Mission Statement

The mission of the Spanish program reflects that of the department. Furthermore, our aim is twofold: to develop linguistic and cultural skills as well as to apply them in professional life, the community and to foster a life-long commitment to learning in a globalized society.

• To advance proficiency and accuracy in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding the Spanish language as well as mindfulness of cross-cultural professional etiquette appropriate to different contexts of the Spanish-speaking world in the United States, Latin America, and Spain.
• To apply language Spanish skills to one’s professional career.
• To show interpretative, analytical and critical thinking skills with respect to cultural, literary, and linguistic manifestations from the Spanish-speaking world.
• To identify and value traits of linguistic variation between the different variants of Spanish.
• To understand the history, the role, and the impact of Spanish in the United States.
• To explore and evaluate one’s cultural identity in relation to others in a global community.