initial payment of $1000.00 will be due in early April.
• The balance of the Program Fee and Tuition/Fees will be due in early August.
• Payments are submitted through My Finances in UDSIS.
• All charges, once posted to your account, are considered non-refundable.

*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:


Deadlines:
Submit Program Application by 5pm on March 10, 2024
Recommendation also due by 5pm on March 10, 2024
Acceptance and Scholarship Announced: March 20, 2024



Interest Meetings:
02/27/2024, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Zoom Link:https://udel.zoom.us/j/95849790969;
03/07/2024, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Zoom Link: https://udel.zoom.us/j/93826609860


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