Penn-in-Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Thrive in Argentina this summer as you strengthen Spanish language skills and explore the lively urban culture of Buenos Aires.

All courses in this intensive five-week program offer University of Pennsylvania credits and are taught in Spanish. Students live with Argentine families to experience linguistic and cultural immersion. In addition to various cultural activities in Buenos Aires, the program includes a three-day excursion to another region of Argentina to provide a contrast in terrain and culture from the bustling metropolitan. This year the trip will most likely be to the northwestern colonial city of Salta and its surrounding area.

Why study in Buenos Aires? Program Director Jorge Salessi explains.

Applications for the Buenos Aires 2012 program are now open!

Program Calendar 2012

Course Information

All students register for a total of two course units (CUs). Course registration is completed by the Penn Summer Abroad office for students who confirm their intent to enroll and submit required pre-departure documents.

Note for Visiting Students: One CU is generally considered to be equivalent to three semester hours when Penn coursework is transferred to another institution.

Courses

Accelerated Intermediate Spanish 
SPANISH 134 (2 CU)
Fulfills the Language Requirement in Spanish. Prerequisite: 1 year college Spanish or equivalent. Taught by Jorge Salessi, University of Pennsylvania 

Combines the two semesters of second-year Spanish at Penn. A variety of communicative and analytical teaching methods are implemented in the classsroom. Students learn to use Spanish in increasingly complex ways in the classroom and progressively in real life.

Argentine Literature in a Cultural Context
SPANISH 224 (1 CU)
Fulfills General Education Requirement: Cross-cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: two semesters of Spanish beyond 140. Exceptions made only for students fully functional in Spanish.
Taught by TBD, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Survey of major works of contemporary Argentine literature relating to the political, social and cultural developments that have defined today’s profile of Argentina. The course focuses on the tensions and solutions of Argentine modernity: Buenos Aires and the provinces, agricultural and industrial groups, neoliberalism and protectionism, ecology and development.

History of Argentina
SPANISH 229 (1 CU)
Fulfills General Education Requirement: Cross-cultural Analysis. Prerequisite: two semesters of Spanish beyond 140. Exceptions can only be made for students fully functional in Spanish. 
Taught by TBD, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 

The class explores the paradoxes of Argentina in the XXI Century: the effects of fast cultural modernization and the neoliberal democracy of the 1990s; cultural survival and the financial default in 2001; Nestor Kirchner, financial recuperation and economic growth since 2003; the presidency of Cristina Fernandez and the current unorthodox financial and economic policies in the face of the crisis of the developed world; the challenges of Argentine cultural and economic integration to Latin America.

Housing

Students live with Argentine families in order to experience full linguistic and cultural immersion. Housing is prearranged through a local coordinator and all students will be asked to complete a host family accommodation form to list any special dietary needs or allergies. Weekday breakfast and dinner are provided by the family.

Tuition & Fees

Tuition and fees are subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and may change without notice.

• Tuition for Summer 2012: $6,700
  For more information about Tuition and Financial Aid click here.
• Program Fee for Buenos Aires: $2,100
  Includes airport pickup (arrival only), home stay with weekday breakfasts and dinners; local health insurance, cultural activities organized by the program in Buenos Aires, travel and accommodation on a 3-day group excursion and administrative costs.

• Download estimated cost sheet for Buenos Aires 2012.

 Apply

Applications for Summer 2012 are open!

• We are still accepting applications for Penn-in-Buenos Aires!
• Rolling admissions after Jan 24 until the program is full.

Contact Information

Program Director
for details about the program, courses, or location including academic advising, travel dates, housing and orientation

Jorge Salessi (profile)
Associate Professor, Romance Languages
Director of Spanish Programs Abroad
University of Pennsylvania
E-mail: jsalessi@sas.upenn.edu
Tel: 215-573-0239

Penn Summer Abroad Office
for assistance with application, financial questions, pre-departure, or other general information

Penn Summer Abroad
College of Liberal & Professional Studies (LPS)
University of Pennsylvania
3440 Market Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3335
Tel: 215-573-7537
Fax: 215-573-2053
E-mail: summerabroad@sas.upenn.edu