The Johns Hopkins Program in Spain has been designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of students with a variety of majors. Students can pursue their personal interests AND fulfill their JHU academic requirements. Both credits and grades transfer back to Hopkins at the end of the program. The program is offered in the fall, the spring semester or the whole academic year.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Sophomore, Junior or Senior Standing
- Two Semesters of Spanish at the intermediate level
- 3.0 Cumulative GPA
Students and Academic Director, Harry Sieber, at Sigüenza. FALL 2005
In Salamanca, Hopkins conducts a linguistic “boot camp” at the Colegio Delibes, which consists of fifty hours of classroom time, preparation for what is to come in Madrid. Each morning you will practice grammar, composition and conversation skills, essential for survival at Universidad Carlos III. In the afternoons, you will have sessions devoted to the practical information and language you will need as you adapt to your new life in Spain.
Students in class. FALL 2009
Students at Escuela Internacional. FALL 2008
Studying on campus. FALL 2005
In Madrid, the Hopkins Group selects courses from offerings available in the Cursos de Estudios Hispánicos, a program specifically designed for international students. And for those who wish further integration into the larger Spanish-speaking student population, from the Cursos de Humanidades at Universidad Carlos III. Founded in 1989, Carlos III is one of the few institutions in Spain that has adopted the American model of higher education.
Students Take 5-6 three-credit courses, and complete a total of 15-18 credits. Each class will subsequently transfer back to Baltimore as a three-credit-hour upper-division course. In addition, you will take an obligatory language course, the level of which will be determined as a result of oral and writen placement tests administered on the first day of orientation. Courses are taught by faculty selected by Universidad Carlos III.
Jen, Felipe and Marissa with Don Quixote and his squire. Plaza de España, Madrid. Fall 2007.
You also receive three hours of upper-division credit for a Hopkins-directed course called Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture. The course requirements are: (1) successful completion of the fifty-hour Intensive Language Review in Salamanca; (2) perfect attendance at all program events and field trips; and (3) the creation of a Spanish-language journal with sufficient substance to qualify for intensive writing credit at Hopkins Homewood. The Resident Director, Dr. Manuel Colás, collects and grades your journals three times during the semester and attests to each student’s full satisfactory participation in program activities.
Phyllis Zhu writes her journal at Plaza Mayor in Salamanca. FALL 2009.
