Spanish

Spanish

College of Arts & Science >> Division of Foreign Language and Literature

We offer a full major and minor in Spanish, including beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses as well as a full range of upper-level literature and culture courses. Our instructional approach emphasizes in equal proportion all four language skills: i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing on all levels. While all of your course requirements can be completed in residence, we strongly recommend that our majors and minors take advantage of our summer studies abroad program in either South America or Spain.

Curriculum Highlights

  • Freshman
  • Elementary Spanish I & II
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  • Sophomore
  • Intermediate Spanish I & II
  • Second Language
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  • Junior
  • Spanish Electives
  • Oral Communication for the Professions
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  • Senior
  • Descriptive Linguistics
  • Spanish Seminar
  • Historical Comparative Linguistics
  • Spanish Electives

For further details see complete major information: Spanish Personal Opportunity Profile PDF

You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.

Key Courses

Spanish Conversation and Composition This course will help you to increase your fluency in speaking and writing Spanish.

Civilization of Latin America Here you will study the various social and cultural elements of contemporary Latin America as seen from sociological, historical, political, and literary points of views.

Survey of Spanish Literature In this course you will study masterpieces of Spanish literature from the earliest ballads to the modern period.

Career Opportunities

Some of the career opportunities available to you as a Spanish major include:

  • Teaching
  • Missions
  • Interpretation (oral) and Translation (written)
  • Manufacturer's representative at home or abroad
  • International—airlines, banking, industry, business, journalism
  • Government service—State Department, Foreign Service, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture
  • Military
  • Social services among foreign minority in the United States—Florida, New York, and the Southwestern states have large Spanish-speaking populations

In the Greenville/Spartanburg metropolitan area there are several Spanish international companies with need for bilingual and trilingual personnel. Most metropolitan areas have similar situations. Some of our graduates pursue advanced degrees before entering the job market.