Classes & Syllabi - Spain
Spanish Language Classes
University of Granada
Complete 1 class if you stay a 2 or 3-week program (40 or 50 contact hours). Complete 2 classes if you stay a 4 or 5-week program (80 or 90 contact hours)
Spanish Language Classes
Instituto Mediterráneo Sol (iNMSOL)
All classes are 45 contact hours.
Elective Classes (45 hours) (in Spanish)
University of Granada: Summer I & II
Prerequisite: Intermediate II
Literature:
Spanish Literature, Fantastical Literature and Magical Realism
Latin American Literature, Fantastical Literature and Magical Realism
Geography & History:
Culture, Sociology & Economics:
Elective Classes (22.5 hours) (in Spanish)
University of Granada: Summer I & II
Prerequisite: Intermediate II
Language:
Literature:
Micro-narrative & Modern Aesthetics (not offered Summer 2024)
Geography & History:
Culture, Sociology & Economics:
Science & Technology:
Business Electives in English (45 hours)
University of Granada: Summer I & II
Spanish & Latin American Economies & International Marketing
Sustainability in the Mediterranean & Ecology & the Environment
Business Electives in English (22.5 hours)
University of Granada: Summer I & II
Spanish & Latin American Economies
International Marketing
Sustainability in the Mediterranean
Ecology & the Environment
Elective Classes
Instituto Mediterráneo Sol (iNMSOL)
Most universities accept the iNMSOL certificate. If a transcript is needed from a School of Record please contact us for further details.
*Denotes that the course can be transcripted by UCAM if needed. If the * is not present the course cannot be transcripted by UCAM.
These classes offered at the Intermediate I, Intermediate II, Advanced I and Advanced II levels:
Prerequisite of Intermediate II for these classes:
Medical Spanish
Instituto Mediterráneo Sol (iNMSOL)
Most universities accept the iNMSOL certificate. If a transcript is needed from a School of Record please contact us for further details.
*Denotes that the course can be transcripted by UCAM if needed.
Medical Spanish (Int I, Int II, Adv I, Adv II levels available)*
Spanish for the Professions Certificates
Instituto Mediterráneo Sol (iNMSOL)
Available for those students taking Business, Tourism or Medical Spanish at the Advanced levels at iNMSOL. Additional cost of $195. The certificate is in addition to the transcript all students earn for their coursework
Certificate in Business Spanish
Certificate in Medical Spanish
Certificate in Tourism Spanish
Internships
University of Granada
Prerequisite: Intermediate II level
Offered Summer I & Summer II:
Business (45 hours)
Health Centers (45 hours)
Offered Summer I:
Service Learning & Community (22.5 hours)
How to Select your Classes
Below are explanations of the academic options available during the summer and how courses are selected. During a month session you cannot mix and match classes between the University of Granada (UGR) and iNMSOL. However, if you are staying multiple sessions you may opt to take classes at iNMSOL one session and classes at the UGR another session. Note that in August classes are only offered at iNMSOL.
Both the UGR and iNMSOL have a Language Assessment:
iNMSOL: You will be send a link to complete an online language assessment approximately 4 weeks prior to the start of your program.
UGR: The language assessment is 2 parts: (1) written and (2) oral. You will first be sent a link from the UGR and once opened you have 24 hours to complete the assessment. Later, a faculty will coordinate with you a virtual oral assessment. Depending how start dates work from year to year in some cases the language assessment will be done in-person upon arrival to Granada.
SPANISH LANGUAGE: (at the University of Granada): June, July
The official name for this program at the University of Granada's (UGR) Center for Modern Languages (CLM) is CILE (Curso Intensivo de Lengua Española, or Intensive Spanish). If you choose this option you will select from the "Spanish Language Classes".
1 course session (1/2 month): Take any one Spanish course of your choosing. You should take whichever Spanish class is next in your sequence. If you last took Beginner II before starting the program then you will take Intermediate I.
1/2 month program (15 day or 18 day program): 50 contact hours (3 credits)
25 day program (July): 60 contact hours (4 credits)
2 course session (full month): Choose any two courses that are next in your required sequence. If you last took Beginner II before starting the program then you will take Intermediate I and Intermediate II.
Classes are M-F for 4 hours, typically 9 AM to 1 PM, for a total of 20 hours/week. That equates to 40 hours during a 1/2 month session and 80 hours during a full month session. Students from semester schools need additional hours to receive their 3 credits per course. As such, during the first 2 weeks of a June or July session students take 1 additional hour/day of "Practicas Comunicativas" (Communicative Practices) from 1:15 - 2:15 PM for a total of an additional 10 hours. In this way a student on 1/2 month program will earn a total of 50 contact hours (40 + 10) and a student on a full month program will earn a total of 90 contact hours (80 + 10). Students who choose the 3 week July program will not take the Practicas Comunicativas because earning 60 contact hours is enough hours for 4 credits.
SPANISH LANGUAGE, ELECTIVES & INTERNSHIPS: (at the University of Granada): June, July
The official name for this program at the University of Granada's (UGR) Center for Modern Languages (CLM) is CILYC (Curso de Lengua y Cultura, or Spanish Language and Culture).
You must stay the full month session to be able to take any of the Electives courses or to do an Internship course. These options are not available to anyone staying 15 to 25 day dates.
There are the possible configurations if you are in CILYC:
These are the possible configurations:
1 Spanish language class (45 contact hours) + 1 Elective (45 contact hours)
1 Spanish language class (45 contact hours) + 2 Electives (at 22.5 contact hours each)
2 Electives (45 contact hours each)
1 Elective (45 contact hours) + 2 Electives (at 22.5 contact hours each)
4 Electives (at 22.5 contact hours each)
If choosing one of the Internships these are treated just like a course. We usually have to work more closely with your schedule when doing these. They usually begin at 12:10 PM so any electives you choose must be during the 8:30 AM to 11:00 time slots.
It is also possible to only take a total of 45 contact hours (3 credits) during this session and receive a tuition discount. Please contact us to arrange this.
SPANISH LANGUAGE & ELECTIVES: (at iNMSOL): June, July, August
For any given session you may choose to take your classes at Instituto Mediterráneo Sol (iNMSOL), a Cervantes Institute.
For the full month program choose any two classes. Classes are taught in modules. For example, if choosing a Spanish class and an elective, for the first 2 weeks you would take Spanish (ex. Advanced I) and for the second 2 weeks you would take your Elective.
If you are staying the half session you may choose any one course.
Medical Spanish & Clinical Practice (90 hours)
University of Santiago de Compostela
Prerequisite: Intermediate II
This program is aimed at pre-Medicine and Nursing students wishing to acquire specific linguistic knowledge in the area of Health Sciences, both at the written and oral production level.
Course content:
Health and welfare. The Spanish Healthcare System. Public/private medicine.
The human body. Medical specialities.
Healthcare centers and the context of patient care.
Psychology and human relations in medical care.
Medicine without borders (medicine in resource-poor countries and countries affected by infectious diseases).
Public healthcare campaigns.
Reviewing and expanding on grammatical structures and vocabulary in accordance with students' Spanish level.
Lectures by experts from the Faculty of Medicine and The Galician Health Care System.
Clinical practice:
Clinical practice allows students to get in contact with real-life professional contexts, providing them with an overview of this profession in Spain. Students will get first-hand knowledge about the Spanish Healthcare System while they carry out supervised medical practice in a hospital or healthcare center, getting involved in the different daily tasks.
Students will accompany doctors or nurses during hospital visits and consultations and they will cooperate in all those tasks they are prepared and allowed to according to their communicative competence and healthcare training background.
Student progress will be supervised by a tutor in coordination with the Head of the healthcare center they are assigned to.
Program Schedule
Block 1: Weeks 1 & 2: Morning Sessions, Monday to Friday, from 9.15am to 2pm. 4 daily hours of Spanish for the Health Professions (Medical Spanish).
Block 2: Weeks 3 & 4. Clinica practices, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 2pm. 5 daily hours of supervised practices in healthcare centers and hospitals.
