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Spanish A1
Spanish Language & Culture Program
Barcelona, Spain
Dates: 9/3/25 - 12/20/25
Spanish A1
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Spanish Language & Literature
Instruction in: Spanish
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 8
Contact Hours: 110
DESCRIPTION
In the classes, work on grammar points is closely associated with language practice, in a communicative, dynamic, flexible framework. At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. Understand and produce simple statements related to basic daily needs of daily life.
2. Understand the explicit information in brief texts such as tickets, notes, messages, emails, restaurant menus, posters, questionnaires, etc. and draw specific information from them.
3. Write notes, messages, postcards and emails in relation to the basic needs of daily life
Universitat de Barcelona awards credits based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and also lists contact hours on their official transcript.
ECTS to U.S. Credit Conversion:
- 2 ECTS: 1 U.S. Credit
- 14 ECTS credits is equivalent to 7 U.S. Credits
Contact Hours Credit Conversion: 15 contact hours: 1 U.S. Credit
- 1 UB contact hour is equivalent to 60 minutes
- 1 US contact hour is equivalent to 50 minutes
- UB Language Courses are equivalent to 110 UB contact hours (60 minutes)
- 110 UB contact hours is equivalent to 8.8 U.S. semester credits (50 minutes)
CEA CAPA recommends converting the UB Language courses to U.S. contact hours (50 minutes) however, course equivalences and transfer of credit is at the discretion of the home institution.
1. Understand and produce simple statements related to basic daily needs of daily life.
2. Understand the explicit information in brief texts such as tickets, notes, messages, emails, restaurant menus, posters, questionnaires, etc. and draw specific information from them.
3. Write notes, messages, postcards and emails in relation to the basic needs of daily life
Universitat de Barcelona awards credits based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and also lists contact hours on their official transcript.
ECTS to U.S. Credit Conversion:
- 2 ECTS: 1 U.S. Credit
- 14 ECTS credits is equivalent to 7 U.S. Credits
Contact Hours Credit Conversion: 15 contact hours: 1 U.S. Credit
- 1 UB contact hour is equivalent to 60 minutes
- 1 US contact hour is equivalent to 50 minutes
- UB Language Courses are equivalent to 110 UB contact hours (60 minutes)
- 110 UB contact hours is equivalent to 8.8 U.S. semester credits (50 minutes)
CEA CAPA recommends converting the UB Language courses to U.S. contact hours (50 minutes) however, course equivalences and transfer of credit is at the discretion of the home institution.