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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#212121">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Are you interested in study abroad in Spain in Fall quarter 2024?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#212121">The program application deadline has been extended to March 1.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#212121">A few key details about our program: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Based at the <a href="https://depts.washington.edu/leonctr/" target="_blank" title="https://depts.washington.edu/leonctr/"><b><span style="color:#33006F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">UW
Center in León</span></b></a>, a vibrant Spanish metro area of 200,000 about two hours north of Madrid by fast train<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">An immersion experience in Spanish culture and traditions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Open to all majors, with <b>no prerequisites</b> for any courses. You will be placed into a Spanish class based on your level of proficiency--from beginner to advanced. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">15 credits – COM 464<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">*</span></b> (Writing With Voice), COM 389** (Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Media),
SPAN 199 (Foreign Study Spanish)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Covered by the program fee:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">15 UW credits – no additional tuition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Home-stay lodging with a León family (private room)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Three meals daily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Excursions to Madrid, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Santiago de Compostela, Astorga, and Los Picos mountains <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#3A3A3A">Total cost is $7,935, which includes two Study Abroad administrative fees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">*Both classes are open to COM majors and non-COM majors. There are no prerequisites for any of the three classes. COM 464 counts as an advanced elective for JPIC majors. **COM
389 counts as a Methods course. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">If you would like to do a deeper dive on all the details of the trip, please follow this link to our <a href="https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=11333" target="_blank" title="https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=11333"><span style="color:#0078D7">Study
Abroad</span></a> information page. You'll find all kinds of information about our program by clicking on the words (Overview, Location, Academics, etc.) under the photograph of the León Cathedral at the top of the page. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">You can see a video about earlier Communication program in León, Spain here:
<a href="https://com.uw.edu/undergraduate/study-abroad/" target="_blank" title="https://com.uw.edu/undergraduate/study-abroad/">
<span style="color:#0078D7">Study Abroad - Department of Communication (uw.edu)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Finally, here is a link to find more general information about the León center:
<a href="https://depts.washington.edu/leonctr/" target="_blank" title="https://depts.washington.edu/leonctr/">
<span style="color:#0078D7">UW León Center – Viva León (washington.edu)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:#212121">Please feel free to email Prof. Andrea Otanez at <a href="mailto:aotanez@uw.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:aotanez@uw.edu"><span class="gmail-il"><span style="color:#0078D7">aotanez@uw.edu</span></span></a> or
Prof. LeiLani Nishime at <a href="mailto:nishime@uw.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:nishime@uw.edu"><span style="color:#0078D7">nishime@uw.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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