Bachelor's in Spanish

Spanish is a Bachelor program taught at Pitzer College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

The Spanish major at Pitzer College leads to a Bachelor of Arts. Students choose one of three tracks: Spanish Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Cultures, or Interdisciplinary Studies in Spanish. The program focuses on language as a dynamic social practice and includes topics such as environmental issues, migration, race, gender, urban culture, and literature across interdisciplinary study.

Spanish majors complete general requirements for each track, including Spanish language proficiency at the intermediate level upon entry to the major and at the advanced or superior level upon completion (ACTFL standards). A language immersion experience in at least one Spanish-speaking community abroad or within the United States is required.

Required courses are taught in Spanish, with options that may include SPAN 031 PZ – Community–Based Spanish Practicum, and each track includes SPAN 199 PZ as a capstone senior research project.

Students can also pursue honors in Spanish, based on general academic work and senior research. Pitzer College is a member of the Claremont Colleges chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the national Spanish honor society, with eligibility based on academic standing and chapter and national society regulations.

Modules

• Track One: Spanish Language and Literature
• Track Two: Spanish Language and Cultures
• Track Three: Interdisciplinary Studies in Spanish
• SPAN 199 PZ, a capstone senior research project.

The minimum requirements for admission in Spanish at Pitzer College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Pitzer College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Pitzer College as pre-requiste for admission in Spanish.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

General requirements for the three tracks are: Spanish language proficiency at the intermediate level upon entry to the major (end of the sophomore year) and at the advanced or superior level upon completion (ACTFL standards).

An immersion experience in at least one Spanish-speaking community abroad or within the United States, as determined with the adviser. Eight of the required courses within each track should be taught in Spanish and be above SPAN 044 PZ .

With the adviser’s consent these eight may include cross-listed courses with Spanish or other courses numbered below SPAN 044 PZ, such as SPAN 031 PZ – Community–Based Spanish Practicum.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.pitzer.edu/academics/programs/spanish

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.