
Harness your entrepreneurial spirit in a city that is home to numerous start-up companies, is identified as the main tech city in southern Europe, and ranks among the top 10 European cities for digital entrepreneurship – Barcelona. Through curriculum at CEA CAPA, you will gain many of the skills and concepts needed to become a successful entrepreneur – design thinking, business planning, financial planning, negotiation, marketing, leadership, ethics and more. More importantly, CEA CAPA courses provide you with hands-on opportunities to interact with and learn from the local business community, particularly those leading local and global start-ups. If you’re feeling extra motivated, you can add a professional internship with an entrepreneurial-focused placement. Courses are taught in English, but Spanish language courses are available for every level of ability.
Barcelona
1/7/27 - 4/30/27
$22,695
12 - 15
10/15/26
11/15/26
All Levels
1 Semester College
2.75
Enroll in 1 CEA CAPA core course focused on language or cultural studies, 1-3 CEA CAPA courses and 1-2 UVic-UCC courses.
Courses meet for 45 contact hours/3 credits per semester. Courses meet twice per week, Monday-Thursday. Active learning components required by your courses may be scheduled for Fridays. Overall, you may earn a total of 12-15 credits (up to 240 contact hours).
Prior to departure, you will select your preferred courses and take an online language placement exam. You will be enrolled into courses based on their availability. It is in your best interest to have multiple alternative courses approved by your home university prior to your departure due to course availabilities. If you choose to take a Spanish language or elective course, to ensure that you receive credit for the language level you place into, have your home university pre-approve courses at several levels before you leave for Spain. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university on credit pre-approval guidelines.
The host institution has offered the following courses in the past. Please note that course listings will not be finalized until the start of the term.
*Courses with an asterisk indicate that the course has been associated with multiple subject areas.
Please click on the course title to view additional subject areas and detailed course information.
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-Cultural Management * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan Language & Culture * | 100 | Ot | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Communication | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyzing & Exploring the Global City: Barcelona * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Cultural History of Spain: From Dictatorship to the Digital Era * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Civilization & Culture * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching English Abroad: From Theory to Classroom Practice * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching English Abroad: From Theory to Classroom Practice * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Travelers, Exiles & Tourists: The Search for Identity & Self in Literary & Filmic Expression * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain as Seen Through Its Movies: 1980s to Today * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural History of Spain: From Dictatorship to the Digital Era * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Spain: History, Politics & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Nationalism & Separatism in Catalonia Today | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercultural Interactions: Psychological Perspectives * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Engaged Global Learning: Society, Inequality & Social Exclusion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyzing & Exploring the Global City: Barcelona * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Community Engaged Global Learning: Society, Inequality & Social Exclusion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Conversational Spanish: Daily & Practical Uses | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Advanced Spanish | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Beginning Spanish I | 100 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Beginning Spanish II | 100 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Global Communication * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Conversational Spanish: Daily & Practical Uses | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Spanish I | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Spanish II | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Civilization & Culture * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish for Business | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Visions of Spain Through Cinema | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Statement Analysis * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture & Painting in Barcelona * | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Architecture & Urban Design in Barcelona * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Picasso, Matisse, Dali and the Mediterranean | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Public Art in the Global City | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Art | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Art in the Digital Age | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Operations Management * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Business Consulting | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Business Ethics & Management in a Global Context | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Business Statistics | 200 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Creating Your Start-Up | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Cross-Cultural Management * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Economics of Soccer * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Entrepreneurship: The Art of Creative Business | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| International Business | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Negotiations | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Principles of Business Analytics | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan Language & Culture * | 100 | Ot | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising & Society | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Global Communication | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Mass Media & the Fashion Industry * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Media & Conflict * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Social Media: Digital Identity & the Virtual Community * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living the Age of AI: The Path to Entropy or Salvation? * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyzing & Exploring the Global City: Barcelona * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Brand Barcelona: Marketing the Global City * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Cultural History of Spain: From Dictatorship to the Digital Era * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Food & Culture in Spain * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Food & Culture in Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Global Perspectives on Diversity: Narratives, Identity & Inclusion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Heroes in the 21st Century: Understanding the World through TV Shows | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Immigration, Race & Identity in Contemporary Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Peoples of Spain: Past and Present * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Civilization & Culture * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sport & Culture in Contemporary Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparative Economic Systems * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Macroeconomics * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Money & Banking | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 200 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching English Abroad: From Theory to Classroom Practice * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching English Abroad: From Theory to Classroom Practice * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Travelers, Exiles & Tourists: The Search for Identity & Self in Literary & Filmic Expression * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Writing the Global City Barcelona | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Global Climate Change | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Natural Resource Management: Conflict & Cooperation * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sport & Sustainability * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euroscreen: A Journey Through European Cinema | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Spain as Seen Through Its Movies: 1980s to Today * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| The Documentary Experience | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Finance | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Financial Statement Analysis * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| International Finance | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Investments | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Principles of Real Estate | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Identities in Modern Spain | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding Barcelona: The Geography of a City * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparative Public Health | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Global Determinants of Health | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Medical Ethics * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Nutrition | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A History of Persecution: Five Centuries of Religious & Racial Prejudice | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Cultural History of Spain: From Dictatorship to the Digital Era * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| The Making of the Mediterranean World * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resource Management: Conflict & Cooperation * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Journalism & Global Media * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Photojournalism * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership in a Global Context | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Operations Management * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising & PR of Spanish Food Products * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Brand Barcelona: Marketing the Global City * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Consumer Behavior | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Digital Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| International Marketing * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Principles of Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sport Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| The Business of Social Media | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics for Health and Social Sciences | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media & Politics in Western Europe: Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Media & Pop Culture in Spain | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition in Exercise & Sports | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living the Age of AI: The Path to Entropy or Salvation? * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Medical Ethics * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photography in Barcelona | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Spain: History, Politics & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| EU Integration: Theories, Institutions & Issues * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Nationalism & Separatism in Catalonia Today | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Political Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormal Psychology | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Cognitive Psychology | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Health Psychology * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Intercultural Interactions: Psychological Perspectives * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Social Psychology | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sport Psychology | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| The Psychology of Happiness & Well-Being | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interfaith Communities in Medieval and Modern Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| World Religions * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Engaged Global Learning: Society, Inequality & Social Exclusion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyzing & Exploring the Global City: Barcelona * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Community Engaged Global Learning: Society, Inequality & Social Exclusion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Diseases, Pandemics & Urban Planning through Barcelona History * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Immigration, Race & Identity in Contemporary Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Social Media: Digital Identity & the Virtual Community * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Social Movements: Creating Social & Political Alternatives | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sport & Sustainability * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Conversational Spanish: Daily & Practical Uses | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Advanced Spanish | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Beginning Spanish I | 100 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Beginning Spanish II | 100 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Global Communication * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Conversational Spanish: Daily & Practical Uses | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Spanish I | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Intermediate Spanish II | 200 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish Civilization & Culture * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish for Business | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish for Health Professions | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Visions of Spain Through Cinema | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Women Voices in Spanish Literature & Cinema | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Barcelona: The Artist's Perspective | 200 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managing Global Supply Chains | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Transportation & Logistics Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development in Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied AI for Business * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Digital Business * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Engineers | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| International Economy: Emerging Markets & Global Business | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Leadership, Business and Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Marketing and Fashion * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Start-up creation * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity for Embedded & Industrial Systems | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Application Development | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Thinking * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Mechanics | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sustainable Energy and Green Buildings | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Finance | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Financial Risk Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Advertising and Public Relations Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Retail Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand Design * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Global Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Luxury Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Sports Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Statistics for Engineering * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
| Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology of Communication and Publicity | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Interested in taking your career to the next level?
We offer different housing options to match your budget, preferences, and study abroad goals. Housing options may change and will be confirmed on the housing application form prior to the start of the term. Below are the housing options that have been offered in the past.
Get out and explore! Excursions are offered for most semester, year, and summer programs. Semester students are typically offered between two to three excursions and summer study students are typically offered between one to two excursions. You'll receive a calendar of excursions during orientation; here are a few day and overnight excursions we've offered in the past.
From housing to excursions, our programs include a variety of inclusions to enhance your study abroad experience! Here are examples that may be available in Barcelona. Inclusions vary by program – please contact our Enrollment and Advising team to find out what options are available for you.
The calendar for this program is coming soon; please check back later.
This budget contains costs that you can take to your financial aid office. Please note that amounts may fluctuate; we've included a range of costs.
Federal law allows the use of financial aid to cover "reasonable" costs of study abroad including round-trip transportation, tuition and fees for the program, living costs, passport and visa fees, health insurance, and more.
Please note that all costs and charges listed below are subject to change without notice. With the exception of Program Price, all costs are estimates and may vary.