Spain

Universidad de Salamanca (University of Salamanca)

International Education, Semester Abroad

Randolph-Macon offers a semester abroad program at the University of Salamanca (Spanish and English web sites) in Salamanca, Spain. The college has established its program in Spain out of a belief that total immersion is the most effective means of gaining both fluency in the Spanish language and a full understanding and appreciation of Spanish culture. To qualify for admission to the program, students must have the appropriate level of language preparation.

The University of Salamanca, which was founded in 1221, is the third oldest university in Europe. The beautiful city of Salamanca, with its golden walls and 18th century Plaza Mayor, is rich in history and, like Oxford and Cambridge, has been devoted solely to education since the Middle Ages. Salamanca's central location 100 miles west of Madrid makes many sites of cultural and historic importance easily accessible to our students. (See the University's map of the city.)

Our semester abroad students take classes in the Cursos Internacionales department of the University of Salamanca. The courses offered in this program are taught in Spanish by University of Salamanca faculty who have considerable experience teaching their subjects to foreign students. Courses available through Cursos Internacionales are listed in the Course Descriptions section of R-MC's Academic Catalog.

Detailed information about courses, including course descriptions, course equivalents, and prerequisites, is on our Salamanca Courses web page.

On an individual basis, students who demonstrate sufficient language skills upon arrival in Salamanca may be declared eligible to take regular University of Salamanca courses in place of or in addition to those already approved for inclusion in the Randolph-Macon catalog. Such enrollment would require prior approval by the on-site coordinator of the Salamanca program and the chair of the academic department that would award Randolph-Macon credit.

Cursos Internacionales

The University of Salamanca, through its department of Cursos Internacionales, offers Spanish courses (Language and Culture) at all levels of Spanish as a foreign language as well as Upper Level Courses directed toward graduate students, students in the final years of a major or concentration in Spanish, and students with a good command of the Spanish language.

Program Information

The University of Salamanca operates on a trimester basis. Students may study there for the fall trimester, for the winter and spring trimesters, or for the full year. Students may not attend for only the winter trimester or only the spring trimester. The fall term program includes a four-week September language program and the regular fall trimester (October-December). Students who go for the fall or the full year are required to start with the September language program.

Courses offered at the University of Salamanca include:

Fall Term

• September language program - Students will receive credit for one of the following, depending on their placement level:
  • Spanish 220 - Language Development for Oral Proficiency (placement below the intermediate level)
  • Spanish 305 - Intensive Language Development for Oral Proficiency (placement at the intermediate level)
  • Spanish 316 - Intensive Language Development for Oral Proficiency (placement at the advanced level or above)
• Fall Trimester
  • Spanish 313 - Spanish Grammar
  • Spanish 318 - Geography of Spain
  • Spanish 331 - Spanish Literature
  • Spanish 335 - History of Spain
  • Spanish 353 - History of Spanish Art

  Winter Trimester

  • Spanish 314 - Spanish Grammar
  • Spanish 319 - Human Geography
  • Spanish 332 - Literature of the 20th Century
  • Spanish 336 - History of Spain
  • Spanish 354 - History of Spanish Art

  Spring Trimester

  • Spanish 315 - Spanish Grammar
  • Spanish 320 - Economics of Spain
  • Spanish 321 - Regions of Spain
  • Spanish 333 - Literature Beginning to 19th Century
  • Spanish 337 - History of Spain
  • Spanish 355 - Contemporary Forms of Media: Cinema, Press, TV

  Passports and Visas

  Students who participate in R-MC's Salamanca study abroad program must obtain a student visa for Spain. To apply for a visa you must first have a valid passport.

  More Information

  • For more information about Randolph-Macon's study abroad program in Salamanca, contact the Office of International Education.
  • Detailed information about courses available at the University of Salamanca is on our Salamanca Courses web page.
  • For information about obtaining a Student Visa, see the web site for the Embassy of Spain in the United States and our Spanish visa web page.
  • For general information about traveling overseas, consult our Planning to Go web page.
  • For information about traveling to Spain, consult our list of links specific to each country.
  • Read El Pa�s (newspaper)
  • Maps of Spain: small, political, and relief
  • Maps of Europe: political and reference

   
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