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3.00 Credits
This course will be dedicated to the fundamentals and technique of basic 35 mm color photography. Emphasis will be placed on creative and artistic aspects and the students will use the city of Barcelona to elaborate and explore their own personal expression. The basis will be local architecture and historical elements in context and juxtaposition with its peoples and culture. Activities will include class and field work, discussions, critique sessions, slide viewing, visits to museums, photography collections, foundations and excursions in and around Barcelona. The objective of this course is to advance knowledge and personal skills relating to photography and aesthetic values in general, and to produce an individual portfolio representing personal feelings and visual impressions of Barcelona. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a survey of some of the main periods of the art and architecture of Spain. Students will examine how shifts in Spanish society are reflected in the art and architecture produced throughout the centuries, including the cathedrals and wall paintings of the Middle Ages, and the work of artists such as Velázquez, GaudÃ, Picasso, Dalà and Miró. A comparative perspective will be taken, and the relationship between the selected Spanish periods and other western -French, Italian- contemporary artistic developments will be stressed. On-site classes in museums and architectural monuments will be included. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the work of these three international Spanish artists (Picasso, Miró, DalÃ). We will analyze each artist's work individually, and on a chronological basis. Moreover, the movements and/or styles each artist related to will be studied (Cubism, Surrealism) so as to understand the role and the relevance of these three creators within the Spanish and international artistic contexts. The main rationale behind this art history course is to provide participant students the tools to identify, analyze and fully comprehend the works of some of the most relevant artists that created their works in Barcelona, because of their Catalan origin or because they spent some time of their lives in this city. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of international marketing concepts, with a particular focus on Europe. The course content is grounded in theory and integrated with real-life business experiences and/or case studies. The course begins with an overview of business globalization trends and their impact on global marketing, followed by an examination of the impact of cultural differences on European marketing strategies. Later, it examines specific global marketing concepts such as market research, product offering, pricing, advertising, promotion, and market entry strategies. Students will work in small teams in order to analyze actual business cases, prepare answers to case discussion questions, and make presentations to the rest of the class. Globalization demands that marketing and sales strategies must be increasingly grounded on a wider knowledge of cultural and human values from other cultures. Students abroad would benefit from a course like this, which will improve their capacity to understand better other cultures, and thus allow them to become more successful cross border marketers, dealers and sales professionals. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who are interested in expressing themselves through writing and looking to give shape to their experiences of living abroad by creating pieces of creative nonfiction in a workshop environment. We will examine non-fiction works written by travelers to Spain, and focus on writing style as well as stereotypes and cultural differences. The purpose of this course is to create a space for analysis, discussion and creative production in which students can reflect on the experience of being abroad, in both their own case and that of others. By closely examining and deconstructing the concept of "abroadness", students will ideally be brought to reassess notions that are implied in their own experience, such as cultural bias, preconceived ideas and stereotypes of place, or the border between self and other. Students will be required to reflect on the experience of abroadness and produce writing on a daily basis in a writer's notebook, execute in-class writing exercises, and create full-length essays related to various themes involving their travel experiences. There will also be field studies that will serve as the basis for observation of cultural difference and otherness. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the representation of Spain and Spanishness through the films of contemporary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, from his commercial debut Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) to the most recent Volver (2006). The main focus of the course will be to analyze Almodóvar's complete filmography as an expression of the evolution of contemporary Spanish culture, from the transition to democracy and the Movida madrileña to present-day Spain. Many of the current stereotypes of Spanishness abroad have been attributed to the international circulation and success of Almodóvar's films. The course is intended as a course in both cultural studies and film studies; each film will be analyzed not only in artistic and filmic terms, but also as a cultural expression of a specific social moment in post-Franco, contemporary Spain. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who are interested in discovering and experience the city where they spend their Study Abroad Program, Barcelona, as a capital of Catalunya and its relationship with Spain. Through guided explorations and tours by emblematical historical and modern places, observations, reflections and other activities, students work aspects of Barcelona's history, Catalan culture and Catalan language.
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3.00 Credits
The course aims to examine the resurgence of ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world. Classes focus on the European case, with particular emphasis upon Spain, in order to evaluate the various challenges that nationalistic resurgence imposes. AUC Designation: Ss
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who are interested in expressing themselves through writing and looking to give shape to their experiences of living abroad by creating pieces of creative nonfiction in a workshop environment. We will examine non-fiction works written by travelers to Spain, and focus on writing style as well as stereotypes and cultural differences. The purpose of this course is to create a space for analysis, discussion and creative production in which students can reflect on the experience of being abroad, in both their own case and that of others. We examine the different cultural threads and identities (the dialectics of center-periphery, monoculturalism-pluriculturalism, tradition-modernity, Catholicism-secularism, Europeanization-Hispanization, etc.) that have been woven together throughout history and that have visibly influenced the design of contemporary Peninsular society. By closely examining and deconstructing the concept of "abroadness", students ideally will be brought to reassess notions that are implied in their own experience, such as cultural bias, preconceived ideas and stereotypes of place, or the border between self and other. Students will be required to reflect on the experience of abroadness and produce writing on a daily basis in a writer's notebook, execute in-class writing exercises, and create full-length essays related to various themes involving their travel experiences. There will also be field studies that will serve as the basis for observation of cultural difference and otherness. (Barcelona, Spain, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad/esBarcelona)
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3.00 Credits
SP Introductory Spanish is a 3 credit course in Spanish language which covers material traditionally taught over the first 2 semesters of beginner Spanish. This course will provide the basic elements of Spanish that enables the student to develop communicative language skills. Various linguistic and communicative forms will be presented within real-life situations in relation to social and cultural aspects of Spanish life. Essential functions and linguistic tools, like basic vocabulary, morpho-syntactic categories and discourse competence, will allow a pragmatic and functional use of the language. Furthermore, the course will focus on the phonological system to enhance perception and production, stressing all the extra-linguistic elements that lead to a correct linguistic competence. Group activties will stimulate interaction in class, self-correction and correction of others and cooperation among students. Paper material, as well as audio material, will provide for a better approach to the language and to its cultural and social aspects.
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