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Barcelona: A global hub for success

A Study Abroad Program Review of IES Abroad: Barcelona - IES Barcelona Center

Submitted by V9 (International Business,The University of Texas at Austin) on January 24th, 2011

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Start Date:

Sep 1, 2010

End Date:

Dec 17, 2010

International exposure prior to program?

6 months+

Academics Overall

**Overall educational experience:

Course

**Course Title:

Sports and Society in Spain

**Course Department and Number:

SO 320

**Instructor:

Dawn Hiscock

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

Fantastic course, teaches quality information about Spanish Sports: team dynamics, business, sociology. The course is well integrated and taught very well.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

Business Ethics in an Intercultural Framework

**Course Department and Number:

IB 343

**Instructor:

Anna Penn

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

The course was a well taught survey course of business ethics.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

Leadership in a Cross-Cultural World

**Course Department and Number:

IB 330

**Instructor:

Jay Moran

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

A well taught course, taught by a fantastic business professor with real professional experience. He is able to integrate the information very well and its a fantastic class, that will challenge and teach all at the same time.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

Barcelona: The Cosmopolitan City

**Course Department and Number:

HS 251

**Instructor:

Marina Diaz

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

A course that teaches all aspects of Barcelona's history. A fantastic course to learn about the city, history, architecture, art history and more.

**Please rate the course overall:

Course

**Course Title:

Advanced Business Spanish

**Course Department and Number:

SP 303

**Instructor:

llolanda Nieves de la Vega

**Language of Instruction:

Spanish

**Please comment on the course:

This professor is a fantastic teacher. She really places emphasis on students taking the most from the class. She works hard to integrate real business strategy, dynamics, vocabulary and grammar into the course. You will learn the necessary presentation skills in Spanish to be able to give marketing presentations as well as other valuable skills necessary to work in a cross-cultural or multi-lingual business environment

**Please rate the course overall:

Language Overall

Foreign language component?

Yes

**Language acquisition improvement?

**Comment:

I practiced Spanish in my host family as well as in my Spanish class. Most people at the program spoke English, but in the city its more common to hear Spanish or Catalan.

Host Country Program Administration Overall

**On-site administration of your program:

Housing Overall

Living arrangements? (all that apply):

Host Family

Who did you live with?

Host Family

If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition?

**Housing satisfaction:

Food Overall

**Food satisfaction:

Safety and Health Overall

**How well were health issues addressed through your program?

**Safety:

Money Overall

**How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

General Assessment Overall

Review Title:

Barcelona: A global hub for success

**If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program?

Yes

**Overall satisfaction with your study abroad experience:

**Was your study abroad experience worthwhile?

I became more open minded, more adaptable, and more relaxed.

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