该系总共提供六个专业：西班牙和拉丁美洲文学与文化，巴西巴西语言与文化，拉丁美洲研究，伊比利亚研究，浪漫语言以及西班牙语和语言学。此外，还提供西班牙语，葡萄牙语，拉丁美洲研究和伊比利亚研究的未成年人。针对高素质学生的荣誉计划的最终结果是在其高三期间撰写荣誉论文。鼓励该专业的学生参加马德里的纽约大学或布宜诺斯艾利斯的纽约大学或纽约大学的其中之一。拉丁美洲的交流计划。学生还可以从该部门与纽约大学拉丁美洲与加勒比研究中心及其西班牙国王胡安·卡洛斯一世的频繁合作中受益。此外，该系的学生可以利用纽约市众多独特的资源，
The department offers a total of six majors: Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Luso-Brazilian Language and Cultures, Latin American Studies, Iberian Studies, Romance Languages, and Spanish and Linguistics. In addition, minors are offered in Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American Studies, and Iberian Studies. An honors program for highly qualified students culminates in the writing of an honors thesis during the student's senior year.Students majoring in the department are encouraged to participate in the NYU in Madrid or NYU in Buenos Aires program or in one of NYU's exchange programs in Latin America. Students can also benefit from the department's frequent collaboration with NYU's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and its King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. In addition, the department's students take advantage of a number of unique New York City resources, such as the Instituto Cervantes, the Hispanic Society of America, the Museo del Barrio, and the Repertorio Espaol.This major comprises nine 4-point courses (36 points) above the intermediate level, four of which are required (students may apply Advanced Placement Spanish Literature credits toward the major).