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academic information
The Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) has a more “American-type” campus. All the schools
are located on the campus, which is about 15 minutes by metro from the Universidad de Sevilla
central building. Once you get there, all you need to know is the name of the building in which
your class is located. This campus has a gym and sports facilities, and an easy access library and
computer rooms with free internet connections. If you brought your laptop with you, the university
has a free wireless connection as well. Transportation costs of the students who take classes at
the UPO are paid for by CIEE.
For specific information on the UPO, please see the International Business and Culture Program
of this Handbook. For class recommendations, please see www.ciee.org/studyseville section on
Direct Registrations.
CHOOSING CLASSES
Advanced Liberal Arts (ALA) participants can enroll in three types of classes: CIEE Liberal Arts
courses, CIEE Business courses, and regular university courses. All ALA students must take at
least three regular university classes. Most students take only regular university classes. However,
you may take one or two CIEE Liberal Arts or Business classes.
Coordinating class schedules is a challenging task for the ALA student. There may be time conflicts
and logistical considerations. All of these can be dealt with so long as you are willing to be open,
flexible, and accommodating. Please note that ALA students will most likely have class on Fridays.
During the orientation we will provide you with digital documents of syllabi and class schedules.
You can find this documents in our web site and in a flash drive which will be given as a present
to you during your first week in Seville.
All students will have a personal interview with Resident Staff during the intensive session. During
this interview, we will discuss your academic objectives, language requirements, and university
offerings and will provide you with recommendations and final exam schedules.
During the Add-Drop period, Resident Staff will be available to meet with you as needed to go
over options, ideas, and concerns.
Here are some recommendations from former students to make the Add-Drop period easy, painless,
and productive:
1. CIEE CLASSES: Register in the CIEE class you REALLY want. Attend this class regularly during
add-drop. If you decide to drop the CIEE class once you have your regular university classes
finalized, you may do so. However, you may not add a different CIEE class after the end of the
first week of the regular university session.
2. REGULAR UNIVERSITY CLASSES: Select at least five or six regular university classes in
which you are interested and attend all of them before the end of the Add-Drop period. We will let
you know when classes are tentatively scheduled in each Facultad and the date to finalize your
schedule will depend upon these dates. Normally, you will need to sign your final registration form
two full weeks after classes begin.
ALA students should stay away from first year classes as they are often closed due to the large
number of Spanish students. Students who are in Seville for only one semester may not register
for yearlong classes.
3. ATTEND ALL CLASSES: After attending classes for two weeks, you will feel more confident
about the final classes you select. In this way, you will be able to change your courses during
Add-Drop without having missed any classes during those critical first weeks. This is a prudent
strategy for the first two weeks of the regular university calendar.
4. WEBSITE INFORMATION: Please get accustomed to reviewing course information on the
Universidad de Sevilla’s web page at www.us.es and the Universidad de Pablo de Olavide’s web
page at www.upo.es. Here you will find contact information for professors, class schedules, final
exam schedules, and most syllabi in electronic format. For direct links to all of this information, check
out the Direct Registration with Spanish Students section on the www.ciee.org/studyseville website.