Maryland-in-Sevilla Academic Overview

Academic Structure

The Maryland-in-Sevilla program is designed to promote cultural and linguistic immersion. In partnership with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Education Abroad offers this program for students who are serious about making gains in their Spanish language proficiency and deepening their understanding of Spanish and Sevillano culture. All coursework is conducted in Spanish and challenges students to build on existing language skills by pledging to speak only Spanish during the semester abroad. The coursework is complemented by structured activities and opportunities to meet Spanish students and interact with people in Sevilla through internships, service-learning, and intercambio language exchanges.

Students will enroll in 13-18 credits over the term. The curriculum is comprised of the following:

All coursework, taught in Spanish, is designed to advance students' Spanish language proficiency and understanding of Spanish culture. All enrolled students will take a language pledge to speak only Spanish during their time in Spain.

Course Descriptions

Program Tracks
Students will begin their coursework in one of two program tracks:

• Liberal Arts in Spanish - Students will take coursework exclusively at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study. 
• Liberal Arts in Advanced Spanish - Students will supplement coursework at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study by taking 1-2 courses at Universidad de Sevilla
  • Note: The Advanced Studies track incurs an additional fee and the program dates will differ from the Spanish Studies program. Please refer to the Costs and Program Dates for more information.

Credit & Course Registration

The Maryland-in-Sevilla program is a resident credit program for all courses taken at CC-CS. Resident Credit courses are courses that will show up on the UMD registration and for which you will receive a grade that is factored into your cumulative GPA.

Coursework taken through the Advanced Spanish program at Universidad de Sevilla will be transfer credit. In order to receive credit for these courses, you must receive the equivalent of a C- or better. Transfer credit will appear under the Transfer Credit section of your UMD transcript, is not factored into UMD GPA, and the letter grade will not appear on your official transcript.

Students accepted to the program will receive the most up-to-date course offerings and instructions on how to register for coursework through SSA Education Abroad after admissions notifications are sent. Students may use the Course Evaluations linked above as a guide for what will be available.