AIFS Partnership Programs: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

What is Included in the Program?

• Overnight stay in Madrid on arrival including one night’s accommodation (twin and triple rooms) in a three-star hotel with breakfast included. AIFS escorted group transfer by private bus from Madrid to Salamanca.

• Accommodation in apartments in Salamanca (twin-bedded rooms). Apartments are fully furnished and include a lounge, TV, wireless Internet access, equipped kitchen and washing machine. For an additional $765 students may choose a single room in an apartment. Homestays are available for a supplemental fee of $1,100 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 $525 for a total of $1,625.

• Orientation program in Salamanca, consisting of an orientation meeting with AIFS staff, welcome dinner, and half-day guided walking tour of Salamanca.
• Weekly social and cultural 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: Madrid (with entrance to the Royal Palace and Prado Museum), and Segovia and Ávila.
• Farewell dinner in Salamanca.
• Escorted group transfer at end of program from Salamanca to Madrid Airport.
• On-site AIFS Student Services Office with two full-time AIFS staff.
• Free 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.

Fees

The fee per student is $6,795.

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 $765, students may live in a single room in an apartment. For a supplemental fee of $1,100, students may live in a shared room in a homestay. For an additional $525, students may live in a single room in a homestay ($1,625 total).

Optional Components:

• Excursion to Morocco ($475)
  Three-day/two-night optional weekend excursion to Morocco. This excursion includes group transportation by private coach to Algeciras and round-trip ferry crossing between Algeciras and Ceuta; two nights in a tourist class hotel in twin- or triple-bedded rooms in the city of Tetuan; guided visit to the historic medina bazaar of Tetuan; guided visit to the historic center of Tangier; guided visit to the city of Chef-Chaouen; three meals per day and the services of a multi-lingual AIFS Tour Manager and professional local guides in all three cities. 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 – Madrid – Los Angeles) and round-trip transfers between the airport and the housing in Spain for a supplemental fee of $695, excluding mandatory U.S. government- and airline-imposed departure taxes and fees and fuel surcharges of $648 (subject to change) for which students will be billed separately. A minimum of 12 students must purchase the flight for it to be offered.