Description

Berkeley Summer Sessions offers exciting Travel Study programs that give you the chance to combine international travel with academic achievement. Courses are taught by regular rank UC Berkeley faculty, faculty of host institutions, and UC Berkeley graduate student instructors.

Highlights

Home-stay living arrangements in the friendly beach town of Comillas, on the northern coast of Spain, offer students an ideal situation in which to practice their language skills through social interaction with a Spanish family. The focus of the program will be to develop communicative language proficiency through a variety of contextualized communication activities. Students will also be provided with a panoramic vision of the history and culture of Spain as a modern nation, integrated in the European Union, facing challenges which both resemble and differ from those facing the United States. Students will visit the cities of Santander (candidate for the Cultural Capital of Europe 2016) and Bilbao, home to the Guggenheim Museum, as well as Guernica, the Basque town that inspired Picasso's painting. Other excursions will include a visit to the small town of Puente Viesgo to see prehistoric cave paintings, a tour of the spectacular "Soplao" cave and biking a portion of the Camino de Santiago. Classes will be imparted in a newly renovated facility that was once the Pontificate University of Comillas, located within walking distance from the town in a spectacular park-like setting overlooking the Cantabrian Sea. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a language exchange with students from the University of Cantabria.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• Culture
• Foreign Language
• Spanish
• Spanish Literature

Cost in US$:

USD4,656 - USD5,280

Program Fees Include:

* Program fee includes room, some meals, excursions and other program-related costs. For estimates of these costs, and to discuss how they factor into financial aid, please call Summer Sessions and speak to one of our Travel Study program advisors.
* Total cost does not include airfare, textbooks, extra meals or personal expenses.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Transcript

Typically The Application Process Time is

two weeks

University of California, Berkeley, Summer Sessions's Mission Statement

UC Berkeley Summer Sessions is committed to offering high quality, innovative academic courses and experiential education opportunities during the summer. By opening our doors to visiting students and continuing our service to UC Berkeley students, we support the University's goals of educating a broad and diverse student population. Our commitment to providing superior service and unrivaled learning opportunities extends to our students, campus units and departments, and all external partners.