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Join us in Seville, located in sunny Andalusia in Southern Spain. Improve your Spanish through an immersion experience and take courses toward the Spanish major and minor.

Why study in Seville?

Seville (pop. 600,000) is the capital city of the Andalusian region of Southern Spain, lying along the Guadalquivir River. This great city was built by Romans who appreciated its beautiful location and pleasant weather. Barrio Santa Cruz, the old part of Seville, is a labyrinth of passages, small squares, and narrow streets, characterized by quaint, lime-washed houses with flowering plants draping their balconies or patios. Seville is best known for its dramatic landscape, including vast fields of olive trees, endless orange groves, and Moorish palms. With a clear, deep blue sky, the impressive and historic Guadalquivir River, and a flat terrain, Seville offers the spectator a striking interplay of picturesque views, which explains why it is sometimes called "the city of reflections".

Eligibility

The program is open to UF students who have completed the prerequisites to the courses offered, as noted below.

Program of Study

This program in beautiful Seville will allow advanced-level Spanish students to earn 6 credits in Spanish language, culture and/or literature. Students may take two of the following courses:

If you’ve had SPN 3300 or SPN 3350, you may take:

SPN 3742 Topics in Spanish Culture (3 transfer credits)
SPN 3472 Adv. Communicative Spanish Abroad (3 transfer credits)
(not open to students in the bilingual sequence)

If you´ve had ONE SPW 3000-level course (Intro. to Spanish or Sp.American lit.) or you
have permission from the instructor, you may take ONE of the following:

SPN 4930 Andalucía: letra, cultura y pantalla (3 UF credits) Prof. Geraldine Nichols
SPW 4190 Hispanoámerica escribe sobre España (3 UF credits) Prof. Andrés
Avellaneda

Housing

Because this program strives to immerse students in a Spanish speaking environment, housing is with host families selected by ISA (International Studies Abroad- a study abroad service provider organization). Three meals a day are taken with the host family and are included in the program cost, as is once-weekly laundry service.

Excursions for 2007 will be organized to Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Córdoba, El Escorial and Ronda.

For 2007, the program fee is $5,036, which includes: tuition (in-state or out-of-state) for six credits, medical health insurance, UF International Center administration fee, MEDEX emergency assistance coverage, room and board with a host family, cultural and overnight excursions, tutorial assistance provided by ISA, internet access provided in ISA office, ISA on-site Resident Director, ground transportation, entrance fees/guided tours. Not included: airfare, books, personal expenses.

A $250 non-refundable deposit (UFIC administrative fee) toward the total cost is required at the time of application. Payment of this deposit reserves a place in the program, so it is wise to get it in as early as possible. The remaining fees are due no later than 30 days prior to departure. Students receiving financial aid may defer remaining fee payment for up to 60 days after departure.

University of Florida students needing financial aid should apply through UF Student Financial Aid Affairs (SFA). SFA provides an advisor for study abroad students. Katrice Crawford is in Criser Hall at 352-392-1275 x.3321, e-mail: katriceb@ufl.edu. Non-UF students needing financial aid must apply to their home institutions.

Scholarships

The deadline for application for summer scholarships administred by the UF International Center is January 11, 2008. Application forms are available at www.ufic.ufl.edu and at the International Center in the HUB.

Partial scholarships for UF students are available on a competitive basis through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Honors Program, as well as the International Center.

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