
Designed for students at all levels of Spanish ability, this program allows you to acquire and improve your Spanish language skills while gaining a deeper understanding of Spanish culture. Join other international students and hone your Spanish skills at the University of Barcelona’s (UB) Estudios Hispánicos language learning center. Semester students will delve into local culture and history through liberal arts and social sciences electives, taught in English or Spanish, at the CEA CAPA Barcelona Center. If you speak Spanish at the high-intermediate Spanish level and above, you may choose to take all courses in Spanish. Summer students will take language courses at all levels at UB.
Barcelona
1/8/26 - 4/25/26
$21,395
14 - 17
10/15/25
11/15/25
All Levels
High School Graduate
2.5
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 |
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Spanish A1 | 100 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish A2.1 | 100 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish A2.2 | 200 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish B1.1 | 200 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish B1.2 | 200 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish B2.1 | 300 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish B2.2 | 300 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish C1.1 | 400 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish C1.2 | 400 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Spanish C2 | 400 | Sp | 110 | 8 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
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Financial Statement Analysis * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
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Architecture & Painting in Barcelona * | 400 | 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 |
Cross-Cultural Management * | 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 |
Communication & Global Competence | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual Identities in Modern Spain | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Digital Journalism & Communication: Blogging & Storytelling in the 21st Century * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
International Journalism & Global Media * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Photojournalism * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Media & Politics in Western Europe: Spain * | 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 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Immigration, Race & Identity in Contemporary Spain * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Social Media: Digital Identity & the Virtual Community * | 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 |
Communication & Global Competence * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
Cultural Visions through Spanish Cinema * | 300 | Sp | 45 | 3 |
Intermediate Conversational Spanish: Daily & Practical Uses | 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 |
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 |
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Transportation & Logistics Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
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*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.
Below is a tentative itinerary for your program. Please note, dates and events below may change without prior notification. Contact CEA CAPA before purchasing airline tickets.
You will receive a finalized itinerary once you arrive onsite.
Note: Additional cultural activities/excursions or required course-related activities may be incorporated into your final itinerary. You are advised not to make personal travel arrangements until you have the final dates.
Date | Description |
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January 08
|
Arrival/Program Begins
Official Program Start Date. Students must arrive at the Josep Tarradellas airport on this date in order to be eligible for airport pickup. Students will then be transferred to their assigned housing. |
January 09
|
Orientation
Mandatory CEA CAPA Orientation will be held. |
January 12
|
Classes Begin
Classes begin at CEA CAPA on this day. |
January 19
|
Classes Begin
Classes begin at UB on this day. |
March 30 - April 06
|
School Break
CEA CAPA is closed for Spring Break. No classes will be held. |
April 22
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at UB. |
April 22
|
Final Exams
Final exams will be held at UB. |
April 23
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at CEA CAPA. |
April 23
|
Final Exams
Final exams will be held at CEA CAPA. |
April 25
|
Program Ends/Move-Out
Official Program End Date. Students must move out of housing no later than this day. |
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