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Chile: Santiago - Academics

Do as the Chileans do and take the bus, known as 'la micro', to class and to your internship.

Prerequisites

Two years of college-level Spanish (or the equivalent) are required to attend this program.

Courses

Students earn a full semester of American University (AU) credit. These credits are readily transferable to other colleges and universities. Following are descriptions of the courses offered. All courses are taught in Spanish.

Spanish III
(SPAN-323-001S; 3 credit hours)
A Spanish language class intended for students who have completed intermediate levels of Spanish, but not in recent history. The course will review the basics of Spanish grammar including present, past, future, and preterite, and imperfect tenses with the objective of helping students gain conversational skills.

Advanced Spanish III
(SPAN-333-001S; 3 credit hours)
A Spanish language class intended for students who have completed intermediate levels of Spanish recently at AU, and *may* be ready for Topics when they return to campus. This course starts with a review of the preterite, imperfect tenses, and continues with lessons on the prepositions, pronouns, imperative tense, and present and past subjunctive tenses.

Spanish in Context:
(SPAN-388-001S; 3 credit hours)
The objective of this course is to develop and improve written language skills as well as to examine advanced grammar rules used to attain linguistic fluency. The course will emphasize written abilities and analyze the different elements of creative writing, personal and work letters, legal documents, books and movies reviews. This class is intended for students who have completed Con and Comp II at AU or have the equivalent of 3 years of college level Spanish. These students are ready to take or have already taken a topics level course at AU.