• Six undergraduate credits (students register for two Spanish courses)

• Airfare to and from Madrid

• Land transportation between Madrid and León

• Accommodations with a family in León including a private room, three meals daily and laundry service

• Hotel in Madrid

• International health Insurance

• Field trips in and around León

• Textbooks

• Use of the University of León’s facilities

COURSES

SA 113, 114. Intensive Elementary Spanish

An introductory course focusing on the development of communication skills in Spanish: speaking, writing, listening and reading. Special attention will also be placed in building the students’ vocabulary and basic grammar knowledge. 3, 3 credits

SPA 203, 204. Intensive Intermediate Spanish

An intensive course designed to apply communicative skills to everyday life situations and to develop language fluency skills. This course will introduce different readings and topics related to Spanish Culture. 3, 3 credits

SPA 407, 408. Intensive Advanced Spanish

An advanced course that will provide students with an in-depth examination of Spanish grammar topics. Students will have opportunities to select effective strategies and techniques for the application of rules to enhance communicative proficiency. This course will also concentrate in Spanish culture, Spanish Literature, Translation and Spanish for Specific Purposes. 3, 3 credits

SPA 429: Post-Franco Spain

This course examines post-totalitarian Spanish Literature, Art, Film, and Popular Culture made possible by the political transition to democracy. This course focuses on how after 1975 Spaniards began to explore and question their cultural and historical identity. 3 credits

SPA 390: Special Topics

Art from Spain, Spanish Film, Spanish Women Writers or Spanish History. TBA. 3 credits

ACCOMMODATIONS

During the stay in León, students will further enhance their language and cultural immersion experience by living with a Spanish family. The families have been selected from a large pool by the University of León, and offer the students a welcoming and hospitable atmosphere.

This summer program is offered in an ideal setting, the city of León, a historical city in Northwestern Spain on the Road to Santiago de Compostela, traveled since the Middle Ages by thousands of pilgrims every year. This important crossroads is also a prosperous, fast-developing, modern provincial capital that has proudly preserved all the charms of a very important and rich historical past.

Today, with a population of 150,000, the city of León is a manageable, attractive, safe, and hospitable city for visitors. It has something for everyone. Cultural events are ongoing throughout the year. They include popular fiestas, recitals, theatre, concerts, cinema, art exhibitions, sport competitions and a thriving nightlife. There is also a relaxed atmosphere in the numerous cafés and restaurants around  the city, where you can enjoy the friendliness of its people.

ABOUT MADRID

It is hard to resist the exuberance, warmth and charm of Madrid. A modern, bustling, and lively city, the Spanish capital lies at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula.
Madrid is a city of outstanding art galleries, captivating back streets, beautiful parks, atmospheric cafés and lively nightlife. The old and modern coexist with sixteenth century winding mazes of streets and harmonic plazas, eighteenth century elegant civic buildings and parks and boulevards with cutting edge contemporary architecture.
Madrid is home to the renowned Museo del Prado - featuring some of the best Spanish, Flemish and Italian art of the 15th to 19th centuries with Goya, Velazquez and El Greco well represented - the Museo de la Escultura Abstracta for a good collection of abstracts by Miro and Chillida, and the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia for an excellent collection of 20th century art which includes Picasso’s Guernica.

SIGHTSEEING

Besides the Madrid three-day visit, this summer program includes visits in León to the most important historical monuments and field trips around the region. On the third weekend, there is an optional trip to Santiago de Compostela organized by the University of León, which is not covered by the Program. Participants will also have the opportunity to travel on their own to other parts of Spain.

TRANSFERRING CREDIT

Courses in the program are taught by the University of León’s faculty members. The professors have years of experience and are experts in the field of teaching Spanish as a Second Language and cultural studies. Credits earned in these courses will be automatically accepted at Molloy and St. Joseph’s, and will count towards student’s general education or major requirements. Students from other colleges should check with an appropriate academic advisor to determine which credits are transferable to their own academic institutions.

MORE INFORMATION
Contact Dr. Luis Landron in the Department of Modern Languages at (516) 678-500 ext. 6870 or llandron@molloy.edu 

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