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Study Abroad in Granada: Courses

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Recommended credits are shown in parentheses. Courses are subject to change at the discretion of the University of Granada. For the most current course listings please contact your Admissions Officer.

Language levels are defined according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

AIFS recommends that students gain pre-approval for several levels of Spanish to ensure that credit is accepted for the course that students test into following the placement test.

Optional Early Start Program: Intensive Spanish Language and Culture Preparation

The Early Start Option is 3 weeks in length with 60 contact hours for 4 credits.

Please note that in Spring 2021 the Optional Early Start Program is offered online only. The semester program begins online on Monday, February 1 and continues in Granada on Saturday, February 27.

Intensive Spanish Language Courses

Spanish 101 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Beginner A1

This level is for students who have no previous knowledge of Spanish. During this course, students will be able to understand and express themselves in everyday situations and those related to their personal experiences. Students will be able to exchange simple and direct information. Included topics are: present tense indicative of regular and irregular verbs, demonstrative and possessive adjectives, pronunciation and intonation, uses of “ser”, “estar” and “hay”, frequent reflexive verbs and definite and indefinite articles.

Spanish 102 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Elementary A2

Students who have studied Spanish only in high school or one or two semester(s) in college generally place in this level. Students will be able to understand and express themselves in everyday situations and those related to their personal experiences, with basic language recourses. Students will be able to exchange simple and direct information. Included topics are: forms and uses of the gerund; forms and uses of “gustar”, “encantar”, “interesar”, the differences between “ser” and “estar”, the preterit perfect tense; positive imperative and expression of cause and excuse.

Spanish 103 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Pre-Intermediate A2+

A bridge level between the Elementary and Intermediate levels, this course concentrates on increasing students’ oral and written skills. Students who have studied one or two semester(s) in college generally place in this level. Students will be able to ask for and give personal information, compare, express opinions, security and insecurity and judgments. Grammar topics include: demonstrative and possessive pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns, the preterit, the imperative and the imperfect tenses.

Spanish 201 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Intermediate B1.1

Students who have studied Spanish throughout high school and continued with one or two semester(s) in college, usually place in this level. Students will be able to understand and express themselves in general situations that require the exchange of information and show personal attitudes about many themes, not exclusively related to personal experience. Content includes: contrasting uses of the indefinite and the indicative perfect, morphology and uses of the indicative imperfect, “hace”, impersonal “se”, “parecerse”, and possessive adjectives and pronouns, making hypothesis.

Spanish 202 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Upper-Intermediate B1.2

Students who have studied Spanish throughout high school and continued with two or three semesters in college, usually place in this level. The course is similar to Spanish 102, however focus is on communication skills and grammar plus the future and conditional tenses are covered. Content also includes: morphology and uses of the present subjunctive, giving advice, morphology and uses of the imperfect subjunctive.

Spanish 301 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Advanced B2.1

Students with at least five semesters of college Spanish, experience living in a Spanish-speaking country or Spanish study on a regular basis since elementary school usually place in this level. During this course, students will be able to understand and express themselves in multiple and unfamiliar situations that require exchanging information with complex linguistic structures. Content includes: uses of the imperfect, preterit, conditional, imperative, and subjunctive, correlation of the tenses in specific situations–arguments, debates, degrees of possibility, causes, consequence, etc., direct and indirect object pronouns, and the impersonal “se”.

Spanish 302 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Upper-Advanced B2.2

Students with at least five semesters of college Spanish, experience living in a Spanish-speaking country or Spanish study on a regular basis since elementary school usually place in this level. The course is similar to Spanish 301 but with greater emphasis on the subjective. Specific content includes: use of the subjunctive in forming opinions, values and attitudes, marginal uses of the imperfect: dreams, fiction, virtuosity, use of the compound conditional in the formulation of hypothesis and phonetic characteristics of Spanish.

Spanish 401 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Superior C1.1

Students with at least six semesters of college Spanish usually place in this level. Students will be able to understand and express themselves correctly and with fluidity in situations familiar to them and communicate adequately in unfamiliar situations through linguistically complex structures. Cultural content includes themes such as “20th Century Spanish History”, “The Cultural Legacy: Christians, Jews and Moors”, and “Gastronomy: The Mediterranean Diet”.

Spanish 402 (4) | Intensive Spanish Language–Proficiency C2

Bilingual students generally place into this level. The course is similar to Spanish 401 but with greater emphasis on prepositional patterns of verbs, problematic prepositions, proverbs and sayings, lexical adaptations on different sociolinguistic levels, and varied conversational recourses. Cultural content includes themes such as: “The Family Structure”, “Principle Political, Cultural and Ideological Tendencies in Today’s Spain”, “Bullfighting” and “Flamenco”.

Semester Courses

Spanish Language and Culture Program (taught in English)

For Beginner or Intermediate level Spanish students. Choose 2 or 3 electives taught in English in addition to the required courses which will be taught in Spanish at your level.

Spanish 104/106/108/204 (3) (required course) | Spanish Grammar

A general review of Spanish grammar. Differences between ser and estar, tenses in the indicative mood, constructions with si, que and como, prepositions and pronouns. Uses of the subjunctive. Meets 3 hours per week.

Spanish 105/107/109/206 (3) (required course) | Speaking and Writing Skills

Intensive practice in speaking and writing Spanish. Emphasis is on pronunciation and vocabulary through discussion of contemporary topics. Regular composition exercises improve written skills. Meets 3 hours per week.

Art 305E (3) (Spring only) | History of Art in Spain

Spanish art from its origins to the present: pre-historic art, Spanish-Roman, Visigoth, Islamic, Romanesque, Mudejar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. Neoclassicism, Romantic art and Impressionist painting, sculpture and architecture.

Art 306E (3) (Spring only) | Feminism Through Cinema in the Mediterranean Basin

There are many filmmakers who wanted to reflect in their work the situation of women in their country, in this course we will analyse the role of women in these cultures through the eyes of Berber, Tunisian, Lebanese, Spanish, French and Italian feminists filmmakers and their work that in many cases contains large doses of humour. The objective in this case will be for the student to discover elements and factors that affect women within these cultures through cinema. We will also compare the different scenarios of the Mediterranean and we will echo the different festivals that host this cinema.

Economics 313E (3) (Spring only) | The Spanish and Latin American Economies

For students who wish to learn the general language of economics along with the study of Spanish economics and that of the main Latin American countries. Also, the differences in culture and protocol for doing business with the Spanish and with Latin Americans will be studied.

Geography 309E (3) (Spring only) | Social and Demographic Changes in Spain

Spain’s climate and vegetation, development of towns and population distribution, agriculture and industry, internal communications, foreign trade, tourism and the evolution of the Spanish economy.

Geography 310E (3) (Spring only) | Sustainability in the Mediterranean

Approaching local self-sustainable development. Designed to provide students with a comprehensive approach to a local self-sustainable practice, models and cultures in the Mediterranean region. Students will also identify and compare the community practices and local governances in the Mediterranean region contrasting the city and rural landscape configuration in the Mediterranean region, Granada and its surroundings.

Health Sciences 301E (3) (Spring only) | Health Sciences and Public Health in Spain

Offers a generic view of the most important aspects of the Spanish health system and its comparison with other European systems and also identifies which factors determine the level of health of a population. The relative importance of these factors will be analyzed based on the characteristics of a country, as well as the interventions that are made for prevention and control by the public health system.

History 308E (3) (Spring only) | History of Spain

Spain’s history from the first settlers to the present: Mediterranean colonists, Roman colonization, Islamic invasion, Reconquista, Catholic kings, Emperor Carlos V, the 18th century and the War of Independence and Restoration. Political, social and economic problems from 1900-36, the Civil War, Franco Regime and post-Franco period.

Literature 303E (3) | Spanish Literature

Movements and periods studied include: Medieval romances, the “Siglo de Oro”, Romanticism, 20th century. Genres such as drama, poetry and novels are studied. Authors and works such as La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quijote, Lope de Vega, and F. Garcia Lorca are studied.

Marketing 301E (3) (Spring only) | International Marketing

Enables students to understand/acknowledge the concept of international marketing and its function within the global markets; the socio-economic, political, legal, cultural, technological and competitive dimensions of the current international scenario. The different approaches to the process of internationalization, as well as the main drivers and obstacles to internationalization are studied.

Math 301E (3) (Spring only) | Mathematics and Reality

It is intended to provide the student with a theoretical-practical knowledge of some aspects of mathematics whose presence in pre-university teachings is often sparse, zero, or purely formal, but which contribute to improving not only the culture mathematics in general but also the ability to understand and solve a wide variety of real problems and their conditioning factors. Most classes will have an exhibition part, a space for discussion and discussion, and a stimulating proposal for ingenuity problems.

Politics/Sociology 310E (3) (Spring only) | The Political Systems of Spain and the European Union

Topics include: the classification of different political regimes, the democratic political systems, and forms of government and the political systems of Britain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. The political system of Spain is studied including: contemporary history of Spanish politics, the Constitution of 1978, the transition to democracy, three branches of government, territorial organization of the Spanish state, electoral system and the political parties in Spain.

Politics/Sociology 312E (3) (Spring only) | The Arab World and the West: Past and Future

This course covers the basic cultural and political interaction between the Arab world and the West during their common history. From the emergence of Islam to the Iraq war through the crusades, the Ottoman Empire and the western colonization, the focus is on the main challenges for relations between the Arab world and the West.

Politics 313E (3) (Spring only) | Environmental Politics of the European Union

Provides a comprehensive introduction into the making, development and implementation of the European Union environmental policies.

Religion/Sociology 304E (3) (Spring only) | Islamic Culture in Spain

Islamic influence on Spain’s history, tradition, life, language and culture. The concept of Islam, the message of the Koran, Andalucía under Islamic rule, North African dynasties in Andalucía, the Nazari dynasty of Granada, cultural, literary and artistic aspects of Islam, Islamic architecture and symbols exemplified by the Alhambra.

Science/Tech 301E (3) (Spring only) | Civil Engineering and Territory

Knowledge of the role of civil engineering infrastructures in the transformation and development of territories. Theoretical-practical knowledge is sought by approximate to the history of civil engineering works, as well as through the analysis of the location of public works in the territory and their territorial impact. The impact of civil engineering infrastructures on different territorial and urban models will be assessed. It will show the need for landscape integration of infrastructures in its environment, as well as infrastructure and urban services as building elements of the city and its public spaces. In metropolitan areas, the role of transport and mobility infrastructures and current technological applications will be explored, giving rise to "Smart Cities".

Sociology 306E (3) | Spanish Civilization and Culture

Spanish civilization and contemporary society through themes such as the relationships between professional, labor and cultural sectors, the aging of the population, gypsies, bullfighting, holidays, gastronomy and flamenco. Audio-visuals, newspapers, magazines and texts are used.

Sociology 307E (3) (Spring only) | Latin American Civilization and Culture

Basic elements of Latin American culture are addressed to provide an understanding of its complexity. The American geographic environment, racial distribution and historical evolution, demographics and problems of growth, family structure and daily life, social groups and their behavior, political tendencies, current ideologies, dependence, underdevelopment, external debt, art and folklore.

Foreign Languages 100/200/300/400 (3) (Spring only) | Language and Culture

French Language and Culture at 100 Beginner, 200 Pre-Intermediate, 300 Intermediate and 400 Advanced levels.

Italian Language and Culture at 100 Beginner, 200 Pre-Intermediate, 300 Intermediate and 400 Advanced levels.

German, Arabic, Modern Greek, Portuguese and Russian each at 100 Beginner, 200 Pre-Intermediate, 300 Intermediate and 400 Advanced Levels.

Spanish Language and Culture Program (taught in Spanish)

For students with a high Intermediate or above level of Spanish. Choose 2 or 3 electives in addition to the required courses. Students may choose elective courses taught in Spanish from the list below or in English from those listed in the Spanish Language and Culture (English) program. We strongly encourage students at this level to take all of their electives in Spanish.

Spanish 205/304 (3) (required course) | Nociones de Gramática Española/Spanish Grammar

A complete study of Spanish grammar for students at an Intermediate level. Tenses, constructions and usages. Regular and irregular verbs, imperatives, the indicative versus the subjunctive and active and passive constructions.

Spanish 207/306 (3) (required course) | Producción Oral y Escrita/Speaking and Writing Skills

Students must have at least two years of college Spanish to take this course. Discussion of topics of contemporary interest. Emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, conversation and composition.

Spanish 312 (3) (Spring only) | Lengua de Señas Española/Spanish Sign Language

This subject introduces the student the knowledge of the Spanish Sign Language at its basic levels learning the fingerprint alphabet, practice with spelling first of words to later transfer to short-paragraph spelling. Use a basic lexical repertoire relating to personal data and specific situations, correctly articulating the signs and identifying their components. Produce a few simple and prepared utterances, isolated or linked with very basic, grammatically correct connectors. Recognize and understand simple and brief vocabulary and phrases sign clearly and slowly aspects of everyday life.

Spanish 315 (3) | La Diversidad del Español en el Mundo/The Diversity of Spanish in the World

Designed for students who already have a sufficient fluency in Spanish and who wish to become more expressive in the everyday language. Special attention is paid to vocabulary, the semantic differences of words in Spain and Latin America, gestures, phrases, slang and sign language. Themes are practiced through oral discussion, written essays and audio tapes.

Spanish 317 (3) (Spring only) | Introducción al Español de los Negocios/Introduction to Business Spanish

For Intermediate students, this course offers a realistic and lively approach to situations encountered in careers, especially if interested in improving knowledge of the Spanish and/or Latin American business world from a cross-cultural perspective. Oral and written communication skills are developed with materials used in business.

Arabic 301 (3) (Spring only) | Introducción a la Lengua Árabe/Introduction to the Arabic Language

This course of Introduction to the Arabic Language aims to offer students an overview of this language in two aspects, the historical-linguistic in which students can learn the origin, evolution, evolution, geographical diversity, features of classical Arabic and modern Arabic and on the other hand, linguistic-instrumental aspects such as the alphabet, calligraphy and an approach to the language that allows them to communicate in basic situations of daily life.

Art 305 (3) (Spring only) | Historia del Arte en España/History of Art in Spain

Economics 313 (3) (Spring only) | Economia Española y Latinoamericana/The Spanish and Latin American Economies

Provides a comprehensive introduction into the making, development and implementation of the European Union environmental policies.

Geography 309 (3) (Spring only) | Cambios Sociales y Demográficos en la Geografía Española/Social and Demographic Changes in Spain

Spain’s climate and vegetation, development of towns and population distribution, agriculture and industry, internal communications, foreign trade, tourism and the evolution of the Spanish economy.

History 308 (3) | Historia de España/History of Spain

Literature 301 (3) (Spring only) | Literatura Española hasta Siglo XVIII/Spanish Literature up to the 18th-Century

Major movements and principal authors of Spanish and Hispano-American literature. Drama, prose, poetry and novel genres. Authors include Cervantes and Zorrilla. Works include Lazarillo de Tormes, La Celestina and Don Quijote.

Literature 302 (3) | Literatura Española del Siglo XIX a la Actualidad/Spanish Literature – From the 19th Century to current times

Spanish authors and literary movements in the 19th and 20th centuries such as Bécquer, Valle Inclán, Federico García Lorca, Gabriel García Márquez and Romanticism.