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The following website which has been developed by the USC Center For Global Education is an excellent resource designed to help you prepare for your experience abroad:

Study Abroad Handbook: How To Get There...
And Back

Welcome to LTCC's Foreign Language Institutes!

On this page you will find information about LTCC's Spanish courses in Mexico and Spain.

General Info About LTCC's Foreign Language Institutes

Locations and Cost Breakdowns

Application Deadlines

Enrollment Steps

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General Info about LTCC’s Foreign Language Institutes

Partner Organizations and Course Dates

LTCC offers Spanish courses in Spain with the organization Don Quijote and in Mexico with Uninter and Don Quijote. The Don Quijote courses are 3 weeks in duration and students may begin on any Monday. If you are just beginning Spanish and have not taken any Spanish classes in the past, there are pre-determined dates to begin. Uninter courses are 2 or 3 weeks in duration and also begin on any Monday. Students may study up to 27 weeks, taking several courses back to back.

Transferable Credit

For each 3-week course you can earn 5 transferable quarter units. Units are basically the same as credits. LTCC is on a quarter system and the units are translated to semester systems as 3 and 1/3 credits. It is important to meet with a counselor at your college to understand how the units will transfer to your institution. Transferability varies greatly from institution to institution.

Costs

Students taking Spanish classes through LTCC receive a substantial discount rather than enrolling through Don Quijote or UNINTER directly. Students enrolling through LTCC will only pay for LTCC enrollment ($17 per unit and a $4 health fee, a total of $106 for a 3-week course for California residents – please check LTCC Website for out-of-state resident fees). This saves the student approximately $500.

As of March 13, 2006 (Spring Quarter), students will pay a $15 materials fee for each 3-week Don Quijote course.

Students will pay DQ or UNINTER directly for accommodations and all other optional services.

Eligibility

Anyone can sign up to study Spanish in Spain and Mexico through LTCC as long as you are at minimum of 18 years of age or a high school graduate. You do not have to be currently enrolled at LTCC. Students are only eligible for the program if they are at a Spanish level of 101 (beginning) through 212 (advanced). Other courses are not eligible through this program. Course repeatability is not allowed. For example, if you have already completed SPA 101 at LTCC and passed with a C or higher, you are not eligible for this class again.

List of courses offered through this program:

Elementary Spanish Intermediate Spanish Advanced Spanish

SPA 101 SPA 201 SPA 210

SPA 102 SPA 202   SPA 211

SPA 103 SPA 203   SPA 212

Locations and Cost Breakdowns

Choose the location where you would like to study in Spain..

Barcelona
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Seville
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Granada
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Phototour Tenerife
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Madrid
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Phototour Valencia
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Salamanca
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Choose the location where you would like to study in Mexico ....

Guanajuato

Accommodation and Prices

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Cuernavaca

Accommodation and Prices

Application deadlines

Classes begin any Monday of the year (beginners must begin on pre-determined dates). Each location has a few specific holidays when classes are not offered. Classes are not eligible for credit during American holidays as well, so please check with the coordinator for specific dates for each location.

First contact with the program coordinator must be made at least 6 weeks in advance of your desired start date. Office hours are Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 1 - 4PM only. For example: students wishing to begin class on Monday, February 20, must contact the coordinator by Thursday, January 5.

Enrollment Steps for Spanish courses with Don Quijote or UNINTER through LTCC

Please know that you cannot register for these classes online. The application and enrollment process is as followed:

1) At least SIX WEEKS before the desired start date of class contact the LTCC program coordinator (rover@ltcc.edu or phone (530) 541-4660, ext. 371) for availability of the program and provide the following information:

- full name

- phone number

- e-mail address

- mailing address

- info on Spanish language background (if any)

- name of school where last Spanish class was taken (if applicable) and date

- State of residency

- desired location of study

- desired start date (-s) of course (-s)

- class level (SPA 101, 102, etc.) if known

2) At least FIVE WEEKS before desired start of class, the program coordinator must have RECEIVED:

-         transcripts that show the student’s Spanish classes taken within the U.S. school system (if he has taken Spanish classes before). Please make sure that the coordinator is also provided with a list of Spanish classes that the student is enrolled in at the moment (even if the class has not been completed yet)*;

-         Or intend to interview with somebody at LTCC’s Foreign Language department (if he has taken informal Spanish language courses in the past or acquired Spanish language knowledge through travel);

-         Or statement that he is a total beginner of Spanish language.

*Please direct transcripts to:

Lake Tahoe Community College

International Education Department

Attn: Silke Rover

One College Drive

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

3) After we determined availability of the program and your eligibility,

- we will prepare some paperwork for you; fax it to you for completion and your signature;

- we will put you in touch with Don Quijote’s or UNINTER’s coordinators to enroll you in their courses;

- you will be in touch with Don Quijote or UNINTER to make all deposit payments for your accommodation. The organization will contact you directly with your confirmation for accommodations and any additional services you want (paid pick-up, extra nights, cancellation guarantee insurance, additional medical insurance (recommended for Spain));

- once your paperwork is complete at LTCC, you will enroll in the class at LTCC.

4) Travel to don Quijote and take your class.

At the completion of your class, don Quijote will submit your final grade and transcript to us and we will record it with LTCC Admission & Records. You can request a copy of your transcript from Admission & Records (recorded by the end of the quarter) at (530) 541-4660, ext. 217.

Please know that Lake Tahoe Community College will only be involved in arranging the classes for you so that you can receive transferable credit.

Don Quijote or UNINTER staff will respond to questions regarding:

- accommodations and prices

- school locations and instructors

- class times, placements exams, orientation, excursions and activities

- transportation (incl. fee and paid pick-up services)

- cancellation guarantee policies and prices as well as additional medical insurance coverage

- any other questions regarding program components.

You are also responsible to make your own flight arrangements.

Contact Info

For further information please contact:

Silke Rover, International Education Assistant

(530) 541-4660, ext. 371 or rover@ltcc.edu

Office hours:

Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:00 - 4:00PM