Spanish
A multilingual meeting place for literatures, languages and cultures of the Americas and the Iberian Mediterranean.
The Spanish Department offers a rich variety of courses from which to build your major or satisfy your language requirement. Studying linguistics, culture, media, literature and creative expression, you'll gain essential skills in writing, speaking and communication, sharpen your analytical thinking, and develop cross-cultural awareness and global perspective.
Why Study Spanish?
Studying the language, cultures and literatures of the Spanish-speaking world, you will gain vital writing, speaking and communication skills, improve your analytical abilities and develop a cross-cultural awareness and global perspective at home and abroad.
Course of Study
Spanish: Major
The Spanish program at Holy Cross offers dynamic opportunities for learning the second most widely spoken language in the world and exploring the rich variety of Hispanic and Latino literatures, cultures and cinemas both on and off campus.
Meet Your Department Chair
Language Assistants (LAs)
Hosted by the Spanish Department at Holy Cross, The LAs lead small, dynamic practicum sessions for Spanish language learners, where they bring the textbook to life through interactive and communicative activities to help reinforce classrooms lessons. Outside the practicums, LAs also play a major role in coordinating the many culturally rich extra- and cocurricular programs regularly held throughout the year, aimed to support language acquisition and cultural understanding. To learn more, please contact the Chair of the Spanish Department.
