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You will enroll in one Spanish class, at least one elective class at our partner Universidad del Salvador (USAL), and two or three elective courses chosen from the IFSA and direct enroll electives to complete your 14-16 U.S. semester credit hours.

IFSA COURSES
Customize your courseload based on your personal interests and degree requirements, choosing from electives on the Business and Economics in English program as well as our Psychology and Neuroscience in English offerings. All elective courses are taught in English. Classes may vary by semester based on faculty availability and student interest.

Industrial-Organizational Psychology (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
Financial Management (3 U.S semester credit hours)
International Business Law  (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
Globalization and Economic Challenges in Latin America (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
Internship and Methodology Seminar (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
Exploring Community and Culture online course (3 U.S. semester credit hours)

Or, choose from the elective classes available in the IFSA Psychology and Neuroscience in English program.

IFSA LANGUAGE COURSES
Essential Spanish (1 U.S. semester credit hour) — If you've never taken Spanish and you decide not to take an elective language class, you'll take this introductory seminar taught intensively in the first weeks of the program. By introducing key words and phrases and venturing out into the city to practice them, this class helps you gain essential skills to communicate effectively and naviage in a new culture.

Beginner or Intermediate Spanish (3 U.S. semester credit hours) — These elective courses will work on basic common language themes with the following objectives in mind: auditory comprehension, oral production, reading comprehension, and written expression.

• Beginning Spanish 1
• Beginning Spanish 2
• Intermediate Spanish 1
• Intermediate Spanish 2

DIRECT ENROLL COURSES
While the USAL courses are open to all USAL students, they are considered the introductory courses to a more specific topic of study. Therefore, they are general in scope and do not require extensive background knowledge in the particular subject. Courses at USAL vary by semester: past elective courses at USAL have included several business and economics courses (options may appear in multiple USAL schools). Typical offerings, worth 3 U.S. semester credit hours each, include the following;

Business, Economics and Related Courses

• Accounting
• Coaching
• Consumer Behavior
• Contemporary International Agenda
• Contemporary International Politics: Latin America and China
• Introduction to Marketing
• Introduction to Public Relations

• Argentine History: Social and Political Predicaments
• Comparative Latin American Political Systems
• History of International Relations
• Introduction to Marketing
• Political and Social Processes in Latin America
• Public Policies and Gender
• Society, Culture and Argentine Politics
• Urban Inequalities in Latin America