The Summer in Madrid program offers a unique opportunity for you to expand your educational experience while earning transferable college credit through Orange Coast College. Madrid, a European capital known throughout the world for its museums and monuments, boasts a long and proud history, and serves as your classroom as you study Spanish language and Spanish culture with visits to cultural sites throughout the city. Are you ready to immerse yourself in the language and culture of this "city that never sleeps"? ¡Qué bien! ¡Vámonos!

ACCENT is an independent study abroad program provider with a multinational team of staff members who all have personal experiences in study abroad. With more than 20 years of experience coordinating high-quality overseas study programs, ACCENT works in partnership with U.S. colleges and universities to develop academically challenging and culturally enriching overseas study experiences in Paris, Florence, London, Madrid and Rome. Each city is home to a fully staffed ACCENT Center that serves as a home base for program participants. The ACCENT San Francisco Center coordinates program enrollment and pre-departure preparation for students, helping to make their transition to living overseas as smooth as possible.

The ACCENT Madrid Center and classrooms are located within the facilities of the historic Instituto Internacional. Located on Calle Miguel Angel, 8, a crossroads between the neighborhoods of Chamberí and the newer and dynamic section of Paseo de la Castellana, the Center is just a short walk from shops, cinemas, restaurants, museums and libraries. The study center provides a student common area and garden, a cafeteria, a 70,000 volume library and student study area, and DSL and wireless connections for laptops. The ACCENT Center is open during the week for students to use the resource and lending library, ask questions and collect their mail.

Cultural learning is an integral part of the Summer in Madrid program. Included in the program are course-related visits and guides within Madrid to places such as the famous Museo del Prado and the historic Palacio Real. Optional excursions available with the program include:
(1) a one day excursion to Toledo: entry costs, guide and transportation are included ($90);
(2) a one day excursion to Segovia: entry costs, guide and transportation are included ($90);
(3) a three-day/two-night excursion to Andalucía (Sevilla and Granada): entry costs, guide, accomodations and transportation are included ($440).
Excursions are chosen based on the academic curriculum and are subject to change.

Students on the Summer in Madrid Program must have completed Spanish 180 or the equivalent. Spanish 185 will be taught by visiting faculty at the historic Instituto Internacional. Spanish 280 and Spanish 285 will be held at the Don Quijote Language School in Madrid. Spanish 280 and 285 students may integrate into Don Quijote courses and share the classroom with other international students.

The Summer in Madrid program is offered for 5 semester units of transferable college credit through Orange Coast College, part of the Coast Community College District. Orange Coast College will provide a transcript upon request for the coursework completed overseas. Please verify the transferability of courses with your advisor or registrar before you apply.

The Summer in Madrid program is open to participants who are 18 years of age or older at the time of application. As program space is limited, students who meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to send in the application form with the $250 non-refundable first payment as soon as possible. Shortly after receipt of your application and first payment, ACCENT and the Coast Community College District will send you additional application and enrollment forms. Final payments are due by April 19, 2007. Beyond that date, limited enrollment is allowed, when space permits. For more information, please contact ACCENT at 800.869.9291.

The application form is located on page 4 of the Summer in Madrid program brochure, which also contains much of the information presented on this web site. The brochure is available here in portable document format (pdf). In order to view this type of file, you need to have a PDF reader installed on your computer. If you do not already have one, you can download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader by clicking here.

Once you know that you have a PDF reader installed on your computer, click on this link to download the brochure. Print a copy of the application form (see "Note" below), fill out the form, and then send it along with the $250 non-refundable first payment to Accent at the address that appears at the bottom of the form.

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Program Price: $3025.00, plus a $100 refundable security deposit
- Does not include airfare

All participants must check-in at the ACCENT Madrid Center July 2, 2007 between 9am and 6pm (Note: most transatlantic flights depart one day before their arrival date). ACCENT will organize an optional round-trip group flight from Los Angeles. Airfare is not included in the program fee. Group flight participants will be met at the airport in Spain and transferred to their housing. Group flight participants returning to the U.S. on the group return date will receive transportation to the Spanish airport. Students enrolled in the Summer in Madrid program will receive detailed optional group flight information approximately four months prior to departure. Estimated airfare $1100 - $1400.

Academic credit for this program is awarded by Orange Coast College. A $20 per unit enrollment fee must be paid to CCCD at the time of registration. Nonresidents of California pay an additional $156 per unit. Fees are set by the State of California and are subject to change. For more information, please contact Patricia Scarfone at Orange Coast College at 714.438.4702 or pscarfone@occ.cccd.edu.

All cancellations must be made in writing to ACCENT and the Coast Community College District and are effective the date of receipt. Participants are liable for payments until written cancellation is received by ACCENT.

Cancellation fees:
• 70 days or more prior to start of program: $250
• 50-69 days prior to start of program: $500
• 30-49 days prior to start of program: $750
• 8-29 days prior to start of program: $1000
• 0-7 days prior to start of program: No refund

Before the start date of the program, should the U.S. State Department issue a "Travel Warning" telling American citizens not to travel to Madrid, Spain, ACCENT will immediately advise the sponsoring school to cancel its program. In such case, if the program is immediately canceled in writing by the sponsoring school, ACCENT will refund the entire program fee to all participants on that program.

Should a program be canceled in writing by the sponsoring school after the program start date, no refund amount can be guaranteed, although ACCENT will make reasonable efforts to seek refunds from third parties for costs not yet incurred.

ACCENT, and not the Coast Community College District, is responsible for all travel arrangements and any liability arising there from. The Coast Community College District is NOT liable for any damages arising out of the services described herein, including, but not limited to any promises or representations, whether expressed or implied. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to in any way bind the District, the District Governing Board, any of their agents, employees or representatives to any promises, obligations, covenants or duties whether expressed or implied herein.

ACCENT is not responsible for the academic segment of the program except as specified in the contract between ACCENT and the Coast Community College District. Nor is ACCENT responsible for airline delays of any kind, or for expenses or loss incurred as a result of such delays. With regard to transportation/travel, regardless of the type of vehicle, ACCENT acts for the passenger as agent only. ACCENT assumes no liability for accident, injury, damage, or loss in any vehicle, or as a result of default by any person or company engaged in transporting the passenger. CST #1013432-40.

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