Spanish and Latin American Cultures
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Students will study the language and cultures of Spain and Latin America, exploring these regions from a variety of traditional and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Bachelor of Arts
The Spanish program is available as a major, double major or honours option as part of a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree. Arts is a four year program and covers a broad range of subject areas concerned with the study of human beings and the evolution and nature of global societies, ideas, and institutions. In your first two years of the program, you will select courses in fields like humanities, languages, social sciences as well as science and business to provide you with a broad foundation for advanced study in your chosen subject area during the final two years.
Combine courses
An Arts degree helps you develop transferable, functional skills such as writing, critical thinking and communication skills that employers and most work situations require. Concentrating your studies in a major allows you to gain specific transferable skills, such as those below, which are attractive to particular employers and industries.
- Translation of written material
- Research/analytical skills
- Ability to organize and memorize detailed information
- Ability to understand and interact effectively with diverse populations
- Ability to think logically and quickly and make analogies
- Ability to adjust to new environments
Spanish @ Work
A BA in Spanish could lead to work as a:
- Translator/Interpreter
- Communications Specialist
- Freelance Writer/Journalist
- Editor
- Researcher
- Development Project Manager
- Director of Community Relations
