Program Overview
This program features Spanish language, literature and cultural history, and is based at the University of Nebrija in Madrid, a city which has led Spain as the lively crossroads of Iberia since the Golden Age. In conjunction with the Nebrija summer program, faculty-led field trips in Madrid will include the incredible masterpieces of the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum, the Palacio Real, and historical walking tours throughout Madrid’s colorful neighborhoods. Full-day excursions are also included to Toledo, with its Muslim, Jewish and Christian traditions that made it a great center of religion and learning; Segovia, with its unique castle; an optional excursion may be added on to Salamanca, a thriving university town since the 15^th century. Participants will also have a 3-day excursion to Barcelona, home of Dali and Picasso museums, Gaudi’s amazing architecture, and the lively Las Ramblas neighborhood.

Faculty
Dr. Diana Guemárez-Cruz holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Puerto Rico and a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. She is the department specialist in Contemporary Spanish Poetry with its connections with the European avant-garde.  She has also published and publicly lectured on very important women writers, and has published her first book of poetry in 2004). She is also a faculty member in the Latin American and Latino Studies and Women’s Studies programs. Professor Guemárez-Cruz is currently serving as the Graduate Advisor in Spanish..

Accommodations and Meals
Students reside in single occupancy rooms with private baths in a modern air-conditioned dormitory in Madrid, convenient to the metro and bus stations. Meals in the cafeteria, linens and laundry service are included, and the dormitory has its own swimming pool and tennis court.

Academics - (click here for pre-enrollment form)
With the exception of the Beginning Spanish, Spanish Art History and International Business courses, all courses are taught in Spanish. High achieving high school juniors and seniors with a minimum of three years of high school Spanish may be considered for the program.

All students register for two courses (six credits).

•  SPAN 374     Spanish Cultural History       Or        SPAN 375   Study Abroad

•  SPAN 101     Beginning Spanish I

•  SPAN 102     Beginning Spanish II

•  SPAN 103     Intermediate Spanish I

•  SPAN 104     Intermediate Spanish II

•  SPAN 344     Spanish Conversation

•  SPAN 347     Commercial Spanish

•  SPAN 361     Masterpieces of Spanish Literature I

•  SPAN 362     Masterpieces of Spanish Literature II

•  INBS 346       Introduction to International Business (Taught in English)

•  ARHS 480     Field Trips in Art History: Spanish Art (Taught in English)

•  SPAN 530     Spanish Cultural History

•  SPAN 534     Spanish Prose of the 20^th Century

•  SPAN 560     Women Writers of the Golden Age

•  SPAN 562     Autobiographical Acts in Spain and in Latin America

Note: Study Abroad programs fulfill GNED 303 (one of the Contemporary Issues "Core" courses in GenEd 2002).

 $3,900 plus tuition and fees for six credits. This includes:

• Roundtrip airfare from New York

• All transfers in Spain to and from airports

• 3-day excursion to  Barcelona ,with hotels, breakfasts, sightseeing

• Single room in air-conditioned student residence, with pool

• Meals in cafeteria (six days/week)

• Field trips and entrance fees in Madrid

• Two Full-Day trips and entrance fees in Toledo, Segovia or Salamanca

• Madrid metropass

• Pre-departure orientation at MSU

 Payment Schedule:

• Non-refundable deposit: $ 100
• By February 15, 2008: $1200
• By March 15, 2008: $1,300
• By April 15, 2008: $1,300