Buenos Aires Upper Division Spanish Program
The Buenos Aires Upper Division Spanish program is specifically designed to take students to their next level of language acquisition and cultural understanding through full immersion into Argentine culture. With the unique opportunity to live with carefully chosen homestay families, students receive the most organic form of cultural immersion. Students will be able to embrace the culture, customs and language of the Argentine people within the comfort of a family unit.
Program Dates
May 10 - July 2, 2026
*Dates above indicate a planned departure date from the US and in-country return departure date.
Costs
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Course Requirements and Offerings
Refer to the academics page for details on the minimum unit requirements and class pre-requisites for the program. Textbook lists will be provided by the program staff.
Faculty-in-Residence
Dr. Carissa Conti Elias
Visiting Assistant Professor
International Studies and Languages Division, Seaver College
Dr. Carissa Conti is a spanish literature professor, with her BA in Spanish Literature with an Italian Studies minor from University of California, Riverside. She went on to San Diego State University for her MA in Spanish Language and Literature, where her pedagogical experience in second language acquisition began and where she started learning teaching methods and techniques for teaching. She came back to UCR for her PhD in Medieval Spanish Literature with a second emphasis in XIXth - XXth Century Spanish drama and defended her dissertation and completed her degree in December 2023. She won Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the year for 2020-2021, and was awarded the Hispanic Studies Summer Travel grant at UCR for 2017 and 2019. She has been teaching Spanish for over 10 years and enjoys finding new ways to make learning a new language fun and engaging to the students.