Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

The goals of the Bachelor of Arts in Spanish at the California Lutheran University are proficiency in the language and a high degree of familiarity with Hispanic literature and culture. To achieve these goals, a wide variety of courses are offered that use the Spanish language through literature, linguistics, and culture.

Many Spanish majors and minors go into teaching, some into private industry and others into graduate school. Cal Lutheran's program caters to the needs of these students by preparing them for an increasingly pluralistic and globally oriented society and a competitive career world. To that end and because language and literature are inseparable from a cultural context, the program has a strong cultural orientation.

All of the courses strive to develop an understanding of as many aspects of Hispanic culture and civilization as possible. A strong emphasis is placed on developing students’ critical thinking skills in all the courses and many are conducted in Spanish in order to develop students’ proficiency in the language.