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Study Abroad Credit

Many students who take Spanish courses at Brown study abroad in Spain or Latin America. Students who are interested in studying abroad should go to the Study Abroad Office and inform themselves about Brown policies and existing programs overseas. Brown has many resources for students who are exploring this exciting option.

Here are some rules of thumb for students of Spanish who want to study abroad:

• Students applying to the program in Barcelona (through the Consortium of Advanced Studies in Barcelona) or planning to major in International Relations must complete HISP600 prior to going abroad. For many other programs you need to have completed only HISP500 to study abroad. Nevertheless, we strongly advise you consider completing HISP 600 before going abroad so that your linguistic skills are ready to meet the academic challenges of studying abroad. Generally speaking, the more you prepare beyond HISP500, the better your experience will be as a student abroad.
• Hispanic Studies accepts credit from courses taken abroad,
• If you are a concentrator participating in a Brown-approved program, you only need to consult with the Concentration Advisor, Professor Nicolás Wey-Gómez before you leave.
• Concentrators participating in programs that are not approved by Brown must first get courses approved by Professor Bauer (she'll see students whose last name starts with A-L) or Professor Victoria Smith (students whose last name begin with M-Z), After your courses have been approved by either Prof. Bauer or Smith, you then need to see the Concentration Advisor, Prof. Nicolás Wey-Gómez.
• Students who take any non-literature course in a Spanish speaking country must get approval from the appropriate department at Brown: i.e. if you take a Political Science course in Madrid, Hispanic Studies will not sign for Brown credit. The department of Political Science at Brown can help you with this. After this, you must see the Concentration Advisor for concentration credit. Don't forget to keep all your grades, papers and paperwork from your classes abroad.