Spanish and Creative Writing in

SPAIN

May 10-24, 2025

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At a Glance

Courses Descriptions

SPAN 1101: Spanish I (Dr. McDermott)

Involvement at the elementary level in spoken and written use of Spanish through class experience and language laboratory. ​Introduction to the peoples and cultures of Spain and Spanish America.

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

Speaking: Novice-Mid

1. Communicate using a number of isolated words and memorized phrases.
   
2. Use vocabulary sufficient for handling simple, elementary needs and expressing basic courtesies.
   

Listening: Novice-Mid

1. Understand some learned utterances, particularly where context strongly supports understanding and speech is clearly ​audible.
   
2. Comprehend words and phrases from simple questions, statements, and high-frequency commands about topics that ​refer to basic personal information or the immediate physical setting.
   

Reading: Novice-Mid

1. Recognize the symbols of the syllabic writing system and a limited number of characters in a system that uses characters.
   
2. Identify an increasing number of highly contextualized words and phrases including cognates and borrowed words.
   

Writing: Novice-Low

1. Students can reproduce from memory a very limited number of isolated words or familiar phrases, but errors are to be ​expected.
   
2. Students are able to copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases.
   

Culture:

1. Students will develop a basic knowledge and understanding of Latin American and Spanish cultures. Make connections to ​other disciplines and to additional bodies of knowledge that may be unavailable to the monolingual speaker.
   
2. Students will compare and contrast their native language with the Spanish language. Students will develop insight into ​the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize that there are multiple ways of viewing the world.
   
3. Students will be able to integrate their knowledge of the Spanish language, cultures and customs to appropriately ​address the differences of multilingual communities.
   

ENLG 3394: Creative Writing (Dr. DeWald)

Study of the various techniques for writing fiction.

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Analyze literary texts in order to question, investigate, and draw conclusions about their form, content, patterns, and ​interpretive ambiguities.
   
2. Employ a variety of creative devices in the careful construction of original stories and creative prose.
   
3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of critical concepts and basic theoretical terminology.
   
4. Discuss peer work in a thoughtful, honest, and empathic manner.
   

Itinerary

We anticipate that travel will include time in the following locations:

• TBD
  

Next Steps

AUG

Talk to your Piedmont Advisors about your circumstances.

• Your Academic Advisor can make sure you are taking classes that keep you track to graduate.
• Career Services will give you advice about how to make the most of your experience. Travel study is a great way to build employable skills and begin to fill up your resume. Having a plan before you leave is the best way to get the most out of the experience.
• Financial Aid can verify whether your financial aid package can be applied to the faculty-led courses.

Apply for a Passport

• At times it can take 6-8 months for your passport application to be processed, so apply early.
  
• If you already have a passport, check to make sure that it does not expire within 6 months of your RETURN date. You may not be allowed into the host country by immigration officials if it expires in less than 6 months.

Apply for Scholarships

• See Travel Study Director for some scholarships that may be able to help you pay for your travel study experience.
  

OCT

Complete an Initial Interest Form

• The sooner you let us know your interest, the better. Deadline for initial interest form is December 31st. Completing this form does not obligate you to participate.
  

DEC

Pay Deposit ($500)

• Deadline for the deposit is December 31st. This deposit is non-refundable, unless the trip is cancelled or there are extenuating circumstances preventing a student from participating.
  

FEB

Pay Remaining Travel Study Fee

• Deadline for fee is March 1st. The fee is non-refundable, unless the trip is cancelled or there are extenuating circumstances preventing a student from participating.

Attend Required Orientation Seminar (dates TBA)

• An orientation seminar for all students traveling abroad will be offered during February. The seminar will cover logistical concerns (university paperwork, passports, travel health insurance, etc.), safety while traveling and will prepare you to get the most out of your travel study experience.