College's catalog - Trinity Christian College

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Semester in Spain
Programs of Study
Trinity offers a unique program for studying beginning, intermediate, or advanced Spanish in the
ancient city of Seville, Spain. This program fulfills the cross-cultural studies general education requirement. A
cumulative 2.5 GPA is required for students to attend Semester in Spain (SIS). A student’s eligibility
is determined by a preliminary application, which must be submitted by December 1 of the year
prior to attendance at the SIS program. Further information and preliminary application forms are
available in the Off-Campus Programs Office.
The beginning sequence is offered for students who have had little or no course work in Spanish. It
includes courses 101, 102, 201, and 202 for a total of 16 hours of credit. These courses, normally
taken over a two-year period in the United States, are taught consecutively in one-month intervals
over the duration of one semester.
For students who have completed at least two semesters of Spanish, the program offers an
intermediate sequence which serves as a bridge between the beginning and advanced levels. In
this sequence, students earn sixteen hours of credit by completing 251, 252, 301, and 303. Note:
although 301 and 303 are advanced courses, they are open only to students taking the intermediate
sequence. All students are required to take a placement test before enrolling at the intermediate or
advanced levels.
For advanced students, a selection of 300 and 400-level courses is offered in areas such as language
and grammar, literature, history, and culture.
Each course generally covers the same material taught in most colleges in the United States.
However, students have the added advantages of living with a Spanish family, being exposed daily
to Spanish culture, being taught by native teachers who conduct all classes completely in Spanish,
and having to communicate in Spanish outside the classroom setting.
Semester in Spain also offers two summer terms of three-and-one-half weeks each. Summer I
offers 201, 312, 351 and 355. Summer II offers 202, 306, 356 and 401.
For more information about Semester in Spain visit www.semesterinspain.org or contact the
program coordinator in the lower level of Groot Hal.
www.trnty.edu