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Reasons to study Spanish
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Spanish is part of the U.S. tapestry. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center report, an estimated 38 million people in the United States speak Spanish as their first language, and analysts predict the LatinX population will reach approximately 130 million in 2060—likely making it the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world.
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Spanish is everywhere. There are some 400 million Spanish speakers worldwide, placing it second only to Chinese for total number of native speakers and the fourth-most commonly spoken language in the world.
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Learning Spanish will help your career. Between 2010 and 2015, the share of U.S. jobs seeking Spanish speakers increased by 13%. In 2015, Latin America saw a record $179 billion of foreign investment and companies everywhere are expanding.
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Program Options
Spanish Courses
- SPA 1000 – Conversational Spanish for Travel I
- SPA 1002 – Conversational Spanish for Law Enforcement I
- SPA 1003 – Conversational Spanish for Law Enforcement II
- SPA 1004 – Conversational Spanish for Medical Professions I
- SPA 1005 – Conversational Spanish for Medical Professions II
- SPA 1009 – Culturas Vivas
- SPA 1010 – Elementary Spanish I
- SPA 1020 – Elementary Spanish II
- SPA 1021 – Bridging Cultures on the job (one credit)
- SPA 1800 – International Spanish Year I
- SPA 2010 – Intermediate Spanish I
- SPA 2020 – Intermediate Spanish II
- SPA 2120 – Spanish Reading and Communication
- SPA 2750 – Spanish in Context: Grammar, Identity and Professional Voice
- SPA 2800 – International Spanish Year II
- SPA 3110 – Advanced Conversation
- SPA 3140 – Advanced Composition
- SPA 3150 – Spanish Phonetics: Theory and Practice
- SPA 3800 – International Advanced Spanish
- SPA 4010 – Advanced Spanish Writing and Grammar I
- SPA 4015 – Introduction to Spanish Translation I
- SPA 4020 – Advanced Spanish Writing and Grammar II
- SPA 4025 – Introduction to Translation II
- SPA 3200 – Culture and Civilization of Spain
- SPA 3210 – Spanish-American Culture and Civilization
- SPA 3220 – Folklore and Culture of the Mexican Southwest
- SPA 3250 – Introduction to Literary Studies in Spanish
- SPA 3400 – Survey of Spanish Literature I
- SPA 3410 – Survey of Spanish Literature II
- SPA 3510 – Survey of Latin American Literature
- SPA 3600 – Latin American Cinema
- SPA 4110 – Contemporary Spanish Literature
- SPA 4120 – Contemporary Latin-American Literature
- SPA 4200 – Spanish-American Essay: 19th and 20th Centuries
Academic Catalog
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