AIFS Partnership Programs: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

What is Included in the Program?

• Overnight stay in a centrally-located hotel in Barcelona (twin and triple rooms) on arrival with breakfast included.  
• Orientation program in Barcelona, consisting of an orientation meeting with AIFS staff, including local area information, cultural differences workshop and safety and security talk, followed by a transfer to program accommodations.
• Accommodation in apartments in Barcelona (twin-bedded rooms). Apartments are fully furnished and include a lounge, TV, wireless Internet access, equipped kitchen and washing machine. For an additional $350 students may choose a single room in an apartment. Homestays are available for a supplemental fee of $450 and include twin-bedded rooms, breakfast daily, lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, plus weekly laundry service. Homestay students wishing to upgrade to a single room pay an additional supplement of $350 for a total of $800.
• A welcome dinner and half-day guided tour of Barcelona.
• A subsidized social and cultural program including trips to museums, historical/cultural site visits, dance classes, cooking classes, cinema evenings and sporting events to support the Spanish Culture and Civilization course.
• Two full-day guided excursions: Tarragona (with entrance to the Praetorium, Roman Circus and Amphitheatre) and Girona and Figueres, (with entrance to the Dali museum).
• Farewell dinner in Barcelona.
• On-site AIFS Student Services Office with two full-time AIFS staff.
• Internet access at the don Quijote Institute, where the program is based.
• $50 non-refundable application fee.
• Student medical and program fee refund insurance policies.

Program Fees:

The fee per student is $7,875.

This fee excludes airfare (see Optional Transportation Package), U.S. government and airline-imposed departure taxes, fees and fuel surcharges for which students will be billed separately; a refundable damage deposit ($250); passport fees; meals other than those listed; personal expenses; any Southern California Foothills Consortium enrollment fees; and anything not specified or optional.

For a supplemental fee of $350, students may live in a single room in an apartment. For a supplemental fee of $450, students may live in a shared room in a homestay. For an additional $350, students may live in a single room in a homestay ($800 total).

Optional Extras:

Excursion to San Sebastian and Bilbao ($475)
Three-day/two-night weekend excursion to San Sebastian and Bilbao, including round-trip transfer by private coach to San Sebastian, two night’s accommodation in twin or triple-bedded rooms at a centrally-located tourist-class hotel in San Sebastian with breakfast included, a walking tour of San Sebastian, a group dinner, a full day-excursion to Bilbao, including a city walking tour and entrance to the Guggenheim museum and the services of an AIFS Tour Manager and professional, English-speaking guides.The excursion is offered at a cost of $475 per student. A minimum enrollment of 20 students is required for this tour to operate. A non refundable deposit of $50 is required with the application.

Optional Transportation Package
On a space-available basis, students may purchase the optional transportation package consisting of round-trip airfare (Los Angeles – Barcelona– Los Angeles) and round-trip transfers between the airport and the housing in Spain for a supplemental fee of $445, excluding mandatory U.S. government- and airline-imposed departure taxes and fees and fuel surcharges of $587 (subject to change) for which students will be billed separately. A minimum of 12 students must purchase the flight for it to be offered.