Location:

Madrid, Spain

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

Immerse yourself in experiential learning – Spend the Summer in Madrid with the Coast Community College District (Orange Coast college) and ACCENT. Madrid becomes an extension of your classroom as you explore Spanish parks, monuments, churches and museums while attending Spanish Language classes with local or visiting faculty. Participants on the Summer in Madrid program live in student apartments or in homestays (with supplement) located throughout the city and have the opportunity to explore Spain with an optional day excursion to Segovia and an optional three-day/two-night excursion to Andalucia.

Setting Description:

The ACCENT Madrid Study Center is located in the Castilian neighborhood of Chamberi, near the city’s financial district on Paseo General Martinez Campos. The Center is just a short walk from shops, cinemas, restaurants, museums and libraries. The ACCENT Study Center, provides a classrooms, computer lab, student common area, and student study area, as well as wireless throughout. The ACCENT Study Center provides a welcoming space for students to use the computers, resource and lending library, to ask questions and collect their mail.

Cost:

$3050 plus a $100 refundable security deposit USD. Program Fees Include: • Double room in shared student apartment • Pre-departure and overseas orientation program, with a practical walking tour of areas in Madrid around the ACCENT Madrid Center • Overseas information and resource center with ACCENT Madrid on-site staff • Madrid transit pass (youth all-zone 25 yrs and younger, or adult zone A) • Transfers from and to the Spanish airport for group flight participants and those non-group flight participants able to meet the group transfer

Additional Program Information

Requirements:

The Summer in Madrid program is open to anyone who is over 18 at the time of application. Program space is limited. Students should send in their application with the $250 non-refundable first payment as soon as possible. Upon receipt of your application and first payment, ACCENT and the Coast Community College District will send you additional application and enrollment forms. Applications must be received by April 24, 2017. Beyond April 24, limited enrollment is allowed when space permits.

Scholarships:

No