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Please note: Only students
registered in the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago
may apply to this consortially-sponsored program through Chicago. Students
at one of the other CASB universities should apply through their home
institution. Students at non-CASB institutions should contact the CASB
office at Brown University (phone: 401-863-3555; e-mail: oip@brown.edu)
to inquire about making an application.
This page describes the College's academic-year university-based program
in Barcelona. To read about the winter-quarter civilization program
in Barcelona, click here.
General Description:
The University of Chicago Academic Year Program in Barcelona provides students in the College with an opportunity to study for an academic year in Barcelona, a lively and cosmopolitan Spanish city, the capital of Cataluña. The Program is sponsored by the Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona (CASB), a group of private research universities in which Chicago has membership. The Program calendar runs from early September to mid-June. It begins with a three-week Cultural Proseminar devoted to Cataluñan history and culture as well as a Spanish language review (and an introduction to Catalan, the language of Cataluña). Students then take regular courses at one or more of the three major universities in the city: the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, the Universitat de Barcelona, and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Normally they will also take one course each term offered by the CASB and taught solely to Program participants.
Barcelona is a bi-lingual city where Catalan and Spanish (or Castilian) co-exist on the streets and in the universities. At each university Program participants will find that some courses are offered in Catalan, while others are in Spanish. Still others will be linguistically flexible depending upon the language abilities of the students. Most participants in the Barcelona Academic Year Program will be proficient in Spanish and will thus take courses in which Spanish is the language of instruction. Students with sufficient knowledge of Catalan (a closely related Romance language) are invited to do coursework in that language as well.
Headquarters for the CASB is in an office building in central Barcelona. Students live in a university residence hall.
Housing:
As a participant in this program you will reside in a university residence hall in central Barcelona. This accommodation features single rooms, each with a kitchenette and bathroom. The resident population is composed of both Spanish and non-Spanish students.
Credits:
You will receive a full year's credit for your work in Barcelona. This credit is posted in the form of course titles, units of credit, and grades at the top of your Chicago transcript. Since the application of these credits toward specific requirements in a student's degree program is variable, you are expected to consult with your academic adviser and program chairman to determine the exact distribution of credits.
Registration and Tuition:
You remain registered full-time in the College and pay regular College tuition, a Barcelona program fee, and the study abroad administrative fee required of all participants in Chicago's programs abroad. (For precise figures click on the Study Abroad Program Fees.) You will not be charged the University of Chicago health or activities fees. The Barcelona program fee is essentially a housing fee, paying for your accommodation in the residence hall. You pay miscellaneous expenses, including food, books, travel, and incidentals, “on the ground” in Barcelona.
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 Barcelona Academic Year Program is designed for students who are beyond their second year in the College. For most students the third year is the most appropriate time to participate in this program, though fourth-year students may participate as well. While qualified students with compelling reasons for participating in their second year will be given a fair hearing, normally such students will be advised to spend their second year on campus, taking courses that will better prepare them for a third year spent in Spain. While the official language prerequisite for the Barcelona Program is two years of College-level Spanish, you are encouraged to take Spanish courses beyond the second-year (intermediate) level (and an acceptance to the Program may be contingent upon such coursework). You must also present an academic transcript that evinces the sort of scholarly seriousness and resourcefulness demanded by this program. Your transcript should also show that you have addressed yourself conscientiously to general education requirements and have gotten a start in your major subject during your first two years in the College.
Application:
Applications to Chicago study abroad programs are available on the web. To apply to the Barcelona Academic Year Program you submit a general study abroad application electronically, then download the supplementary application specific to this program and submit it on paper in early winter quarter. The application process includes a required conference with one of the individuals named below. If you accept admission to the Barcelona Program you will be expected to secure your place with 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 Academic Year Program and the possibility of participating in it, please contact Lewis Fortner (Harper 213; 702-4858; fortner@uchicago.edu). For applicants to the Barcelona Program an interview with Mr. Fortner is required. Appointments can be made by contacting the Dean of Students in the College at 773-702-8615.
Statements contained on this site are subject to change without notice.
