Undergraduate and graduate students have many opportunities to study the language, culture, literature and history of the Hispanic World here at Washington University and throughout the world in our many study abroad programs. They are the home of Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, one of the leading journals in our field. We invite you to explore our various programs and opportunities at their individual web pages.

A Spanish major or minor is a path to an adventurous world of culture and knowledge. Spanish is spoken by nearly 500 million people in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, and offers a diverse tradition of literature, culture and cinema that constitutes the core of our program.

Learning Spanish at Washington University happens through a path constructed through interdisciplinary research and cross-cultural conversations, where the work of our renowned faculty translates into exciting conversations and classroom opportunities. Our courses allow students to explore topic as diverse as the adventures of Don Quixote and Mexican romantic comedies, from the words inscribed in XIXth century independence armies to the virtual words of science-fictional worlds.

Students in our major also have the opportunity to experience all these cultures on-site, through an ample variety of study-abroad opportunities in Chile, Spain, Ecuador and Mexico. Students graduate our program having developed not only strong language skills but also significant cultural and affective ties to the Hispanic world.