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Seville: The Experience of a Lifetime Past Review

By (Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin) for

CIEE: Seville - Business + Society

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
My experience abroad was absolutely incredible. I hope to be able to travel the world again in the near future!

Personal Information

If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: Universidad de Seville
How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 2 weeks - 1 month

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

So much easier than my local university classes, despite the fact that they were all in Spanish. There is generally just a midterm and final, but easy to makes As.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

The onsite administration was great. My advisors were so helpful and very responsive to all of the students' needs. They were definitely very knowledgeable about both CIEE and Sevilla. The program was definitely very big, but the business and society section made it a little smaller. My expectations were exceeded.

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

* Food:

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

We had a party at the end of the year for our program specifically, which was a lot of fun. We also had plenty of opportunities to go on excursions every week with our program to get to know the city better.

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

I felt so safe walking around the city, even at night. I was never sick so I have no knowledge about the healthcare system.

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

Finances

* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? I spent most of my money on traveling I did with friends outside of the program.

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? Yes
How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? Intermediate
What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? Upper division Spanish courses
If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition?

Language acquisition improvement?

You could practice with your host families, fellow classmates, and program advisors. You definitely needed to know Spanish to navigate the city.

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

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  • Host Family
* Who did you live with?

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  • Host Family
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • Americans

Individual Course Reviews

Course Name/Rating:

Corporate Financial Decision Making
Course Department: BUSI 3001 SEBS
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Instruction Language: Spanish
Comments: The class was pretty easy compared to business courses at UT. The professor was nice, but I don't feel like I really learned anything in the class. We did take one field trip to a coffee manufacturing business in Sevilla, and that was pretty interesting.
Credit Transfer Issues: Credit transfer was no problem
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Strategic Issues in International Manufacturing
Course Department: BUSI 3003 SEBS
Instructor:
Instruction Language: Spanish
Comments: This class was incredibly easy. I loved the teacher, she was so nice! We also took a field trip with this class to a coke-a-cola bottling company in Morocco, and it was so interesting.
Credit Transfer Issues: I got this course evaluated and confirmed for credit with no problem.
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The Image of Spain on the Cinema Screen
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Instructor:
Instruction Language: Spanish
Comments: I loved this class! All you do is watch movies, and most of them are pretty good. The teacher was also really great. I definitely recommend this class.
Credit Transfer Issues: No issues with credit transfer
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Culinary Habits and Diet in the Mediterranean of Ancient Times
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Instructor:
Instruction Language: Spanish
Comments: I took this course hoping that we would actually cook in the class, and that is not the case. It is more of an anthropology course if anything. I did not like the professors, and I thought this class was extremely boring. Attendance was not mandatory for this class though, and it turned out to be pretty easy.
Credit Transfer Issues: No issues with credit transfer