Spanish (BA)
专业详情
Studying Iberian and Latin American cultures at Stanford means engaging in a deep and compelling exploration of the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America (including Brazil), and Latinx communities in the United States. To achieve the goal of training students as experts in these areas, the department balances an emphasis on literary studies with philosophical, historical, and social approaches to cultural issues. Given the focus on critical thinking, open discussion, and close textual analysis, undergraduate majors are provided excellent preparation for a large number of professional fields, including business, education, international relations, law, and medicine. The graduate program provides rigorous and highly individualized advanced training in the analysis of Iberian, Latin American (including Brazil), and Latinx literatures, and students go on to produce innovative original research and find excellent jobs, both in academe and beyond.
This program is designed for students who want to move towards fluency in reading, listening, speaking, and writing Spanish while developing a contextualized understanding of the language through linguistic and cultural study. This degree emphasizes critical use of the language in a global perspective. Spanish appears on the official transcript and diploma. The major in Spanish requires:
- 60 units of coursework
- All coursework must be done in Spanish. If a class is taught in a language other than Spanish, then written work (e.g., final papers) must be completed in Spanish
- Courses cannot be duplicated for two degrees
- All courses for the major must be taken for a letter grade except those only offered for CR/NC
Prerequisites
For all ILAC courses taught in Spanish, students must be able to perform ordinary classwork and complete assignments in that language. At a minimum, they must have completed SPANLANG13C or be concurrently enrolled in that course. SPANLANG101 The Structure of Spanish and SPANLANG102 Composition and Writing Workshop are highly recommended.
Declaring the Major
Students declare the major in Spanish through Axess. Students should meet with the Chair of Undergraduate Studies to discuss appropriate courses and options within the major, and to plan a course of study. The major is administered through the DLCL undergraduate student services office in Pigott Hall, Room 128.
