Spanish Major

Bachelor's degree

In massachusetts (USA)

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Massachusetts (USA)

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Fluency in Spanish is an asset in today’s job market. It’s especially crucial in the business, economic, media, and political worlds. As a Spanish major at Suffolk University, you'll master the language and become culturally fluent, too.
Here, you can explore our own collection of films and instructional videos, write for our online news magazine, Entérate, or participate in our weekly conversation sessions, Tertulias, run by tutors who come from all regions of the Spanish-speaking world.

You'll study literature, history, politics, and economics. Upon graduation, you’re poised to enter any number of fields that require bilingual workers, from nonprofits to international organizations like the Peace Corps. You'll be well-prepared to go on to law school and provide legal services to non-native speakers, as well.

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About this course

Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.
Achieve competency in oral and aural communication
Achieve competency in written communication

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Subjects

  • Latin
  • Credit
  • Politics
  • Requirements
  • Intermediate
  • Spanish
  • Advanced
  • Professions
  • Composition
  • Conversation

Course programme

Major Requirements: 11 courses, 41 credits

Students in this major must earn the BA degree.

Core Requirements (3 courses, 9 credits)
  • CAS-201 College to Career: Explore Your Options And Find Your Path
  • SPAN-201 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN-202 Intermediate Spanish II
Advanced Courses (8 courses, 32 credits)
  • SPAN-315 Spanish for the Professions
Choose one of the following:
  • SPAN-290 Advanced Composition & Conversation
  • SPAN-300 Intro to Cultural Texts
Choose two of the following:
  • SPAN-301 Spanish Culture and Civilization
  • SPAN-302 Indigenous and Colonial Latin America
  • SPAN-303 Modern and Contemporary Latin America
  • SPAN-305 Living in Translation
  • SPAN-390 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Literature
Choose four additional electives above SPAN-300

Note: A maximum of two courses from the following list can count as major electives:
  • SPAN-408 Latin American Cinema
  • SPAN-416 Border Crossings/The Latino Experience In the USA
  • SPAN-418 Through the Eyes of the Storyteller / Latin American Fiction and Film
A Seminar for Freshmen with a topic related to the Spanish-speaking world (e.g., culture, politics, society) may be counted toward the major with the approval of the department chair.

AP Credit: Incoming students who receive a score of "4" or "5" on the AP Spanish examination have fulfilled the SPAN-201, SPAN-202/205 core requirement for the major.

Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.

Spanish Major

Price on request