Spanish

Overview

A Spanish degree option at University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is available for elementary, secondary and special education teachers. Please contact Academic Advising for further information.

Learning Outcomes, Spanish, BA

• Be able to speak the language well enough to satisfy routine social demands and limited nonspecific, work related tasks
• Be able to comprehend face-to-face speech in standard language spoken at a normal rate with some repetition and rewording by a native speaker not accustomed to dealing with foreigners
• Have sufficient comprehension to read authentic printed material or edited texts and material within a familiar context
• Be able to write routine social correspondence and simple discourse as well as cohesive summaries, resumes, short narratives and descriptions on factual topics in the past, present, and future times
• Possess a broad understanding of the history and civilization of the target culture
• Possess a critical and theoretically-based awareness of the literary and cultural traditions, periods, genres and contexts of the target language

Careers in Spanish

• Translator/Interpreter
• Diplomat/Ambassador
• Social Worker
• Teacher
• College Professor
• International Business *Librarian
• Travel Agent
• *Archivist
• Art Dealer
• *Historian
• * May require further education or certification