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Culture and society in Spain

This 30-hour face-to-face course is aimed at students who wish to get to know Spanish culture and society through its history, its politics, its art, its costums and its traditions. To this end, students will be offered a vision of the Spanish society of the last decades through different cultural manifestations and representative artists, a deep-dive into Spain’s historical and political evolution, an introduction to the national identity and its different manifestations, and an analysis of some of the current-day issues which concern Spanish people (young people, the role of the monarchy, the economic situacion, unemployment, immigration, sports, nationalist movements, etc.). This information will allow students to obtain a complete and precise image of current Spain, in order to understand it and also to become entangled in its culture and society more consciously.

 

Course details

  • Contact hours and type of course: 30 contact hours; face-to-face classes (75 teaching-learning hours in total).
  • ECTS credits: Up to 3 ECTS credits. To obtain credits for extracurricular activities, you will need to be awarded a certificate and send it to your academic coordinator at your home university (FAQ). Your home university will decide how many credits you are awarded. At the UPF, if you are an international undergraduate student, you can be awarded 3 ECTS credits per course and up to 6 ECTS credits (see here current regulation).
  • UPF Certificate: Certificate with level CEFR achieved.
  • Number of students per group 10 minimum; 20 maximum.
  • Who can enrol in the course: Everyone over the age of 16.

 

Course objectives

Once you have finished the course, you will be able to:

  • Interpret how political, economic and social history have shaped the current Spanish society.
  • Recognise the different identities that coexist within the Spanish society.
  • Analise the role that Basque and Catalan nationalisms currently play, both socially and politically.
  • Identify the most significant historical and cultural events in the history of Spain.
  • Recognise different artistic works that reflect the Spanish character.
  • Analise some of the topics that concern Spanish society through current newspaper articles.

 

2023-2024 Spanish Culture and Society Schedule [face-to-face course]

SECOND TERM: January 30 - March 19, 2024 (calendar)

[Course code 1690]

Level

B1 level required

Schedule

Tuesday and Thursday, 4.30 - 6.30 pm

Registration period

November 15 - January 21

 

Entry requirements

This course is aimed at students with a B1 level in Spanish. In order to confirm your enrolment, you will have to demonstrate your knowledge of Spanish by:

We will confirm your enrolment on the course once you have demonstrated your level and if necessary, we will change the level you have initially selected.

 

Fee: €260

Conditions

  • The price of the course includes the teaching, the material and resources available in the Global Classroom of the course, and the UPF certificate of the course.
  • The price does not include the course dosier.
  • Idiomes UPF reserves the right to cancel any course if the minimum required (10) is not reached. In this case, the fee for the course would be refunded.

 

Refund policy

If you enroll on a course which in the end you are unable to attend, Idiomes UPF will refund the full enrolment fee as long as you send us your request to [email protected] before the course starts. Otherwise, the fee for the course cannot be refunded.

 

How to enrol on the course

In order to enrol on the course, you just have to follow the following instructions:

SPANISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY ENROLLMENT [CODE 1690]

 

For any queries, please contact us by email at [email protected].