Art & Language in Madrid, Spain

Students going on this trip will have three options to receive credit, which are the following:

• WLC215 will be offered for three credits. Please note: this course will satisfy the general education language requirement.  Students will enroll in the first 7.5w portion of the Spring 2019 semester. The course will be offered on a hybrid format with some contact classes and lots of online activities that will train students on basic uses of Spanish to practice while abroad. They will also be given some cultural information to do some research on, regarding painters, writers, or important historic locations in Madrid. This will prepare students with the minimum knowledge of Spanish and culture they need to navigate a short study abroad trip to Spain.  Students will choose a landmark, or an important person from Spanish culture to prepare a report on before going on the trip. During the trip, we will go on guided visits of all locations selected and will hold reflection meetings afterwards. While in Spain, students will share with their classmates the information they looked up before going on the trip, and how that information got enriched by the knowledge they acquired first-hand. Students will write a short report after their trip, discussing their new findings regarding the historical figure or landmark based on their previous research, direct experience, and guided tours.
• WLC210 will be offered for one credit. Students who choose to earn the one WLC210 credit will complete an exploratory paper about three Spanish cultural landmarks or Spanish artists whose work we will be seeing while on the trip. While in Spain, students will attend all field trips and reflection meetings, which will enrich their understanding of the places and art pieces on display at museums and other locations. Students will complete a report after the trip is completed, in which they incorporate both their preliminary findings and how the trip enriched their understanding of Spain as well as the landmarks and/or artists that they chose before going on the trip.
• AR437 will be offered for one credit. Students will use the trip as an educational field trip that may serve as inspiration for future personal projects. They will be encouraged to learn about art pieces, periods, techniques, and artists from the several museums and landmarks that will be visited. Daily reflection sessions before/after visiting landmarks/museums will focus students’ attention on the time periods, type of art, artistic currents, and important artists/pieces they will be able to see first-hand.