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IES Abroad: Barcelona - IES Abroad Barcelona Center
Program Information
Study abroad in Barcelona—capital of the autonomous province of Catalonia. The IES Abroad Barcelona program provides students with opportunities to learn or perfect Spanish while studying business and liberal arts.
| Provider: | IES Abroad |
| Location(s): | Barcelona, Spain |
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| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Samantha H. (Plan II Honors, The University of Texas at Austin) on August 30, 2011
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| * Start Date: | 2011-01-11 |
| * End Date: | 2011-05-09 |
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* Overall educational experience
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ana maria tried to accomodate american palattes, but things got a little bland and repetitive |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did The University of Texas at Austin prepare and support you for your time abroad? |
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | food costs a lot. homestays help cut down on that |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
waiters, cab drivers, and a local friend. most people spoke english |
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Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? | No |
| * What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? | of course, would love to be back in spain now. |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
international business and culture |
| Course Department: | ib |
| Instructor: | Jay Moran |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Really great. learned a lot about leadership |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | still working on it. need to make sure it gets approved for my foundations international business requirement |