University Studies

To help prepare for and maximize your local university experience, please review the resources below:

Courses Selection and Registration

BC study abroad course guidelines require that you enroll in the early start intensive language course and that you take 12 semester credits.

Early start intensive language course

This course will help you to strengthen your Spanish language skills before diving into your academic semester. The course is for 3 credits. Students who do not pass the course with at least a 90 must enroll in a semester long Spanish language course as part of their 12 credit course load. Students who do not place at a B2 level after the Spanish course has concluded will need to enroll in a semester long Spanish course.

Semester courses

For your 12 credits of semester courses, students will take courses through the Programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos (PEL) at UCA or courses in English at UTDT . Some students take three courses that are four credits each, and others take four classes of three credits each.

Credit conversion

1 UCA/UTDT credit = 1 BC credit. In other words, 1 class credit/hour for a UTDT semester class is equivalent to 1 class credit at BC. Many courses are four credits, but there are a sizable amount of courses that are varying amounts of credits.

Attendance

In general, you must attend at least 75% of your classes to pass, but it would be wise to double-check this with your Academic Advisor as well as with each professor, since some policies may differ.

UTDT

 
 

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)

Pre-departure GUIDE

Closer to the semester start date, UTDT will share their Pre-Departure Guide with you with more information on the UTDT academic program.

course catalogs

The Spring 2026 course catalog is available here. The Fall 2026 course catalog will be available at UTDT Orientation.

University Life at UTDT

Spring 2026
key dates

  • Intensive Spanish Course: February 2 to February 25

  • No classes for UTDT, National holidays: February 16 and 17

  • UDTD Orientation Program + City Tour: February 26

  • First day of classes: March 2

  • Course selection period: March 2 to March 13. In this period you can attend classes to try them out and see if they interest you or change them and try something else. No class changes are allowed after these dates.

  • No classes for UTDT, National holidays: March 24

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: April 2

  • Midterm examination period: April 20 to May 4

  • No classes for UCA, National holiday: May 1

  • No classes for UCA, National holiday: May 25

  • Course drop deadline: June 12

  • Course evaluations due: June 15 to June 28

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: June 17

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: June 20

  • Last day of classes: June 26

  • Final examination period: June 29 to July 17

FALL 2025
key dates

  • Intensive Spanish Course: July 1 to July 30

  • UDTD Orientation Program + City Tour July 31

  • First day of classes: August 3

  • Course selection period: August 3 to August 14. In this period you can attend classes to try them out and see if they interest you or change them and try something else. No class changes are allowed after these dates.

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: August 17

  • Midterm examination period: September 28 to October 9

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: October 12

  • Course drop deadline: November 3

  • Course evaluations due: November 16 to November 29

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: November 20

  • Last day of classes: November 27

  • Final examination period: November 30 to December 18

  • End of Classes: November 28

  • No classes for UTDT, National holiday: December 8

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