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Spanish Studies Major

Overview of Program

The World Languages and Cultures Department offers a major and a minor in Spanish Studies. 

Both major and minor provide a unique blend of the traditional strengths of language and literature departments with an interdisciplinary, cultural studies, and practical skills approach. The goal of this program is to prepare our students to become proficient in the Spanish language and the literatures and cultures of Spanish speaking countries so that they may lead empowered and productive lives as global citizens.

Students may also choose to focus on Spanish as part of the B.A. in International-Language Business or B.S. in Secondary Education. 

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Why Study Spanish?

  • 500 million people worldwide speak Spanish, including 57 million in the U.S.
  • It's the official language in 21 countries and the European Union, as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other international organizations. 
  • It will improve and broaden your employment potential in a global market.
  • Many career fields in the U.S. need Spanish speakers.
  • It offers cultural enrichment - in  the arts (literature, film, art, music) and in travel opportunities (the Andes, Machu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands, the Caribbean).

 

Requirements of the Major

The major consists of courses starting with the two-sequence Beginning Spanish (101/102), Intermediate Spanish (211/212), and Advanced Composition and Conversation (311/312) to seven 300- and 400-level upper-division courses that develop knowledge of Hispanic culture (e.g. Latin American Culture and Civilization, Hispanic Women Writers and Body Fictions in Latin American Literature) and skills in the practical and professional application of the language (e.g. Medical Spanish, Business Spanish, Service and the Hispanic Community).

After SPAN 311, all courses are writing and conversation-based within the framework of cultural studies and/or literary analysis. Students who begin the Spanish major at the 311 level take six credits fewer in the major and six more credits in the cognate or free area.

In their second year, they will choose advanced language electives.

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