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Courses and Credits
Skidmore in Madrid students take courses at both our program center and at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). All courses are taught entirely in Spanish. The two courses given at the Center - one advanced language course and the required civilization course - are specifically designed for our students. Students are required to enroll in one of the civilization courses - JMFS 323 - 20th Century Spanish Civilization and Theater, or, JMAH 221 - Contemporary Spanish Civilization and Art.
In addition to the courses offered at the program center, students choose two or three courses at UAM. Participants are expected to carry a full course load of 14 to 17 credits per semester. All course work taken in Madrid is reported on a Skidmore College transcript. For Skidmore students, grades are computed in the Skidmore GPA, and students may count all 300-level credits taken in Madrid toward Skidmore's "maturity-level" credit requirement. Non-Skidmore students should check with their home campus for credit transfer details before applying to the program.
Individual and group tutorials: All classes offered at the Autonomous University of Madrid are taught in Spanish and are part of the regular curriculum. In order to facilitate our students' comprehension and integration into the European academic system, individual and group help is covered by the program and can be used by students for up to three hours weekly per class for reviewing class notes, clarifying points in doubt, and preparing for exams and papers. Students can also use tutors for an additional three hours to correct grammar and spelling errors in their papers before turning them in to Spanish professors.
University of Madrid Courses
The following list is a selection of courses that have either been taken by program students in the past or correspond to the usual areas of interest demonstrated by students in the past. All courses listed may not be available every year, but many other courses are offered at the university which are not listed here. Students can consult the UAM Web site, where course listings are found within each Facultad's pages.
Each UAM course is listed with its original title in Spanish, the translation in English and a brief description of the course content. After the titles, we have also included the semester in which the course is offered and the academic year (for Spanish students) in which the course is taken. The Spanish University system has a basically fixed curriculum, which requires students to specialize in one academic area from their first year of studies and to take specified required courses in each of their four years of university.
If "Third Year' is mentioned after a course title, it means that Spanish students take this course in their third year of studies in the field. There are also some electives in each major, which are grouped in two "cycles". If the elective is from the "Second Cycle", it can be taken by the student in their third or fourth year of studies. This information will be helpful in determining the maturity level of courses for translation into American credits. Program students are not bound by the Spanish system, but must, of course, have the appropriate academic background to follow the material given in the courses they select.
Another group of courses are called Asignaturas de Libre Configuración or Asignaturas de Oferta Específica, and can be taken by any student at the University as part of their "free electives" option (from departments or Facultades other than their own). Some have prerequisites for enrollment. This information is available in a UAM pamphlet called Asignaturas de Libre Configuración y Oferta Específica.
Internships
