Program Description
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish Program prepares students to be bilingual and fluent in written and conversational Spanish and trains students for careers in foreign services, business, consulting, publishing, law enforcement, legal and medical fields, teaching Spanish content area in grades K-12, with Study Abroad experience and further training, students could get involved in fields such as interpreting and translating for multinational organizations, various local, state, and federal agencies.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Spanish Program will be able to:
- Communicate in both oral and written Spanish with an advanced medium fluency.
- Discuss the diverse cultures associated with Spanish language.
- Acquire the linguistic skills and disposition in Spanish necessary to engage in conversations in Spanish to provide and obtain information, express feelings, and emotions, and exchange opinions on a variety of topics.
- Read and analyze Spanish-language literary works, such as poems, short stories.
- Identify, analyze and discuss the issues and events that affect the Spanish speaking community.
- Identify, analyze and discuss the contributions of the Spanish-speaking world in the domains of literature, the arts, and science.