How to Study Abroad

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You will develop your confidence and intercultural communication skills in the language of the host country. It is typical to complete much of your minor or major abroad at these sites and return with increased fluency, having discovered a new world. Both merit- and need-based scholarships are available for these programs. Portuguese Flagship study abroad is fully-funded. 

UGA en France

The UGA en France summer program offers a rich slate of activities and course variety. Since its founding in 2004, hundreds of students have participated in the summer session in Montpellier in the south of France to deepen their French communication skills and cultural knowledge. Participants travel to the Loire valley and Paris during the program while completing coursework required of French and Romance Languages majors and minors, as well as the International Business major. Scholarships available.

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UGA en España

UGA en España offers four Spanish immersion study abroad programs in distinct sites across Spain--Valencia, Cádiz, Sevilla, and Madrid--as well as the Perú Medical Maymester.  Each program offers students a unique opportunity to develop a stronger background in Spanish language, deepen their experience and knowledge of the culture, and to complete coursework required of Spanish and Romance Languages majors and minors, as well as the International Business major. Scholarships available.

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UGA en Buenos Aires (UGABA)

UGA en Buenos Aires is a Spanish immersion program based in the vibrant and cosmopolitan capital city of Argentina, that combines cultural offerings, entertainment, delicious gastronomy, fascinating history, and human warmth. Our goals are to foster students´ communicative abilities in Spanish in authentic contexts, to deepen their understanding of Argentina and Latin America, and to improve their analytical and writing skills in Spanish. These abilities are professionally and personally valuable for those aspiring to work in Latin America or with Latino communities in the U.S. Participants achieve these goals through Service Learning and Internship opportunities, homestay families, a rigorous academic program with professors from UGA and Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a rich cultural activities program. Scholarships available.

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The Portuguese Flagship Program

The Portuguese Flagship Program (PFP) at the University of Georgia is the first and only of its kind.  Intended for undergraduate students with a unique commitment to reach the highest levels of Portuguese and apply those skills in a professional context, the PFP offers an unprecedented opportunity for motivated students to internationalize their academic experience.  For many it will also serve as a stepping-stone into an international career. Full funding and scholarships available.

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Intern and Study in Italy

UGA students of Italian are eligible to apply as paid English language assistants throughout the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, in collaboration with English for Everybody, a network of public schools.  Your duties will primarily consist of assisting teachers during their English lessons.  English language assistants are also asked to prepare lessons on other subject matters such as History or Geography.  Assistants will be introduced to Italian teaching methods for reading and writing, which employ the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) methodology. This paid internship opportunity includes housing with an Italian family, meals and a monthly stipend. For more information contact: Dr. Paola De Santo desanto@uga.edu

Teaching in Brescia, Italy Internship

 

Immerse yourself in UGA’s Cortona center, in the heart of Tuscany, to widen your intellectual and cultural horizons. Ask your Italian faculty instructions for more information about immersion in Cortona and additional opportunities abroad during your undergraduate studies and after graduation. Italian courses taught by Romance Languages faculty.

UGA Programs in Cortona, Italy

Costa Rica Spanish Language & Cultural Immersion

The Costa Rica program is ideal for students who want to explore one of Latin America's jewels: Costa Rica. Students enroll in two of the four Spanish courses offered and complete six credit hours of their major or minor over the six-week program. Students experience daily language and cultural immersion while living with Costa Rican host families, who are thoroughly vetted and recommended by the study-abroad staff at Veritas University. Each student is guaranteed an individual room and shares breakfast and dinner daily with their host family. Spanish courses taught by Romance Languages faculty.

Summer in Costa Rica

The Department of Romance Languages is proud of our historic tradition of providing UGA students with immersive training in the language and culture of the host country.