Intensive course in spoken Spanish designed to give the student fluency in the use of idiomatic, everyday language as well as a comprehensive, practical vocabulary. Conducted in Spanish. All content courses are conducted in English. A selection of the following courses is offered each semester at NYU in Madrid. Cervantes Major themes in the principal prose works, with emphasis on Don Quijote and the Novelas ejemplares.
Special attention is paid to levels of narration and the role of the reader.
Conducted in English. The challenges that lie ahead in the transition toward a European monetary union need to be understood, especially the Spanish economic and social structures when compared with the overall objectives that the European Union has set for its member states. Being an economics course, the necessary theoretical background is provided and integrated with case studies and guest lecturers from the entrepreneurial world. Conducted in English. Politics A study of the basic Spanish political institutions from the perspective of the present democratic constitution and its implications in all aspects of the public and private life of the individual.