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UNIVERSIDAD
DE SEVILLA
Sevilla, Spain
Location and Facilities:
Hispalis, as Sevilla was
called in Roman times, was the locus of various ancient
civilizations and considered the most important city in
Spain during the Arab domination of the peninsula.
Sevilla's best known monuments include: the XVth Century
Cathedral in which Christopher Columbus is buried; the Giralda,
built with Roman stones by the Moors in 1184 as a minaret
for its massive mosque; and the Torre del Oro, a tower built
in 1220 as the end point of the walls of the city. All gold
and silver from the New World were unloaded and minted there.
The old city still shows traces of the Moorish, Jewish and
Christian cultures. Sevilla's celebrations during Holy Week
and the Feria de Abril are not to be missed. Sevilla is,
in its culture and customs, both unique among Spanish
cities and characteristically Spanish.
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Calendar 2001-2002:
1st
Semester
Courses: 1 Oct. - 25 Jan.
Exams: 26 Jan. - 16 Feb.
2nd Semester
Courses: 18 Feb. - 7 June
Exams: 8 June - 6 July
Vacations
Christmas: 22 Dec. - 6 Jan.
Easter: 28 Mar. - 7 April
Various other 1 day
holiday, long weekends -
TBA
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Pre-University
Language School:September 10-28
Universidade
da Coruña
The Holy Cross program in
Sevilla includes a
pre-university year intensive
language and culture course
at Universidade da Coruña.
The course includes
excursions to area points of
interest in and around La
Coruña.
Orientation:
Universidad de Sevilla
During the first week of
October, faculty advisors
orient students to the
structure of the university;
advise and guide them
through course registration
and acquaint them with
University facilities.
Special
notes: September
Language Program courses
will be recorded as
'overloads' and may not be
used to make up a college
deficiency.
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The Academic
Program:
The Universidad de Sevilla
is one of the major universities in Spain, and its academic centers
are in several locations in the city. The College of the Holy
Cross has an Agreement of Cooperation with the Facultad de Filología
and the Facultad de Geografía e Historia, which include most of
the humanities courses the University offers. Both Facultades
are located in the same building, known as the Fábrica de Tabacos,
an eighteenth-century building considered the second largest national
monument in Spain, after the Escorial.
The opera Carmen, by Bizet, is based on a worker at the Fábrica
de Tabacos. Holy Cross students may take any of the courses offered
by these Facultades.
Course
Load:
Students take the equivalent of 8 Holy Cross semester courses,
some of them regular university courses and some of them in
a program of Spanish courses for foreigners. The number
of regular university courses a student takes is based on language
proficiency as determined by the Holy Cross academic advisor
in Sevilla, Professor Pedro Piñero. One of the courses is a
mandatory Spanish language course designed for Holy Cross students.
Independent
Study Project:
Successful completion of the Project, in addition to the required
course load, is necessary. The topic for the Independent Study
Project will be determined in conjunction with the academic
advisor, Professor Pedro Piñero.
Living
Arrangements: 
All Holy Cross students are placed in families in Sevilla within
a short commuting (bus) distance from the University. Breakfast
and supper are taken with the family, Sunday excepted; lunch
is available at very reasonable prices at University restaurants.
In some circumstances, housing may be provided in "residences"--boarding
houses for university students run by families.
Student
Visa:
All students studying abroad in Spain are required to obtain
a Student Visa prior to departure. The application process
can be time consuming and must be done by the student.
Note that you must process your visa at the Consulate with jurisdiction
over the state where you permanently reside (which may differ
from your summer address or college address). For a list of
Spanish Consulates in the United States, follow this link.
The Consulate requires that you submit several official documents
in person, and this regulation can only be waived if
a student's parent presents the application in place of the
student. You (or your parent) may have to travel to the appropriate
Consulate during the summer months to present documents, so
you must make plans in advance. Due to the overwhelming
demand for student visas, the Consulate urges you to allow enough
time for the application process. Students who arrive in Sevilla
without a Visa are required to leave the country after three
months at their own expense.
Students
who reside in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania, can obtain further information from the Consulate
General of Spain in New York. Students who reside
in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine
should consult the Consulate
General of Spain in Boston.
Travel:
For information on air travel follow the air
link. For information on train travel in Spain follow the
rail link. You will
find useful general information (in Spanish) at yahoo and/or terra.
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