The Studies With Spaniards program provides students the opportunity to a select among a variety of fields of study including Hispanic Literature, Art History, Translation, and Linguistics and History, among many others. Students enroll in courses with local Spanish students. All courses are taught in Spanish by host-university faculty from the University of Málaga.

The Spanish Language, Culture & Electives in English program offers Spanish language and culture courses taught at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, while also offering elective courses taught in English. Courses are held at the University of Málaga's Center for Cursos de Español Para Extranjeros and are taught by host university faculty. Program participants will benefit from small class sizes and will be in class with ISA students; the Intermediate Spanish language course is the exception as classmates are international students.

Students will choose classes from the language level in which they are placed, in addition to electives taught in English. Students will enroll in a minimum of four and a maximum of five courses per semester.