Queretaro, Mexico (Hope College at Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro: May/June Term -or- Semester Program)

• courses in intensive Spanish, life and culture of Mexico
• student designed field experience/placement
• students with two or three semesters of Spanish are eligible
• sophomores and juniors given priority
• fall semester program
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Madrid, Spain (IES)

• courses in Spanish language, arts, humanities, social sciences; internships
• optional integration into the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• instructions in Spanish
• two years of college-level Spanish or equivalent required
• housing in Spanish homes
• semester or year program
  

Salamanca, Spain (IES)

• courses in Spanish language, arts, humanities, social sciences; internships
• optional integration into the Universidad de Salamanca
• instruction in Spanish
• four to five semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent required
• housing in Spanish homes
• semester or year program

Borders Program (Earlham College in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas)

• program devoted to exploring the cross-boundary relationships and encounters between Mexico and the U.S. borderlands
• courses in Spanish language, social sciences, literature and culture
• supervised field study/independent research
• three semesters of college Spanish or equivalent required
• housing with Spanish-speaking families
• fall semester program

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Council)

• social science and humanities courses at Facultad Latinamerica de Ciencias Sociales and Universidad de Buenos Aires
• students with a minimum 3.0 GPA and three years of college-level Spanish are eligible
• housing in private homes or student residences
• semester or year program

Santiago, Chile (Council)

• full range of courses at two different universities are available
• full integration into the university
• instruction in Spanish
• students with a minimum 2.75 GPA and three years of college-level Spanish are eligible
• housing with Chilean families
• semester or year program

Santiago, Dominican Republic (Council)

• courses in Spanish language, Caribbean and Latin American studies
• opportunity for internships within the community
• overall 2.75 GPA is required
• four to five semesters of college-level Spanish required
• housing with families
• semester or year program

San José, Costa Rica (ACM)

• independent natural and social science field research project
• sophomores, juniors and seniors eligible
• one year college-level Spanish or equivalent required
• instruction in English and Spanish
• housing in Costa Rican homes
• spring semester program

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For more information about Hope College Study Abroad Programs stop by or make an appointment with the International Education Office.