Spanish - BA

St. Kate's Spanish majors hone their skills and share their appreciation for Spanish language and culture in the classroom and in the co-curriculum. In their coursework, faculty and students explore diverse aesthetic, linguistic and cultural traditions in global contexts of social justice. The Spanish Club and Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honor Society, offer further opportunities to interact in a Spanish-speaking environment.

Spanish students are encouraged to engage in experiential or service learning. Together with the Career Development Office, the department enthusiastically encourages earning credit towards the major through internships. In recent years students have interned at the Resource Center of the Américas, Neighborhood House, La Clínica, Casa de Esperanza, Children's Hospital, C.L.U.E.S., Adams Spanish Immersion, and The Jane Addams School for Democracy.

Students are also strongly encouraged to study, travel or live abroad. More than 50 semester- and year-long programs, January options and summer programs are available around the world. These programs are academically sound and provide strong support services and opportunities for students to immerse themselves in the culture of the country they visit. Students often choose to live with host families or in international residence halls on foreign campuses. St. Kate's Global Studies staff will help students learn about the many foreign study opportunities and pick the best option for their needs.

St. Kate's Spanish alumnae work in a variety of fields, including as a U.S. ambassador to Ecuador, as a VP of international marketing and advertising, as a bilingual occupational therapist, and as teachers, social workers and nurses.

This major is offered in the College for Women only. 

Curriculum

The major consists of eight courses (32 credits)

NOTE: Students who transfer Spanish courses worth fewer than four credits may need to take more than eight Spanish courses to reach the 32 credit minimum.

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If SPAN 2110 and/or SPAN 2120 are counted towards the major, students will need to choose additional upper-division supporting courses in consultation with their advisor.

Major Requirements for Native Speakers

Applied Foreign Language Component

Students at the post-intermediate level may have the possibility of applying a foreign language in the study of another discipline. For further information, consult the language departments.

Spanish majors satisfy the Writing Requirement for Majors and the fourth writing requirement by completing SPAN 3050W Visions of the Hispanic World: Reading to Speak and Write and SPAN 4860W Senior Seminar: Humanities Capstone. They complete the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Writing Requirement with two other writing-intensive courses (CORE 1000W The Reflective Woman and CORE 3990W Global Search for Justice).

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If SPAN 2110 and/or SPAN 2120 are counted towards the major, students will need to choose additional upper-division supporting courses in consultation with their advisor.