At CIAM any program leader of an American university has the opportunity to design their Study Abroad program in Soria. They can choose from a wide variety of options in order to adapt the program to the needs of the students. These are the options we offer:

• Spanish and culture courses and workshops;
• Sports, social and cultural activities, and trips;
• The Spanish in the community and volunteering program, based on the idea of “Service learning”, volunteering and professional internships in the community.

We guide, help and work side by side with the program directors through all phases of the program.

Courses can be taught by professors from the same university of origin or CIAM teachers. If necessary, CIAM can find additional teachers with suitable profiles and backgrounds to meet the objectives of the program. Similarly, CIAM offers help and advice to prepare extracurricular activities such as trips and sports activities.

The programs can last 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 weeks, and also a whole semester. They can be held throughout the whole year.

These are some of the courses that CIAM offers during the stay:

“Language in action” COURSES:

• Spanish language and culture courses;
• Oral language courses;
• Health course;
• Business course;
• Oral comprehension and expression courses based on the work with the oral language corpus CorDial, created by professor Carlota Nicolás, from the University of Florence;
• Spanish writing course with the writer J.A. González Sainz;
• Spanish translation course (English>Spanish, French>Spanish, Italian>Spanish, etc.) with specialized teachers;
• Linguistics courses taught by professors;
• Specialized course: the Spanish of wine.

Some of the “Culture in action” courses and workshops that CIAM offers are the following:

“Culture in action” COURSES AND WORKSHOPS:

Courses

• Course on Spanish painting;
• Course on Spanish cinema;
• Course on the main Spanish museums;
• Course on cultural and social anthropology;
• Environmental course with specialists and entrepreneurs who work in our community;
• Course on Romanesque art with visits to Romanesque churches restored within the framework of the “Romanesque Soria” project of the Duques de Soria Foundation;
• Course on sustainability of rural areas with entrepreneurs of the ecological and agricultural sector;

Workshops

• Radio workshop;
• Press workshop;
• Natural photography workshop;
• Cooking workshop;
• Cooking workshop at the hospitality school;
• Film workshop.

Some of the activities and trips that CIAM offers are the following:

ACTIVITIES and TRIPS

Nature, history and culture

• Nature, history, literature and cinema;
• Literary landscapes: interpretive walk throughout poetic Soria;
• Cultural geography: the creation of a literary space;
• The birds of the area: trip to Tierras Altas, the north of Soria, to observe birds and learn about them;
• Interpretive hiking: Douro River and its nature, Douro River and Numancia;
• Visit to a beehive to learn about bees and their environment.

Leisure and sports activities

• Adventure park in a forest;
• Zipline park in Vinuesa;
• Visit to the green areas of Soria;
• Yoga on the banks of the Douro River for groups;
• Pilates for groups;
• Swimming;
• Paddle tennis;
• Championships of cards, checkers, chess and other games.

Cities, monuments, museums, festivals

• Madrid and the Prado Museum;
• Trip to the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, and Burgos;
• Segovia and the Roman aqueduct;
• San Sebastián.

The Study Abroad program can be complemented with the Spanish in the community and volunteering program. Access its content through this link or through the navigation menu of the CIAM website.