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AHA INTERNATIONAL IN OVIEDO, SPAIN
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ORGANIZATION
- Open to undergraduate students from any U.S. college
or university
- Students must have sophomore status at minimum, enjoy
good academic standing and have a minimum of one year
of college level Spanish language coursework for acceptance
- Fall quarter (20 credits), spring semester (25 credits)
, academic year (45 credits), intensive summer sessions
(8 credits each)
- Mandatory one credit Intercultural Awareness/Intercultural
Perspectives course during fall and spring terms
- U.S. visiting faculty member present during the fall
and spring terms
- " Possibility of short term faculty led programs
in June, July, August & September
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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Fieldtrips in Asturias all terms
- Three to four overnight excursions to other regions
of Spain during the fall and spring terms
- All excursions led by art history professor and AHA
staff
- Admissions to museums and cultural events
- Volunteer opportunities
- Conversation exchange program
- Tapas night with visiting faculty
- End of term party with families and professors
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ACADEMICS
- Spanish language courses at the University of Oviedo's
Cursos de Lengua y Cultura Españolas para Extranjeros
- U.S. visiting professor from the Northwest Council on
Study Abroad offers one course during the fall and spring
terms
- All classes taught in Spanish
- Maximum course credit: fall (26), spring (36), academic
year (51), summer sessions (8 each). Home campus credit
awarded for consortium students. Out of consortium students
receive transfer credit from the University of Oregon
- Level of instruction: fall, spring and academic year
(intermediate & advanced), summer sessions (elementary,
intermediate & advanced)
- Tutoring service provided by AHA staff and visiting
faculty
- Reference library and Spanish film collection in support
of coursework
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HOUSING
- Program arranges monitors and supports students in home
stay placements. Home stays are required for the fall
and spring terms. Full board and light laundry included
- Intensive summer students housed in student residence
(self-catering). Light laundry and cell phone provided
- Faculty led program students are placed in home stays
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INFORMATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES:
AHA International
70 N.W. Couch Street, Suite 242
Portland, Oregon 97209-4038
Clinton, New York 13323
Tel. (503) 295 7730 or (800) 654 2051
Fax (503) 295 5969
E-mail: askaha@uoregon.edu
Website: http://www.ahastudyabroad.org
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CONTACT IN SPAIN:
Director: Carmen
Arrúe
E-mail: carrue@aha-intl.org
Office: 011 34 985 11 59 31 (a.m.) 011 34 985 93
76 54 (p.m.)
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AHA International, an academic program
of the University of Oregon, offers programs in Africa,
Latin America, Oceania and Western Europe. The Oviedo
program is sponsored by the Northwest Council on Study
Abroad, a consortium of thirteen public universities from
the Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The program is open
to all undergraduate students attending U.S. colleges
and universities.
With over 50 years of experience, AHA International
offers students, faculty members, and institutions opportunities
to develop intercultural competence through international
experience and education. Spanish language acquisition
and cultural immersion are the primary goals of this program.
In Oviedo students attend courses taught exclusively in
Spanish, live in home-stays with Spanish hosts, and participate
in an intercultural communications class. Students benefit
from this immersion to the local culture as well as the
extensive support services provided by AHA staff and visiting
faculty. Each of these components plays an important role
in helping us to achieve our goals.
Oviedo is located in the north of Spain and
is the administrative and cultural center of the Principado
de Asturias, one of the most culturally significant regions
in Spain. Surrounded by the city's impressive Old Quarter
and 400 year old University, students can experience historical
architectural sites as well as a contemporary music concerts,
theater and exhibitions. Oviedo is known as one of the
safest and cleanest cities in Spain and is an ideal location
to improve language skills as there are few English speaking
visitors in the region.
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