UH Study Abroad to Barcelona 2025:

Application, Updates & Details

Program Overview

Cost Breakdown

Application Form

Financial Aid1*

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Syllabus 1

Program Calendar

Syllabus 2

Meet the Instructor

Guest Speakers

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*This program is considered full time, so financial aid is available.

Excursions Information

Housing Pics (samples)

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Financial Aid2*

Does this program meet my degree requirements? Find out here.

Come to

Barcelona!

May 30- June 30, 2025: 6 credits

Course 1: EDEF667C – Global Governance of Education OR EDEF445 – Sociology of Education

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Course 2: EDEF771 – Seminar in Comparative - International Education OR EDEF360 – Intro. to Multicultural Education

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Financial aid available

~$4300The plus airfare & food

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MORE INFO ON STUDY ABROAD WEBSITE

Application

Deadline: Feb 16

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Fantastic Student Housing

Contact: Prof. Brent Edwards, Educational Foundations (donalde@hawaii.edu)

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Program website

https://coe.hawaii.edu/edef/barcelona-spain/

Information Session Recording

Click here to watch the recording of the October 2024 information session!

11 applications already received!

UH Study Abroad to Barcelona 2025:

Information Session

• Things you might want to know:
• A little about the department/instructor
• Courses
• Purpose
• Themes
• Flow
• Syllabus examples
• Excursions – where we will go
• Weekend trips on your own
• Guest speakers – who we will meet
• Connection to degree requirements/professional development
• Housing pics
• Over all cost & breakdown
• Timeline
• Overview of application questions/form
• Housing reservation process
• Deposit to hold your spot

UH Study Abroad to Barcelona 2025:

Information Session

• But first … let’s introduce ourselves
• What is your name?
• Where are you from?
• What are you studying?
• What year are you in your program?
• Have you traveled abroad before? Where?
• Have you been to Barcelona before?
• Any particular reason you’re interested in Barcelona/study abroad?
• Also
• Concerns you have about the program?
• Questions you want addressed?

Department of Educational Foundations

• Ask big questions about education
• Connection between education and society
• Social justice
• International Development
• Democracy
• Climate change
• Culture
• Draw on fields of:
• Sociology
• Cultural studies
• Political economy
• Political science
• Philosophy
• This is all certainly true of the study abroad program!

About the Instructor

• Who is leading this experience??
• Background in
• Spanish, Latin American Studies
• International Education Policy
• Previous study abroad trip
• Took high school students to El Salvador
• Visited 50+ countries
• From Washington D.C.
• Lived in the Netherlands, El Salvador, Japan
• Study abroad experiences as a student
• Spain (Barcelona!), Italy, Nicaragua
• Hawaii (National Student Exchange)
• Lots of experience and networks in Barcelona

Click here for Prof. Edwards’ Website

Study Abroad Courses

Course 1:

• EDEF667C – Global Governance of Education
• EDEF445 – Sociology of Education

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Course 2:

• EDEF771 – Seminar in Comparative - International Education
• EDEF360 – Intro. to Multicultural Education
• Or EDEF339V (Independent Study) if you have already taken EDEF360

Does this program meet my degree requirements? Find out here.

Course Purpose/Vision

Travel Logistics

• June 2, Monday = First day of class

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• June 28, Saturday = Last day of class

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• Just need to arrive in Barcelona in time for first class
• If coming from Hawaii, likely need to depart on May 30th (Friday), in order arrive by June 1 (Sunday)

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• Can stay longer in Barcelona after class concludes

Flow

• Class flow
• Class in the morning (9-12:30) four days per week
• Manageable readings
• Documentaries
• Group discussion
• Guest speakers (see link)
• Excursions in the afternoon
• One full-day excursion outside of Barcelona each week
• Meet-ups with students from UAB
• Nights and weekends free

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• Assignments
• Letter to yourself before/after program
• Reflection journal
• Photo essay = final assignment (developed from journal)
• Connect class themes with experiences, sights, etc. in Barcelona

Notes on Excursions

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• Note that you can do the excursions on your own, or in small groups, or with one of the course instructors

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• Each student will purchase their own entrance/train tickets for each excursion
• If you go with one of the instructors, we can help with this step

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• Optional weekend trips–examples
• Madrid (2.5 by train)
• Valencia (~3 hours by train)
• Ibiza/Menorca/Mallora (~1 by plane)

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• Connections between course content and excursions
• Let’s look at some example together

Course 1 & Excursions

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• Class: Barcelona as a global city
• Excursion: Plaza Catalunya, Las Ramblas, Ramblas del Mar, Barceloneta

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• Class: Dimensions of colonization
• Excursion: Catalonia National Art Museum

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• Class: History of slavery in Barcelona
• Excursion: Slavery walking tour

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• Class: Gentrification
• Excursion: Gracia neighborhood

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• Class: International development
• Excursion: Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation

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• Class: Global governance
• Excursion: United Nations Association of Spain

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• Class: Religion & society
• Excursion: Major religious site (Sagrada Familia)

Course 2 & Excursions

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• Class: Immigration & education
• Excursion: Raval neighborhood

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• Class: Poverty, class & education
• Excursion: History of Immigration in Catalonia Museum

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• Class: Race, racism & education
• Excursion: Museum of World Cultures

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• Class: Segregation, inequality & education
• Excursion: Anthropological/sociological observations (Guest speaker recommendations)

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• Class: Gender, feminism, sexuality & education
• Excursion: LGBTI Center, Center for Plural Masculinities, Sitges

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Excursions

Excursions

Housing

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Housing Reservation

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• Step 1-April 1 at the latest
• Reach out to housing company
• Provide personal and bank info
• Pay reservation fee (220 Euros)

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• Step 2-April 8 at the latest
• Make security deposit (1000 Euros)
• This is returned after you check out if no damages

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• Step 3-May 1 at the latest
• Pay the monthly fee/rent

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=> Both the reservation fee and the monthly rent are already included in the course fees in the cost overview table

(1,111 Euros => ~$1213)

Costs

Timeline & Application Form

• Priority deadline for application
• Dec 2
• See link on first slide
• Notification in December
• Make $500 deposit to hold your spot (cashier’s check sent to EDEF)

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• Second application deadline
• February 17
• Notification end of February
• Make deposit to hold your spot

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• Pay remainder of EDEF balance by March 15, 2025
• $2444 (cashier’s check)

• Practical constraint = housing
• Don’t want to miss out!
• Only $40/night

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• Future meetings/communication with program participants will center on:
• How to make the housing reservation
• Advice on flight itineraries
• Day-to-day issues
• Safety concerns
• Practical advice
• Language
• Etc.

Application Form

Questions

• donalde@hawaii.edu

Come to

Barcelona!

May 30- June 30, 2025: 6 credits

Course 1: EDEF445 – Sociology of Education

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Course 2: EDEF360 – Intro. to Multicultural Education

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Courses offered by UH Manoa College of Education

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Financial aid available

$5318 plus airfare & food

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MORE INFO ON STUDY ABROAD WEBSITE

App deadlines: Dec 2 (priority)

Feb 15 (final)

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Fantastic Student Housing

Contact: Prof. Brent Edwards, Educational Foundations (donalde@hawaii.edu)

Scan for application, updates & details!