The Spanish program offers both flexibility and a high level of individualized attention from our expert faculty. Most students concentrate either in Spanish Language and Culture or in Spanish Language and Literature, and develop a senior project showcasing this focus.
About the Spanish Area of Concentration
The program offers all levels of Spanish language and courses on the literature and cultures of Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean, and Spain both in Spanish and in translation. Offerings change each year and include the study of particular authors, a genre, a period, a region, or a special topic.
Spanish language is taught in a five-semester sequence after which students may enroll in courses and tutorials on literary and cultural topics conducted in Spanish. Courses conducted entirely in Spanish may be focused on a literary genre (“Spanish as the Fabric of Verse,” “Spanish-American Short Stories”), or on a particular topic, region, or period (“Vision of America”). Courses offered in translation may also allow advanced students to do part of their work in Spanish. Tutorials and Independent Research Projects in Spanish allow students to expand on prior work or particular interests and are designed in consultation with a faculty member. Cross-disciplinary work is a vital part of the New College program and is strongly supported by the Spanish Program, which encourages projects that connect to other fields of study across the curriculum.
Featured Course
LANG 4440
Spanish for Heritage Speakers
This course is mainly intended for heritage speakers of the Spanish language. Those students can be described as individuals who have, for the most part, learned Spanish at home in the U.S. but have had little or no formal training in the language. The course will provide students with valuable knowledge about the Spanish language and the cultural heritage of the Spanish-speaking world while acquiring proficiency in the three communicative modes: interpersonal, interpretive and presentational.
Recent courses
- Advanced Spanish: Latin American Perspectives
- Advanced Spanish: Novela corta hispanoamericanos
- Elementary Spanish I
- Remembering What Has Never Existed: Contemporary Latin American Short Fiction
- Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- Spanish Oral and Written Expression
- Translation Workshop: From Spanish to English
Career Pathways
- Translation and Interpretation
- Education
- Civil and Foreign Service
- Intelligence
- Journalism
- Writing
Contact Us
Humanities Division
Phone Number
Email Address
Location
Ace 116
Spanish Language & Literature Faculty
Dr. Sonia Labrador-Rodriguez
Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Literature
Mariam Manzur-Leiva
Director of Teaching & Learning
Quality Matters Coordinator & Teaching Online Certificate Facilitator
Dr. Jose Alberto Portugal
Professor of Spanish Language and Literature
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