Spanish majors at the University of Mississippi study the language, linguistics, history, and cultures of Spain and Latin America. They gain the cultural awareness and intellectual strategies necessary to navigate the interconnected and multicultural world in which we live.Spanish majors have a wide variety of outside-the-classroom opportunities for language learning including a living learning community, the Language Resource Center, program that provides online and electronic materials for the study of foreign languages, and dozens of study abroad programs in Spanish-speaking countries.<br><br>KEY BENEFITS<br>Spoken by over 400 million people, Spanish is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world, with 35 million Spanish speakers in the United States. Spanish majors attain strong language competence in listening and reading comprehension, speaking, and writing skills as well as the cultural knowledge for interacting with Hispanic people in professional and informal contexts. The department's Language Resource Center provided critical support for language acquisition.