It's time to Level Up!

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is pleased to announce that all 200-level courses, including our summer study-abroad courses in Spain and Argentina, now carry General Education designations and count towards the SPO Major and Minor. 

Students, this is yet another reason to stay with us once you have fulfilled the language requirement, and to apply to our coveted study-abroad programs. Sign on for an opportunity to discover the academic pursuits that SPO majors and minors undertake in literature and culture, film studies, global health and community engagement, translation and creative writing, among other fields.

The following courses now carry the SA (Social Analysis) Designation:

SPA 204 Spanish for a Medical Caravan - This course includes a travel component during spring break

SPA 205 Medical Spanish

SPA 206 Legal and Business Spanish
 

The following courses now carry the LA (Literature and the Arts) Designation:

SPA 207 Studies in Spanish Language and Style 

SPA 207S Studies in Spanish Language and Style - This course is taught in Toledo, Spain

SPA 208S Language in Context: urban Cultures of Buenos Aires - This course is taught in Buenos Aires, Argentina

SPA 209 Spanish Language and Culture Through Cinema
 

These courses will further your proficiency and prepare you for advanced academic work in Spanish. Our language curriculum promotes critical engagement with texts and situated practice in real communicative situations. We focus on central dimensions of language use in academic and professional settings, such as the ability to articulate an elaborate argument in writing or to understand the impact of register on interpersonal communication. Through carefully curated selections of literary, film and multimedia productions, our students experiment with different ways of making meaning, become cognizant of how words and – more broadly – texts enact regimes of power, and use their own voices and perspectives to adopt, subvert, or reimagine the expectations of genre.