如果您对语言和讲语言的人感兴趣，请考虑西班牙语专业。您将熟练地理解世界上使用最广泛的语言之一以及阅读，书写和说出的语言。您还将了解西班牙或西班牙裔巴西人的文学和文化。爱荷华州西班牙语和葡萄牙语系设有一个非常灵活的本科课程。我们将鼓励您将西班牙语专业与爱荷华大学的其他专业，未成年人或证书相结合，以最大限度地提高您的职业选择和其他机会。您还可以选择参加各种留学计划。西班牙语专业的学生获得文学学士（BA）学位，可以通过口头和写作时交流和发展语法技能的各种方式来获得语言技能。在介绍西班牙文化时，您还将丰富自己的词
Iowa's Department of Spanish and Portuguese has a highly flexible undergraduate program. You'll be encouraged to combine your major in Spanish with other University of Iowa majors, minors, or certificates in order to maximize your career options and other opportunities. You'll also have the option to participate in a wide range of study abroad programs. The department's faculty includes many native speakers. Faculty members have attracted wide support for their research, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Fulbright-Hays program, and the university's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. The department also offers a BA in Portuguese and plays an important role in the Latin American Studies Program, an interdisciplinary undergraduate program focusing on the history, politics, social organization, economy, art, music, religion, and literature of Latin America.