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We strongly encourage majors and minors in Spanish to study abroad. They also can become members of the Spanish honor society, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi and participate in the Latin American Students Association. In addition, students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of cultural activities on campus, such as the Dia de los Muertos and Las Posadas celebrations in the fall, as well as the Encuentros festival in the spring.

A computer lab is available to enhance this experience outside the classroom. Answer (1 of 9): Having business education is definitely a good thing. The minor is intended to aid in relating business activities to financial results and reporting. Spanish faculty use interactive lectures, group work, entertaining cultural activities, such as singing, video and film presentations, computer-aided presentations and exercises to give the students a well-rounded learning experience. The Accountancy minor provides an opportunity to understand the development and use of financial and accounting information within organizations. We also place a strong emphasis on developing students’ critical thinking skills in all our courses and many are conducted in Spanish in order to develop students’ proficiency in the language.

In all of our courses, we strive to develop in our students an understanding of as many aspects of Hispanic culture and civilization as possible in conjunction with the subject focused on. To that end and because language and literature are inseparable from a cultural context, our program has a strong cultural orientation. The Spanish Major can lead to any career because in any career that students pursue, they are going to have to read, write, analyze, argue, respond, and prove at a high level, said undergraduate advisor to Spanish, Lorenzo Ziga. Our program tries to address itself to the needs of these students by preparing them for an increasingly pluralistic and globally oriented society as well as a competitive career world. Most of our majors and minors go into teaching, some into private industry and some into government service. In order to achieve these goals, we offer a wide variety of courses, from language through literature, linguistics and culture. The goals of our Spanish program at Cal Lutheran are proficiency in the language and a high degree of familiarity with Hispanic literature and culture.