The Spanish Bachelor of Arts Program provides practical training in the skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and cross-cultural understanding that prepare majors to engage meaningfully and respectfully in diverse communities locally and worldwide. Students engage in literary and linguistic analysis for a thorough grounding in the intellectual and cultural histories of Spain and Latin America. <br><br>UNCG's extensive study abroad offerings give students opportunities to spend a semester or year immersed in the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures they are studying. Additionally, the Spanish program offers faculty-led summer study abroad programs in Spain and Costa Rica.<br><br>PROGRAM DISTINCTIONS<br>Faculty receive regional, national, and international recognition and have received prestigious campus-wide and nation-wide teaching awards.<br>Faculty have received research grants allowing them to pursue literary, cultural, and linguistic study that they share in the classroom.<br>The department offers a wide variety of co-curricular events that promote global awareness, linguistic competence, and cross-cultural understanding.<br>Opportunities for cross-curricular academic experiences with programs including Women's & Gender Studies, African American & African Diaspora Studies, and International & Global Studies, the Lloyd International Honors College, and Afro-Latin American/Latinx Studies, a campus consortium of departments.