Ithaca College has several programs available in Spain - located in Madrid, Salamanca, Seville, and Valencia.
Madrid and Salamanca - The College, through its affiliation with IES, offers programs in Madrid and Salamanca for students who have completed intermediate-level Spanish. Students who elect to go in the fall semester must have completed four semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivalent. Students who elect to go in the spring semester must have completed five semesters of Spanish.
Seville - The College anticipates developing an affiliation with the Center for Cross-Cultural Study, a study abroad program for students with intermediate or advanced Spanish skills. This program is very highly regarded and participants may expect their Spanish skills to improve dramatically.
Valencia - Ithaca College recently concluded an agreement with the University of Valencia, allowing two students to be exchanged from each campus every year. Valencia is a beautiful cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. The University has nearly 60,000 students and a wide range of course offerings suitable for almost any major. This program is specifically intended for students with advanced Spanish language skills because all courses are taught in Spanish and participants will be in classes with native Spanish speakers.
Ithaca College and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have a formal student exchange agreement. Presently, this exchange is limited to students majoring or minoring within the Roy H. Park School of Communications in Ithaca and the School of Communications Studies in Singapore. Communications students who will be juniors and seniors at the time of the exchange in Singapore are eligible to apply to this rigorous program. Program prerequisites include evidence of good judicial standing at Ithaca College, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to adhere to behavioral norms and a personal code of conduct appropriate for Southeast Asian society.
Ithaca College has an exchange agreement with Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. At the present time, this exchange is primarily for students in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, but an expansion of the agreement to include other majors is planned for this year. Ithaca College is also pursuing other exchange opportunities in Australia.
Ithaca College recently signed an exchange agreement with Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Masaryk is offering two programs in English that are appropriate for Ithaca students. The first program is Central European Studies and consists of 12 credits in courses related to history and culture. The second program is a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) training program. Upon completion of one semester in this program, students will receive a certificate in ESL instruction from Cambridge University (England).
Ithaca College is pursuing a number of international connections throughout the world. In the near future we hope to establish programs in Japan, the People's Republic of China, several places in South America, and additional locations in Europe. Please contact the Office of International Programs for the latest information on new programs.
