Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Spanish] From Sweet Briar College

The Spanish program offers a major, minor and teaching licensure in Spanish. Incoming students are placed in levels ranging from beginning to advanced, depending on their skills. Small classes and free tutoring provide all students the opportunity to attain an advanced level of language proficiency. Since Spanish has a profound literary tradition, and is increasingly the language of the struggle for social justice, advanced proficiency allows for personal enrichment.

The Spanish major is a rigorous program requiring substantial achievement in language skills, including 33 credit hours above the intermediate level. Sweet Briar?s liberal arts curriculum provides the flexibility to combine a Spanish major or minor with any other academic program.?Business?majors add a Spanish major or minor to increase competitiveness in the international marketplace. Combining Spanish with?biology,?environmental studies?and?international affairs?is also common.

A weekly Spanish Mesa in the dining hall and Spanish Club activities offer on-campus opportunities to converse in Spanish and learn about Hispanic cultures and traditions. Every year, a student from Spain is invited to work as an assistant in the Spanish program, serving as a resource for our students for language practice, tutoring and cultural information. Sweet Briar students often participate in our nationally recognized?JYS in Seville?program or in other approved study-abroad programs in Spain or Latin America. In fact, more than 90 percent of the College?s Spanish majors spend a semester or year?abroad. Scholarships are available to help students who may have financial need so that everyone may take advantage of this unique experience.