Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Madrid, Spain
Program Overview
The McIntire School of Commerce and the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria are offering third-year Commerce students an opportunity to study international business in Madrid during the spring 2012 semester. This is a wonderful language immersion opportunity for students, with four weeks of intense language and culture work before the regular semester courses start.
Curriculum
The curriculum is designed to provide the essentials of the courses you would have taken at McIntire during this semester, so you will not fall behind your classmates who do not study abroad. The skills you develop and the experiences you have in this program will surely be a very valuable part of your total UVA educational experience. Course offerings are extensive, and all Commerce students will find a good selection of courses that interest them. This is a language immersion program and all courses are taught in Spanish.
During the term abroad, students must complete the pre-session Spanish language immersion program, which will transfer four credits to UVA. Students must complete three UFV offerings, for nine UVA semester hours. In addition to those four courses, Commerce students must also complete the online UVA-taught Global Strategy and Value Enhancement course, which will result in four UVA credits for COMM 3040 being awarded by McIntire faculty and counting in your UVA GPA. Each student must complete at least two business courses from the course planning list. Those two courses will satisfy your COMM 3050 and 3060 requirements. Additional courses will satisfy appropriate Commerce School or University electives.
NOTE: UVA accepts transfer credit (no grades) for courses taken abroad; however, students must receive a grade of C or better on each course to transfer credit back to UVA.
Application Process
Online applications are available on the ISO Web site after reviewing the online Education Abroad Workshop information session. Commerce study-abroad information sessions are scheduled for Aug. 30 and 31, 2011, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Room 225.
Applications are due by midnight Sept. 21, 2011. Once admission is approved, students will be required to complete a program-specific application packet and attend several orientation sessions during the months of November and December.
Housing
Most students will live with host families in downtown Madrid or in pre-arranged apartments and will take the university’s shuttle busses to the campus.
Spring 2012 Academic Calendar
| Jan. 10 - Feb. 3 |
Orientation and language and culture immersion (four weeks) |
| Feb. 6 |
Classes begin |
| June 15 |
Program ends |
This is a direct-enroll program, with tuition being paid to UFV. Additional information and details about the Madrid program can be found on the UFV, Madrid Web site.