The undergraduate Spanish degree programs serve students who are seeking high proficiency in the Spanish language and cultural studies. The focus on real-world communication in our classes promotes a student-centered environment with opportunities to exchange ideas and open minds to different ways of interpreting events from a variety of cultural perspectives. Coursework fosters respect for other cultures through reading, practice and discussion, and offers opportunities for interaction with cultural products and perspectives from the broad variety of cultures in the Hispanic world: Puerto Rico and the United States, and the twenty countries and numerous cultures where Spanish is an official language.