Universidad de Sevilla (US)

I was impressed with how CIEE handled housing. I was very happy with my homestay but others were not, and CIEE made every effort to accommodate all students. Overall, I thought CIEE Liberal Arts in Seville was a great program and have recommended it to other students wanting to study abroad in Spain through Penn State.

The courses I chose to take placed me directly where I needed to be. I had taken 3 years of Spanish at the University of Texas before arriving to Spain and felt well prepared to speak and understand the language. My classes taught me to feel even more confident communicating with others which proved to be essential in Sevilla. It is hard to differentiate between the material learned in class and the matters learned outside of class. Combined, the proper grammar, the southern accent, and the slang taught me to communicate in the most effective way possible.