Saint
Mary's College has an affiliation with the Center for
Cross -Cultural Study at Seville, Spain.
A
beautiful and ancient city on the banks of the Guadalquivir
River, Seville has a rich cultural life. A Roman city
in 205 BC, Seville became a great port and was held successively
by the Visigoths and the Moors until King Ferdinand III
of Castille conquered it in 1248. The city is known for
it Moorish palaces and its Renaissance gardens, its paintings,
its statues, and its world-famous ceramic tiles. The Seville
Cathedral, built in the 1400's is one of the most impressive
gothic cathedral in the Christian world.
The CC-CS offers a total immersion program on the study
of the Spanish language and culture. Students choose courses
embracing a variety of disciplines - language, civilization,
literature, politic and economy of Spain, art history,
Spanish society, Comparative marketing, the Spanish business
environment, and others. Students may choose a minimum
of 12 credits and a maximum of 17 per
semester. All courses are taught in Spanish.
The
CC-CS offers the following options: a Semester, an Academic
Year, a January Term and two Summer Sessions. Saint Mary's
students normally enroll in the Spring semester of their
sophomore year. Students pay one semester's or one year's
tuition, room and board to Saint Mary's College. Not included
are air transportation and personal expenses. The CC-CS
provides a health insurance policy for all students who
participate in the program. Students are housed in a family
home.
Admission
Requirements: Students in the Fall semester, January term
and academic year program must have completed two semester
of intermediate college Spanish or the equivalent. Students
in the Spring semester program must have completed one
advanced-level course. A grade average B (3.0) or above
in Spanish is required.
For
further information contact Prof. Jennifer Zachman, the
Spanish Foreign -Study Advisor, Regina 154, phone 284-5388,
e-mail: jzachman@saintmarys.edu
Sevilla
Ancient
city on the banks of the Guadalquivir River. Its gothic
cathedral was built in the 1400s. Characterized by its
Moorish places, Renaissance gardens, historical buildings.
Celebration of the Holy Week and the Feria (March and
April).
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Center
Independent
program but there is a number of American colleges affiliated
with CC-CS (Heidelberg College, Ohio; Mount Saint Mary's
College of Maryland, Clemson University of S.C., Russell
Sage College of New York, Hillsadale College of Michigan...
Saint Mary's College's affiliation began officially in
the Spring of 1999.
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