SEMESTER OR ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CORDOBA (UNC), ARGENTINA
This program fully integrates students into academic life at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC). The UT-UNC resident staff provide a vital entry into the different departments of the student campus. Especially organized Latin American Studies and the Spanish courses bridge the North and South American academic systems. Students may participate for a semester or a year.
Undergraduate students take two courses designed for UT students: Spanish for Academic Purposes, and History and Culture of Argentina. Depending on a language evaluation given after acceptance, the students may take additional Spanish courses for foreigners or regular University courses from a wide variety of recommended UNC courses. Additionally, students may substitute one course by a UT-approved independent study, which will be supervised by a UNC professor.
Graduate students take Spanish for Academic Purposes and History and Culture of Argentina, and complete the full load with graduate courses from UNC and independent research supervised by a UNC professor.
The program staff at UNC advise, assist with registration, provide special Spanish tutoring with the language coordinator, and organize orientation, excursions and weekly extracurricular cultural activities. The program maximizes cultural immersion by placing only one student with a selected local family and by facilitating a student-to-student conversation partnership for all participants matched on the basis of mutual interests. The program classes will be at UNC’s main buildings, where UT students will have an opportunity to participate in the daily routine of Argentine student life and enjoy the liveliness of a campus in full session.
ELEGIBILITY
Open to undergraduate and graduate students in good academic standing who have advanced Spanish proficiency. Graduate and undergraduate students in Latin American Studies, Spanish, Spanish American Literature, Hispanic Literature and Linguistics, History and Government are especially welcome.
COURSES
Students take a total of 12 credit hours each semester, on the following basis:
I. Undergraduate or Graduate Students with an advanced Spanish proficiency:
A) Two special Program courses for a total of 6 to 3 credits: Spanish Academic Writing and another if needed.
B) One or two recommended regular UNC courses (graduate or undergraduate level) for a total of 9 to 6 credits depending on their status. See C-GEO advisor for list. One 3-credit course may be substituted for Independent Study or Thesis hours with preapproval from UT.
II. Undergraduate and Graduate Students with an intermediate Spanish proficiency (2 years of College-level Spanish or equivalent):
A) A Language Course (Spanish for Foreigners) for a total of 5 credits.
B) A required Program course for a total of 4 credits: Spanish Academic Writing (including 15 hours of individual tutoring).
C) One special Program course for a total of 3 credits.
III. Continuing students: Students continuing from one semester to another may take all regular UNC courses.
- LANGUAGE COURSES
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS I (BEGINNERS LEVEL)
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 80.
Course Description: Focused on the development of lexical, grammatical, semantic, phonological, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence in the Spanish spoke in Argentina, within a communicational approach. The course also integrates socio-cultural aspects of living in Argentina.
By the end of the course the student will have acquired a basic repertoire of simple expressions related to personal information and specific communication needs, as well as some degree of control over basic grammatical and syntactic structures and pronunciation of a limited glossary.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites.
Schedule: 3 two-hour meetings per week.
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS II (PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 80.
Course Description: Focused on the development of lexical, grammatical, semantic, phonological, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence in the Spanish spoke in Argentina, within a communicational approach. The course also integrates socio-cultural aspects of living in Argentina.
By the end of the course the student will have acquired sufficient linguistic and lexical elements to make statements over subjects such as family, likes and preferences, work, travel and topical issues, as well as a moderated grammatical control.
Prerequisites: SPN 507-508 or equivalent. Registration subject to assessment test to be taken on-site.
Schedule: 3 two-hour meetings per week.
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS III (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 80.
Course Description: Focused on the development of lexical, grammatical, semantic, phonological, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence in the Spanish spoke in Argentina, within a communicational approach. The course also integrates socio-cultural aspects of living in Argentina.
By the end of the course the student will have acquired the essential linguistic elements so as to make clear descriptions, express a point of view and develop an argument using complex grammatical structures, as well as a high level of grammatical control and a clear and natural pronunciation and intonation.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent. Registration subject to assessment test to be taken on-site.
Schedule: 3 two-hour meetings per week.
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS IV (ADVANCED LEVEL)
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 80.
Course Description: Focused on the development of lexical, grammatical, semantic, phonological, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence in the Spanish spoke in Argentina, within a communicational approach. The course also integrates socio-cultural aspects of living in Argentina.
By the end of the course the student will have acquired a wide knowledge over the linguistic elements so as to express clearly and precisely, distinguish and eliminate ambiguity, emphasize and vary intonation to express shades of meaning, as well as a good command of idiomatic and colloquial expressions and connotative levels of meaning.
Prerequisites: 2 years of college-level Spanish or equivalent. Registration subject to assessment test to be taken on-site.
Schedule: 3 two-hour meetings per week.
- SPECIAL PROGRAM COURSES
SPANISH ACADEMIC WRITING
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45 (plus 15 individual tutoring hours optionally).
Course Description: Fully taught in Spanish, the goal of this course is to improve the students’ Spanish writing and rhetoric for University study and help them prepare papers and essays for other classes.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
BUSINESS SPANISH
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: Language course intended to provide an in-depth approach into the Spanish used in the field of business, on the basis of oral and written resources. Special focus on Spanish for business in Latin America.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
CIVILIZATION OF SPANISH AMERICA
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: An overview of the main historical and cultural processes of the region, since Pre-Columbian times through nowadays. Special focus on South American culture.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
ARGENTINE CULTURE AND ARTS
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: An overview of the Argentine artistic and cultural expressions in the 20th century. Special focus on music (folklore, tango, rock), cinema and literature.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: An overview of the 20th century most important literary expressions in Latin America. Special focus on prose, poetry and essay.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
20th CENTURY ARGENTINE LITERATURE
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: An overview of contemporary Argentine literature. Main authors, themes and movements. Special focus on Borges, Arlt, Cortázar, Saer and Piglia’s work.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
ARGENTINA AND ITS REGIONAL DIVERSITY
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: Integrative study of Argentina’s five regions (metropolitan, Pampean, Andinean, Patagonian and Mesopotamian) from different approaches: physical and political geography, economics, politics and culture.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS AND ARGENTINA
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: Historical survey of the economic and diplomatic relations between the United States and Latin America with special focus on Argentina.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: POLITICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF ARGENTINA
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: Study of the development of political and economic institutions in the Southern Cone, with special focus on Argentina, during the 1970-2005 period. Main topics will be: the role of the State, the confrontation of strong ideological trends, civilian-military relations, political instability, economic development and crises, new approaches to regional integration, among others.
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
Semester: Spring / Fall.
Total of hours: 45.
Course Description: Study of the diverse corporative cultures in Latin America, as well as the regional trends in business. Special focus on the regional integration process and its different regional blocs: CAN, MERCOSUR, etc. Relations between Latin American economic blocs and NAFTA (ALCA).
Prerequisites: SPN 312L or equivalent.
Schedule: Two 90 minute-meetings per week.
(*) Minimum enrollment: 5 students.
- REGULAR UNC COURSES
For regular UNC courses please visit www.unc.edu.ar and click on the “Oferta Académica”.
TO APPLY:
UT-Austin students please obtain online application authorization from the International Programs Advisor.Walk-in hours listing: www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/contact.html
Thomas Ward, (512) 4712446, tward23@austin.utexas.edu
International Programs Advisor
Center for Global Educational Opportunities, C-GEO
Wooldridge Hall, International Office
The University of Texas at Austin,
600 West, 24th Street, 2nd floor, Austin, Texas 78705
Non-UT students please print, complete and mail application www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/ccs/application.html to the International Programs Advisor address above.
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE
March 1, 2007 (Fall 2007)
October 1, 2007 (Spring 2008)
SCHOLARSHIPS/FINANCIAL AID
To see a list of scholarship opportunities, please visit www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/funding
UT Austin students who receive financial aid can have their budgets recalculated to accommodate the additional costs of studying abroad. Non-UT students need to consult with their study abroad advisor at their home universities.
Students not on financial aid but who are interested in applying for it are encouraged to apply and complete a FAFSA form as soon as possible. See http://finaid.utexas.edu/index.html |
