2025:

Dr. Laura Senio Blair, Professor of Spanish

seniobll@southwestern.edu 

2027:

Dr. Angeles Rodriguez Cadena, Professor of Spanish

rodrigua@southwestern.edu 

Students must have completed the language prerequisite of Spanish I, or the equivalent (including testing out) before departure (Spring 2025), to be eligible.

Information Sessions: 

It is required to attend an Info Session or Advising. Fall 2025 SU Buenos Aires information sessions:

• Info Session: September 25th, 2024 (Register here)
• Info Session: October 17th, 2024 (Register here)
• Info Session: November 5th, 2024 (Register here)

Application Deadline: December 1, 2024

Program Start Date: May 31, 2025

Program End Date: July, 20, 2025

The estimated cost program fee for this seven-week program is between $7526 and $8136. The fee may change based on enrollment and tuition rates.

The program cost includes:

• $550 non-refundable deposit
• 8 credits of tuition
• Pre-departure materials
• Room and two meals (breakfast and dinner) per weekday with a host family
• Laundry service once a week
• Airport pick-up
• Overnight excursions to Iguazú Falls and an authentic estancia
• Dedicated staff support for the program, including an API resident director, with other staff as needed.
• Health insurance coverage for the duration of the program

The program cost does not include:

• $75 application fee
• International airfare
• Baggage fees and travel insurance
• Passport and visa expenses
• Additional meals (lunch during the week, some meals on weekends, during excursions)
• Departure transportation to the airport
• Personal expenses: toiletries, activities, snacks, personal travel, souvenirs, etc.

All students will take the following courses:

SPA15-154: Spanish II with Dr. Laura Senio Blair (4 credits)

AND

SPA15-164: Spanish III - taught by a local instructor (4 credits)

Spanish II and III are the final two courses in the Language and Culture sequence at Southwestern University. The main objective of language study is to develop basic communicative skills in Spanish, focusing on the four areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Another important goal is to develop knowledge about the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Class time is devoted primarily to communicative activities requiring consistent participation and interaction with classmates. Since this course is taught in Spain, students will be taking advantage of the study abroad setting with assignments and activities related to interactions and observations in the community, use of current periodicals, television programs, and other forms of media, and other cultural experiences. The classes will be conducted in Spanish.

Students must have completed the language prerequisite of Spanish I, or the equivalent, in order to be eligible for these courses. Upon completion of this program, students will have met the Southwestern foreign language requirement.

Accommodation with host family for program duration: linens and towels, weekly cleaning, internet access and two meals per day included (breakfast included Mon-Sun / Dinner included Sun-Fri (no dinner on Saturday).

Group welcome meal, group farewell meal, one group lunch during Tigre day trip, and one lunch and one dinner during the excursion to San Antonio de Areco, one group lunch during the cooking class (note this is a light meal/snacks), and one group lunch during the Colonia day trip, as listed in itinerary.

The program begins with an on-site orientation in Buenos Aires. Students will attend sessions on cultural adaptation, host family living, transportation, and safety while also visiting some of Buenos Aires’ most important sites.  

Organized excursions will include tours of several Buenos Aires neighborhoods, a bike tour, Argentine tango classes, cooking class, and a visit to MALBA, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. One of the highlights of the program will be a two-day excursion to the city of Iguazú to view the waterfalls along the border between Argentina and Brazil. Students will also take an overnight trip to an authentic estancia.