Dickinson College: Malaga - Study Abroad in Spain

The Program is supervised by a Director-in-Residence drawn from Dickinson´s Spanish department home faculty; his/her responsibilities also include teaching of some of the Program´s courses, which are all entirely conducted in Spanish. The rest of the courses are taught by University of Málaga faculty. The curriculum consists mainly of courses especially organized for the Program and are offered at the Cursos Para Extranjeros Center of the University of Málaga, located in the financial center of the city. Subjects include Spanish and Hispanoarab Art, Andalusian Society and Culture, Spanish History and Hispanic Literature. Although the culture of southern Spain (Andalucía) is emphasized students also receive a panoramic view of the whole of Spanish culture. One course in particular, the Language Tutorial offers a unique experience: this course is divided in two parts. The first part consists of tutorial sessions introducing students in the city and teaching them some basics about their new environment. The tutors also introduce the students to the cultural and daily life of Málaga through visits and discussions that are held at various public places. The second part is a language course conducted by the Program Director and assisted by the Program assistant in which students incorporate their field experience in an intensive writing program . In addition, the students take one regular course at the University of Málaga during the Fall The normal student course load is five courses in the Fall and four courses in the Spring semester. The courses especially organized at the University of Málaga are taken under a credit/no credit system.

Students are housed in private Málaga residences where they take all their meals. A comprehensive fee is charged which includes tuition and fees, room and board in a Spanish home and travel for scheduled excursions; the latter includes visits to Granada, Córdoba, Sevilla, Madrid, El Escorial, Toledo and Segovia, during the Fall semester; the excursion program for the Spring semester normally includes visits to other Andalusian sites, Valencia, Barcelona as well as to Lisbon, Portugal.