Study Away in Barcelona: Experience of a Lifetime
During the month of June, 74 USC College of Information and Communications students will embark on a life-changing experience to Barcelona, Spain. Visual communications instructor Scott Farrand and public relations instructor Kelly Davis will teach the students about international communications and guide them in the production of multimedia projects. The projects will highlight Barcelona’s food, architecture and culture during the group’s four-week stay in the Catalonia region. The class will also take a five-day excursion to Aix-en-Provence, France to expand their cultural understanding of world communications with real-world practice.
Under the direction of CIC staff member, Kelsey Ashford, the students document their experiences while abroad and provide their audience with insights on the history and culture of these two Mediterranean cities. Keep up with them here!
The sky is a neighborhood
Look up to see the lives of the locals through Barcelona’s beautiful balconies.
France’s feathered freeloaders
Ah… welcome to France! Best known as the land of romance, baguettes, and…pigeons? Yes, pigeons. You read that right. Buckle in to take flight as you experience the enlightenment of how these birds have created a name for themselves on the streets of Aix-en-Provence.
Park Güell is Swell
Towering over the vast city of Barcelona, the view from Park Güell is enough to make even the Sagrada Familia look small.
Layers of Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d’Aix-en-Provence
Travel through time and experience a piece of history that combines both religion and art through the main cathedral in Aix-en-Provence.
El Monumento a Colón
While walking along the lower end of La Rambla, a monument can be found pointing towards the sea. The statue was constructed in honor of Christopher Columbus’s voyages, located at the port where he met the monarchs after his first voyage to America.
A new take on H&M
As regular H&M shoppers, we walked along the busy sidewalks to check out an elevated shopping experience. Living in a city means you can head to your favorite mainstream stores straight from classes.
Monkeying around in Barcelona
The Barcelona Zoo has 32 entire acres of space that provide a home for dozens of unique species of animals, that range from the mundane stick bug to the grandiose elephant.
Platja d’Tarragó
Tarragona. Just an hour and 30 minutes away from the metropolitan city of Barcelona. Here you enjoy history, the beach, and cute aesthetics.
A metro musician
As the metro winds underneath the city of Barcelona, busy bodies sit and keep to themselves. At the heigh of the silence, a man steps