
The Major
Our majors study the Hispanic world throughout the centuries, through courses on Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos in the United States.
Learn MoreThe Amherst Spanish Department offers courses in both the Spanish language and in Hispanic culture and literature. We study literature and culture from a modern critical perspective, without isolating it from its context. We teach most courses in Spanish.
Our majors study the Hispanic world throughout the centuries, through courses on Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos in the United States.
Learn MoreThis certificate enhances our major and is overseen by the Five College Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Council.
Learn MoreWe encourage majors to write a senior thesis on a topic related to Hispanic culture, literature, language or arts.
Learn MoreMajors strengthen their studies with stays in Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Spain.
Learn MoreStudents speak Spanish at the weekly Spanish Table in Valentine Dining Hall and in the Spanish House, where language assistants and other students live and speak Spanish together.
Learn MorePeer tutors help their fellow students learn the language.
Learn MoreSpanish majors at Amherst go on to careers in public policy, teaching, international relations, translation and nonprofit work, among many other fields.
Learn MoreSpanish is spoken in 20 different countries, as well as the United States, by over 450 million Spanish speakers. In all of our classes, you'll be practicing your Spanish and studying Spanish cultures from around the world.
Spanish faculty are located in Barrett Hall and Grosvenor House. For information on the locations of these buildings, please visit the Amherst campus map.
Expand your use and command of Spanish with increasing confidence in a variety of social and cultural contexts and study cultural texts from both the U.S. and in the Spanish-speaking world.
Develop personal forms of expression and basic strategies for reading, listening, writing and participating in everyday conversations.
Examine how writers, artists, filmmakers and activists have resisted the censorship, cultural repression and moral authority of dictatorships. Help create a pop-up protest museum.