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Please note: Study abroad programs sponsored by the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago are open to University of Chicago students only. Applications from outside the University are not accepted.
This page describes the College's winter-quarter civilization program in Barcelona. To read about the academic-year university-based program in Barcelona, click here.
General Description:
The University of Chicago's Winter-Quarter Barcelona program provides students in the College with an opportunity to study the history and culture of Spain and the Mediterranean world in the exciting cultural and political capital of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The centerpiece of the program is the three-course sequence "Civilization in the Western Mediterranean," taught in compressed form during the ten-week quarter. This sequence, which focuses on Spanish history from antiquity to the twentieth century, meets the College's civilization requirement. Participants also take a "practical" Spanish language course to help them make their way in Barcelona and Spain. A series of excursions within and in the vicinity of Barcelona helps to connect the study of Spain’s rich history with its physical remnants. Classes for the Barcelona program are held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a modern university in central Barcelona.
Housing:
Students are housed in a hotel-pension with breakfast in the center of Barcelona. This facility is within easy commuting distance of Pompeu Fabra.
Credits:
As a participant in the Barcelona program, you receive three credits for the Western Mediterranean Civilization sequence. If you have already met the civilization requirement these courses are usable as free electives. You will also receive one credit for the Spanish language course. Course titles, units of credit, and grades are placed on your Chicago transcript.
Registration and Tuition:
You remain registered full-time in the College and pay regular College tuition, the Barcelona program fee and the non-refundable study abroad administrative fee required of all participants in Chicago's programs abroad. For precise figures, see Study Abroad Program Fees.
Financial Aid:
You retain your financial aid eligibility. However, two expenses—the study abroad administrative fee and the round-trip air fare to Barcelona—are not underwritten by College Financial Aid. On the other hand, since you cannot be expected to work part-time while in Barcelona, the self-help component of your financial aid package does not include a term-time employment factor.
Eligibility:
The Chicago Barcelona program is designed for University of Chicago undergraduates in good standing. It is not available to non-Chicago students. You must be beyond your first year in the College to participate in this program. While the Barcelona program stipulates no minimum grade-point average, it is a highly competitive program, much in demand by Chicago students. Therefore, you should present a transcript demonstrating that you are a serious student who will make the most of this opportunity. Because the Western Mediterranean Civilization course is taught in English, previous study of Spanish (or Catalán) is not required. At the same time you are encouraged to take as much Spanish as possible before the beginning of the program, and your application is likely to be strengthened by doing so (and your experience of Barcelona enhanced). Please note: Because of the considerable demand on the Chicago civilization programs abroad, no student may participate in more than one of these programs.
Application:
Applications are available on the study abroad website. To apply to the Barcelona program, a student submits a general study abroad application electronically, then downloads the supplementary application specific to Civilization programs and submits it on paper, normally in mid-winter quarter of the previous academic year.
In preparing the application and especially in composing the required personal statement, students should keep in mind that admission to Civilization programs are selective and that the number of places available is insufficient to meet the considerable demand. A student accepting an offer of admission is expected to secure his or her place with a $500 non-refundable study abroad administrative fee. (To begin the application process, click on the Study Abroad General Application.)
Further Information:
If you would like to discuss the Barcelona program and the possibility of participating in it, please contact Jenny Quijano Sax (Harper 216; 834-5424).
Statements contained on this site are subject to change without notice.
