BA in Spanish in Cleveland United States | Case Western Reserve University

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures provides undergraduate programs culminating in a Bachelor of Arts degree for Chinese, French, German, Japanese Studies, and Spanish. Students can also pursue minors in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Instruction in all department courses is conducted mainly in the target language, except when cross-listed with the World Literature Program or other interdisciplinary offerings.

Graduates with majors or minors in these languages find professional opportunities in academia, translation, government service (including diplomacy), corporate sectors, healthcare, international nonprofits, and creative fields. Complementing another major with a modern language minor proves particularly valuable for students in STEM fields and engineering.

Spanish majors must achieve competency in all language skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing - while building comprehensive knowledge of related literary and cultural traditions.

The program ensures students develop Spanish language mastery across all communication modes, including expressing complex ideas. Learners cultivate translingual and transcultural abilities, enabling effective navigation between languages and global perspectives. The curriculum trains students to critically examine Spanish-language texts and translations, encompassing literature, film, diverse cultural works, and nonfiction.