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Location: Enrollment: Required GPA: Spanish requirement: Terms of study: Application deadlines: Program advisor:
Buenos Aires Varies with each university 3.0 (4.0 scale) 5 semesters of university-level Spanish or equivalent† Semester 1 (Feb-July) Calendar year (Feb-Dec) Semester 2 (July-Dec) Academic year (July-July) Summer program October 15 for semester 1 and calendar year; April 1 for semester 2 and academic year Emily Keene
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What the AUP has to offer
• Amazing academic flexibility • Program located in one of the world’s most exciting and cosmopolitan cities • Students can cross-enroll in up to four prestigious Buenos Aires universities • Study available at Universidad Católica Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad del Salvador or Universidad Torcuato Di Tella • All university classes taught in Spanish and integrated with degree-seeking students • All students take the Advanced Spanish and Argentine Culture course designed exclusively for IFSA-Butler students • Five academic models available Program Concentrations Traditional Concentration: • Students complete their class schedule with integrated courses at one or more of the AUP universities • Students may also take one of three special IFSA-Butler program courses designed to complement their direct-enroll experience Directed Research Option: • Students may replace one to two integrated university courses in the Traditional Concentration with a 6-credit Directed Research Project focusing on social problem analysis • The Fundación Simón Rodriguez appoints an Academic Director and a committee of field experts to oversee each student’s academic progress and research paper Human Rights Concentration: • Students enroll in both university and IFSA-Butler program courses while completing a field experience and research component • Concentration coursework includes: Human Rights in Argentina and Latin America, one to two university courses and Methodology of Research Seminar and NGO field experience Gender, Diversity and Minority Studies Concentration: • Students participate in both integrated and specialized program courses along with their research and field experience • Concentration coursework includes: Diversity, Minorities, and Gender Studies, one to two university courses and Methodology of Research Seminar and NGO field experience Cinema Concentration: • A highly specialized concentration designed for students with six or more semesters of university-level Spanish who are pursuing a major/minor in the visual arts • Concentration offered in cooperation with the renowned Fundación Universidad del Cine • Students explore the booming Argentine film industry and its cultural impact in Argentina and beyond • Concentration coursework includes: Introduction to the Practice and Analysis of Argentine Film, two university courses at the Fundación Universidad del Cine and one university course at one of the AUP universities Housing • Housing is with a carefully selected host family • Program fee includes two meals per day during the week and one meal on Sundays Academics • All students, regardless of concentration, take the Advanced Spanish and Argentine Culture course designed exclusively for IFSA-Butler students • Each concentration has its own on-site coordinator and specialized tutors • Program classes and field experience are worth 3 U.S. semester credit hours each • Credits for university courses vary, but all students will earn 15-16 U.S. semester credit hours per semester • Three other program courses available: Argentine State and Society; Contemporary Argentine and Latin American Literature; and Argentine Foreign Policy • All courses are taught in Spanish by an Argentine professor
• Each student is matched with a tutor who is trained to help with language and academic questions † The specialized cinema studies concentration is limited to students who have six semesters of university-level Spanish and are pursuing a major or minor in visual arts or a related field.
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