It provides students with opportunities to comprehend, interpret, and practice advanced linguistic skills in Spanish through oral and written exercises and assignments. Survey and seminar classes familiarize them with representative literary works and cultural texts and films from Spain, Spanish America, and the U.S., and provide theoretical terminology and concepts essential for structural and conceptual analyses of these products. The major also requires the study of Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax, and dialectal varieties. Finally, it helps students to develop a sense of social justice through their consistent participation in intercultural events and service learning activities that involve both academic and culturally significant contexts.