Eligibility

MINIMUM GPA

Students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.50.

MINIMUM ADMISSIONS PREREQUISITES

Students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (three quarters) of college-level Spanish

Credits

Contact Hours: 90

Recommended U.S. Semester Credits: 6

Recommended U.S. Quarter Units: 9

Academic Information

Course Selection

• Students must enroll in 90 contact hours during their intensive month program. This program is open to students at the beginner, intermediate and advanced Spanish proficiency level. Students enroll in the following courses based on their language level:

Beginning:

• Communicative Grammar

• Conversation and Chilean Culture

Intermediate:

• Communicative Grammar

• Conversation and Chilean Culture

*Advanced:

• Communicative Grammar

• Contemporary Hispanic American Literature

• Conversation and Chilean Culture

• Latin American Film and Literature

• Sociopolitical History of Latin America in the 20th and 21st Centuries

*Please note that advanced students will select two of the courses offered at the advanced Spanish level.

Requests for sample syllabi can be made to the Chile Program Manager

Course Credit

• Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students’ home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.

• Per the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 45 contact hours is equivalent to 3 U.S. semester credits / 4 quarter units. Credit transfer is ultimately determined by the student's home university.

• The contact hour at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso is 45 minutes. The ISA Cover Letter that will accompany your transcript upon completion of your program will reflect the adjusted U.S. 50-minute contact hour and updated transfer credit recommendations. Please discuss credit transfer with your home university prior to departure. 

Language Placement and Recommendation

• Enrollment in Spanish courses is determined by the results of a language placement exam administered by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Please note that your performance on the placement exam may not reflect the number of semesters of language instruction you've already completed at your home university.

Transcript Information

• The transcript from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso will reflect contact hours for each course listed below. Please be in touch with your home university regarding credit transfer for this program.

Online Courses

• ISA does not recommend that students sign up for online courses through their host university. If enrolling in an online course is necessary for you to meet your degree requirements, you may only enroll in one online class. It is your responsibility to confirm with your home university that you will receive credit for online courses taken through your host university.