Madrid Courses

At the Madrid campus, students may choose their courses across a variety of disciplines. Alternatively, students can focus their studies within a specific discipline by enrolling in an academic track, specialized program, or certificate program. Internships and Field Study Trips and Tours round out the academic options available at the Madrid campus.

Course Lists

Summer 2024 Course List

Fall 2024 Course List

Spring 2025 Course List

See below for an example overview of IAU's full course catalog below if the course list for your planned term of study is not yet available. You may also look at the most recent term for examples of typical course offerings.

Syllabi

Click below to access available syllabi. It is important to consult with your study abroad advisor to confirm course approvals at your home institution. If syllabi for your planned term of study are not yet available, you may reference and submit syllabi from the most recent term.

Course Syllabi

Academic Concentrations

IAU Madrid offers the following optional Academic Concentrations for students who wish to pursue a specific course of study. Students in any major can enroll and will take some core courses as a cohort and then choose from electives.

ACADEMIC CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS The following academic concentrations are available as options for students who wish to pursue a specific course of study. Participants will be required to take the following sequences of courses and credits in order to be eligible for participation. Some additional application requirements may apply.
Human Rights, Refugee and Migration Studies	12 credits: Core course: IRL/POL 331 Human Rights, Migration, and Global Civil Society (3 credits) Core course: SOC 314 Service Learning Experience (3 credits) At least two courses from the disciplines of COM, IRL, POL, or SOC (6 credits)
International Public Relations and Media	12 credits: Core course: COM 313 International Public Relations (3 credits) Core course: COM 315 Media, Influence, and Society (3 credits) At least two courses from the disciplines of BUS, COM, IRL, MKT, or PHI (6 credits)
Spanish Honors Abroad	13 credits: Core course: ARH/SPA 411 Culture Lab (4 credits) At least three 300- and 400-level Spanish courses (9 credits)
Sustainable Luxury Management and Design	12 credits: Core course: BUS 332 Sustainable Luxury Management (3 credits) Core course: BUS/MGT 339 Design Thinking (3 credits) At least two courses from the disciplines of BUS, MGT, or MKT (6 credits)

Example Courses

The table below lists all currently available disciplines in Madrid. It's important to note that the list below is only a sampling of the courses IAU offers and that not all courses you see will be offered in any given term.

Note that some courses are cross-listed between one or more disciplines.

Discipline	Courses
Accounting	♦ Principles of Accounting II
Art / Art History	♦ Capturing Madrid's Flow ♦ Great Masters of the Prado
Business	♦ Consumer Behavior ♦ Corporate Social Responsibility ♦ Global Marketing ♦ Intercultural Management ♦ International Business Today and Tomorrow
Communication Studies	♦ Communication and Gender ♦ Culture, Globalization and Media ♦ Intercultural Communication ♦ Media and Conflict
Computer Science	♦ Algorithms and Abstract Data Structures ♦ Artificial Intelligence ♦ Computer Science II ♦ Computer Security ♦ Database Systems ♦ Microcomputer Architecture and Assembly Planning ♦ Operating Systems
Dance	♦ Latin Dance
Economics	♦ Intermediate Macroeconomics ♦ Intermediate Microeconomics ♦ International Economics of the European Union
Engineering / Mechanical Engineering	♦ Circuit Analysis II ♦ Dynamics ♦ Introduction to Thermodynamics ♦ Mechanics of Materials ♦ Statics
Film Studies	♦ Contemporary Spanish History Through Film
Finance	♦ Financial Management ♦ International Finance
History	♦ Camino de Santiago ♦ Contemporary Spanish History Through Film ♦ Political History of Contemporary Spain ♦ Spanish Civilization and Culture
International Relations	♦ Media and Conflict
Internships	♦ Internship
Language & Culture - Spanish	♦ Beginning Spanish I ♦ Beginning Spanish II ♦ Intermediate Spanish I ♦ Intermediate Spanish II ♦ Advanced Grammar and Composition ♦ Contemporary Spanish History Through Film ♦ Conversation ♦ Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics ♦ Introduction to Hispanic Literature ♦ Nationalism in Comparative Perspective ♦ Spain and the Americas: A Cultural Approach ♦ Spanish Civilization and Culture ♦ Spanish for the Workplace
Literature	♦ Borders, Memory, Identities: Cultural Representations of Contemporary Migrations in Europe
Management	♦ Corporate Social Responsibility ♦ Organizational Behavior ♦ Operations Management
Marketing	♦ Principles of Marketing ♦ Wine Marketing and Analysis
Mathematics	♦ Calculus and Analytic Geometry I ♦ Calculus and Analytic Geometry II ♦ Calculus and Analytic Geometry III ♦ Discrete Structures ♦ Experimental Statistics ♦ Linear Algebra ♦ Ordinary Differential Equations
Philosophy	♦ Corporate Social Responsibility ♦ Ethics in Society
Political Science	♦ Ethics in Society ♦ Nationalism in Comparative Perspective ♦ Political History of Contemporary Spain
Psychology	♦ Introduction to Psychopathology ♦ Biological Psychology ♦ Cross-Cultural Psychology ♦ Health Psychology ♦ Human Neuroanatomy ♦ Positive Psychology and Happiness ♦ Psychology and Research ♦ Psychology and the Workplace ♦ Sensation and Perception
Religious Studies	♦ Camino de Santiago ♦ The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity and Islam ♦ The Problem of God
Sociology	♦ Borders, Memory, Identities: Cultural Representations of Contemporary Migrations in Europe ♦ Nationalism in Comparative Perspective
Wine Studies	♦ Wine Marketing and Sensory Analysis