An AB in Spanish prepares you to communicate across linguistic and cultural boundaries, analyze complex oral, written, and visual texts, think critically, and conduct specialized research. As a Spanish major, you will take courses from a diverse and distinguished international research faculty who are engaged in scholarship on linguistics, literary analysis and theory, culture, post-colonialism, film, gender, poetics, and digital humanities. In addition to students who plan to pursue Spanish as an academic subject in graduate school, many students combine this major with another field in preparation for a wide range of professions. These include: visual and performing arts, education, medicine, international business, entrepreneurship, journalism, media studies, publishing, law, human rights, social work, community organizing, counseling and advocacy, international affairs, and diplomacy. Study abroad opportunities abound for our majors, including academic programs in Spain, Argentina, Peru, and Costa Rica. Perhaps most important, advanced study in Spanish helps you become a conscientious, engaged citizen of the world. A Spanish AB will also give you the advantage of being bilingual in the second language of the United States and the second most widely spoken language in the world. Furthermore, bilingualism can improve your cognitive skills beyond the realm of language-learning, thereby yielding life-long benefits.