Madrid, Spain
May 29 - July 12, 2008
Language Courses | Advanced Spanish Courses | Courses in English | Costs | Dates
Language Courses
Students must register for 8 points.
Intermediate Spanish, Level I
V95.9003 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisites for NYU students: V95.0002 or V95.0010.
Conducted in Spanish.
Review of grammar and language structure, concentrating on fluency and accuracy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, within a cultural context.
Elementary Spanish (Intensive)
V95.9010 - Staff - 8 points - course syllabus
Open to students with no previous training in Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test.
Conducted in Spanish.
Completes the equivalent of a year's elementary course in one semester. This course is supplemented by cultural activities in Madrid as well as lectures and excursions with professional guides and professors whose field of expertise corresponds to each activity.
NYU Students: After completing this course, students who wish to continue studying Spanish must take a qualifying exam. Students who pass the exam may go into V95.0020. Students who do not pass the qualifying exam go into V95.9003. Not offered in Madrid.
Intermediate Spanish (Intensive)
V95.9020 - Staff - 8 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite for NYU students: V95.0010 or V95.0002, and passing grade on qualifying exam or V95.0003R. Completes MAP language requirement for NYU students.
Conducted in Spanish.
Completes the equivalent of a year's intermediate course in one semester. Promotes proficiency in reading and writing as well as oral performance. This course provides direct contact with and immersion in the Madrid community, supplemented by cultural activities, lectures, and excursions with professional guides and professors whose field of expertise corresponds to any given activity.
Advanced Language, Composition, and Content Courses Conducted in Spanish
Advanced Grammar and Composition
V95.9100 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: V95.0004 or V95.0020, a minimum score of 660 on the NYU language placement exam or on the SAT II, a score of 4 on the AP language exam, or permission of the director of Spanish language studies.
Conducted in Spanish.
Designed to expand and consolidate the student's lexical and grammatical understanding of the language and to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of expository writing as they apply to Spanish, through exercises, readings, and intensive practice of various prose techniques and styles.
Advanced Spanish Conversation
V95.9101 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite for NYU students: V95.0030 or
permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Conducted in Spanish.
Open to nonnative speakers of Spanish only
Intensive course in spoken Spanish, designed to give the student fluency in the use of idiomatic, everyday language as well as a comprehensive, practical vocabulary. Individual projects and cultural activities that provide direct contact with the living language are required.
Critical Approaches: Reading, Writing, and Textual Analysis
V95.9200 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite for NYU Students: V95.9100. Non-NYU students must have advanced Spanish language skills.
Conducted in Spanish.
Introduction to literary analysis through close readings of texts from the early to modern periods of peninsular Spanish and Spanish American literatures. Engages students in the practice of textual explication, provides basic critical skills, and encourages reflection on literature as a system.
Readings in Spanish American Literature
V95.9211 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: V95.0211, V95.0215, or permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Conducted in Spanish
Survey course that traces the development of Spanish American literature from the colonial period to the present. Representative works of various genres are examined in their cultural and historical contexts. Readings include selections from pre-Hispanic texts, Columbus, Cortés, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sarmiento, Bello, Carpentier, Borges, Rulfo, García Márquez, Cortázar, Allende, and others.
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum
V43.9328 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Conducted in Spanish.
For description, see V43.9338, below.
Journalistic Composition
V95.9950 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
The objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the reading and production of different journalistic genres (news, interviews, profiles, chronicles, reports, and criticism). On a daily basis, the students will read sections of printed and digital newspapers in Spanish to present and comment on in class. The discussions, together with the assigned readings, will serve as a basis for realizing grammatical review, vocabulary exercises, and compositions. Special attention will be paid to the distinct phases of the writing process, working individually as well as in groups.
Topics: Hispanic Culture Through Cinema
V95.9994 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Conducted in Spanish.
A survey of Hispanic cinema from the early beginnings of the silent movie to the present day. The works of important film directors from Spain and Latin America, like Buñuel, Gutiérrez Alea, María Novarro, and Almodóvar, are studied, as well as the phenomenon of cinema as a reflection of the political, social, and cultural development of the country and its people. A selection of the most representative films is shown in class and in theatres of arte y ensayo, such as the well-known filmoteca of Madrid.
Contemporary Theatre in Spain
V95.9723 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Conducted in Spanish.
Themes, techniques, and theatrical formats of the theatre at the turn of the 19th century, followed by the drama of the Generation of '27, the civil war, and the postwar era. Playwrights studied are García Lorca, Alejandro Casona, Max Aub, Jardiel Poncela, Miguel Mihura, Alfonso Sastre, and Buero Vallejo. Students attend professional theatre productions in Madrid and participate in the all-program theatre production at the end of the term.
Modern Spanish Fiction
V95.9772 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Prerequisite: V95.0211, V95.0215 or permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Conducted in Spanish.
Topics in realism, modernism, and postmodernism. Works by Pérez Galdós, Unamuno, Valle Inclán, Pérez de Ayala, Goytisolo, and others.
Islam and Spain: Past and Present
V95.9950 - Ariza - 4 points - course syllabus
Conducted in Spanish.
An introduction to Islam, with reference to both the Islamic religion as well as to the evolution of the Arab world. Special attention is given to the history of Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) and its important contribution to Europe and America.
Content Courses Conducted in English
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum
V43.9338 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Conducted in English.
A gallery course focusing on the baroque schools of Rubens and Rembrandt, "tenebrist" painting, Velázquez, and the etchings and paintings of Goya. Ends with a survey of the painters of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Women's Writing in Spain and Latin America
V95.9640 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Conducted in English.
Students read a selection of novels written by women from both Spain and Latin America in translation. Class discussion also focuses on Feminist theory, as well as current trends in literary criticism.
Media Ethics, the Law, and the Public Interest
V54.9008 - Staff - 4 points - course syllabus
Conducted in English.
This course explores the ethical issues in the context of Hispanic society, beginning with an introduction to theory and then moving on to issues of censorship; the press, politics, and the judiciary; terrorism; women and minorities; investigative journalism; advertising; television; sports; and gossip. This course develops studentsŐ critical and self-critical faculties as journalists, media critics, consumers of media, and human beings, encouraging them to question received wisdoms about the relationship between media and society in general and within the Hispanic world in particular.
Costs
Undergraduate Tuition
$5,752 8 points
Program & Activities Fee
$550
Housing
Housing fees to be paid in Euros in cash to the head of the household or landlord in Madrid.
Room in a Spanish Household:
- Breakfast/one meal: $1,833 (single) and $1,408.30 (double)
- Kitchen privileges: $1067 (single) and $899.50 (double)
Apartment: two-month rent ranges from $2,256 (studio) to $1,833 (four-bedroom apartment)
Additional housing information, with detailed rental rates, will be made available online to admitted students.
These prices have been calculated using an exchange rate of $1.41 = 1 euro.
There is an additional registration and services fee of:
- $186 students registered at NYU spring 2008
- $213 students not registered at NYU spring 2008
Dates
Program Dates
May 29 - July 12
Housing Dates
May 29 - July 11
Housing Deadline
April 24
Arrival Date
May 29
Orientation Date
May 30 - May 31
First Day of Classes
June 2
Last Day of Classes
July 11
Departure Date
July 12