该部门拥有该国最负盛名的创新计划之一。对西班牙语和葡萄牙语以及/或西班牙和葡萄牙，西班牙美洲和巴西的文学和文化感兴趣的学生可以与世界一流的教师一起学习多种跨学科课程。六个专业：西班牙和拉丁美洲文学和文化，巴西巴西语言和文化，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
The department boasts one of the most prestigious and innovative programs in the country. Students with an interest in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, and/or in the literatures and cultures of Spain and Portugal, Spanish America, and Brazil, can take a wide range of interdisciplinary courses with a world-class faculty.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.