Its courses are designed to give students a solid grounding in Spanish language, literature, history, art, film, and relationship with the European Union. Classes are fairly small, no more than 30 students, and professors adopt some aspects of North American teaching methods. All CEH courses are worth 3 WU credits. This is the general education curriculum for Carlos III students. Its one and two credits courses are topics oriented and focus on the arts, literature, history, political science, geography, philosophy, and culture.
Some courses involve a visit to the site being studied.
In Spain, students enter their majors as first-year students and follow a proscribed series of courses within the major. Because the entire cohort shares a knowledge base, professors may assume certain prior knowledge of material when they teach. WU students will be asked to consider their background in a specific field before enrolling in an advanced course. Class sizes vary in these courses, as do teaching methods, although lecture format is likely to predominate. Credit will be based on the number of hours of instruction per week, generally 3-4.