Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

I took 4 courses: Marketing Internacional, Tecnicas Modernas de Ventas, Sociologia de la Comunicacion y Grupos a la Empresa and Teoria de la comunicacion Comercial. Marketing Internacional: a mess - there were 2 ways to be evaluated, one in which you had to complete many assessments throughout the course and a final term exam, and other which was just the exam. I wanted to choose the former, but i couldnt access the Course internet files for about 2 weeks so i failed to handle 4 assessments and couldnt choose the on going system anymore. So, as i was forced to choose the simple final exam option, i didnt feel estimulated to go to classes anymore, as presence is not required. Also, gotta say that the classes were pretty much of a mess, the teacher couldnt control the students and would be only speaking about cases, without explaining the fundamentals of international marketing. Deception much. Tecnicas Modernas de Ventas - good class, the teacher was very helpful and nice. The project we had to develop could have been a bit more oriented. Sociologia de la Com... - Awesome class, but u gotta speak a very good spanish to understand it. the teacher is so funny and smart and thinks completely out of the box. There arent many exchange students here, so u will probably be alone cause local students dont interact much. Teoria de la Comunicacion - good basic class of advertising. dont expect to learn on a deeper level though.

I dont like the system of exams worthing 100% of the mark - would have prefered to be evaluated throughout the semester, as happens at my home uni.

I took 4 courses: Marketing Internacional, Tecnicas Modernas de Ventas, Sociologia de la Comunicacion y Grupos a la Empresa and Teoria de la comunicacion Comercial. Marketing Internacional: a mess - there were 2 ways to be evaluated, one in which you had to complete many assessments throughout the course and a final term exam, and other which was just the exam. I wanted to choose the former, but i couldnt access the Course internet files for about 2 weeks so i failed to handle 4 assessments and couldnt choose the on going system anymore. So, as i was forced to choose the simple final exam option, i didnt feel estimulated to go to classes anymore, as presence is not required. Also, gotta say that the classes were pretty much of a mess, the teacher couldnt control the students and would be only speaking about cases, without explaining the fundamentals of international marketing. Deception much. Tecnicas Modernas de Ventas - good class, the teacher was very helpful and nice. The project we had to develop could have been a bit more oriented. Sociologia de la Com... - Awesome class, but u gotta speak a very good spanish to understand it. the teacher is so funny and smart and thinks completely out of the box. There arent many exchange students here, so u will probably be alone cause local students dont interact much. Teoria de la Comunicacion - good basic class of advertising. dont expect to learn on a deeper level though.

I dont like the system of exams worthing 100% of the mark - would have prefered to be evaluated throughout the semester, as happens at my home uni.

A good way to get to know people is to take also classes at othe faculties like at the facult. And make sure you know which classes are in catalan and which in castellano.

That the teachers are more available to the students

Every semester there is an intensive 1 month spanish course for foreigners. I really advice people to do it: I met half of my current friends in that course, and I improved my spanish a lot, straight from the beginning.

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I think the students quality of english, is quite low, but another hand, the quality of matimatices is really really high. Some courses was in Catalan, and I dont speak catalan, and it is quite similare to fraces, but it does not matter, becaouse I dont speak frances either. I asked the teacher to change the langues, but he told me No. some teachers changed the langue and some not, a friend of maid, got the answer, I am not your spanish teacher¡ so then I am going to have the clase in katalan. The courses is quite dificult and I dont think it is more easy for the erasmusstudent as for the catalan students, I mean I fail Economices history of catalonia, and I was in barcelona whit erasmus, but another hand I pass marco 4. I Think in sweden all the erasmus pass everything, but not here, I have so many exemple for this one, last semester was is a couses call MOF ( matimatices operation and finace) and all esramus student failed the exam) Another thing to think about is the reexamen is in september, so if you fail a examen in january, you have to wait until september. I failed Micro 3 and have to wait until september, I told to the teacher, and he told me, youhav to wait until september like averybody.

I wouldlike to hav emore assingments to do becaouse here was it just the examen in the end of the semester, and at the end avertbody lock the door and trew way the key for studing like an ... on one way, I liked it, becaouse during the semster was it great, nut in the the end of the semester was is terrible, but anoter hand, I am not sure if it is a good way to study or not, if was had more assingments to do, we had to be more creative and do something, not just be studing for the examen

Be sure that your courses are in spanish and not in catalan, specially at the beginning it is really hard to understand it. tell the teachers that you are a foreigner at the beginning.

no it was pretty much okay