BA Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature

The program in Spanish and Portuguese offers the opportunity to do intellectual work in the Humanities in a foreign language. Students may graduate in one of the following major concentrations: (a) Hispanic Studies, (b) Romance Studies, (c) Modified Major in Hispanic Studies, and (d) Modified Major in Lusophone Studies. The areas of concentration developed in the Department focus on the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world and the Hispanic and Lusophone communities in the United States. The curriculum encourages students to explore the cultural, social, political, and economic specificities of these regions. To that end, courses cover a variety of historical periods, regional traditions, modes of artistic expression, and forms of cultural critique.