Academic Information

Course Selection

• Students must enroll in 180 - 240 contact hours during their semester abroad. This program is open to students at the advanced Spanish proficiency level. Students are required to enroll in at least one course with locals and three to four additional courses of their choice. Students have the option of taking any course offered with international students through the Business and Culture in English & Spanish Language program. However, in order to optimize the academic rigor of this program, ISA strongly recommends that students enroll primarily in courses with locals.
• Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or prerequisites.
• The courses listed below are only a sampling of what the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez offers. For a full list of course options, feel free to reference the Facultades page on the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez's website.
• Requests for sample syllabi can be made to the Chile Program Manager.

Course Credit

• Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students’ home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
• Per the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 45 contact hours is equivalent to 3 U.S. semester credits / 4 quarter units. Credit transfer is ultimately determined by the student's home university.

Course Level Recommendations

• ISA offers course level recommendations for the courses listed below. Please note that the course level recommendations are based on unique course codes provided by the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI). Courses offered at the UAI are coded according to the area of study and the level of the course content, which is related to the year of study. The first 3 letters of the code indicate the area of study, while the first number in the following 3 digit numeral indicates the year of study. Courses taken in the 1st and 2nd year are recommended as lower division, while courses taken in the 3rd and 4th year are recommended as upper division. These ISA recommendations are intended to facilitate the determination of course equivalencies by advisors and credential evaluators at participants' U.S. home institutions.

Language Placement and Recommendation

• Enrollment in Spanish courses is determined by the results of a language placement exam administered by the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Please note that your performance on the placement exam may not reflect the number of semesters of language instruction you've already completed at your home university.
• Please note that there are no beginning level Spanish courses offered in this program.

Transcript Information

• The transcript from the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez will reflect contact hours for each course listed below. Please be in touch with your home university regarding credit transfer for this program.

Certificate

• Semester students attending the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez have the opportunity to receive one of three certificates: certificate in Latin American Studies, certificate in Latin American Studies with an honorable mention in Business, or Latin American Studies with an honorable mention in History & Culture. Should a student be interested in obtaining a certificate, they must express this in their pre-registration form. Questions regarding this certificate can be made to the Chile Site Specialist.

Online Courses

• ISA does not recommend that students sign up for online courses through their host university. If enrolling in an online course is necessary for you to meet your degree requirements, you may only enroll in one online class. It is your responsibility to confirm with your home university that you will receive credit for online courses taken through your host university.