Studying Abroad in Barcelona Past Review
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CEA CAPA Education Abroad: Barcelona, Spain
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Personal Information
If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: | CEA Global Campus, University of Barcelona |
How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The workload for this program is not overwhelming, it is very doable. The grading system is normal, done on a 1-10 scale and is explained very clearly. Teaching methods depend on the teacher, I had one teacher who used a variety of methods to help us learn the material and I had another teacher who only did boring lectures. The class sizes are very small which is different from my big university. |
* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Great people but sometimes it felt like they weren't fully organized, we had a pretty large program and they did great trips for us |
* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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* Food: |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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* Safety: |
Healthcare was great and very easily accessible |
If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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Finances
* 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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Language
* Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
Language acquisition improvement? |
Most people spoke English but I did make an effort to use Spanish as much as I could |
Other Program Information
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* Who did you live with?
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A Look Back
* What did you like most about the program? |
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* What could be improved? |
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* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | This was a great program, so much fun and the course work wasn't overwhelming so I differently got to experience Europe. If you are trying to really learn Spanish then I would suggest doing a program where it is not all American students. Your experience abroad is what you make of it and I hands down had the best experience of my life. |
Individual Course Reviews
Course Name/Rating: |
Sports and Culture in Contemporary Spain |
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Comments: | This class had the potential to be a great class but the teacher ruined it for us as students. |
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Journalism 2.0 |
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Instructor: | Pipo Serrano |
Instruction Language: | English |
Comments: | Not a lot of work and nothing to exciting |
Credit Transfer Issues: | Haven't returned home yet |
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Communications and Global Competence |
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Instructor: | Michael Kennedy |
Instruction Language: | English |
Comments: | Great course, my favorite of all the classes I took abroad. |
Credit Transfer Issues: | Haven't returned home yet |