通过阅读，讨论和撰写有关目标语言的复杂文学，历史和批判文本，学生可以用西班牙语展示高级的沟通能力。修改后的专业的学生将学习与另一个系或学科的进阶学习相结合。他们认识到西班牙世界文化生产中的主要人物和辩论。他们比较和分析了创造性和批判性话语的各种模式。他们对创意产品和西班牙语的文化/社会运动进行原始研究或分析。西班牙裔研究的主要课程包括至少9（九）门课程，其编号为20或更高。
Students demonstrate advanced communicative competence in Spanish by reading, discussing, and writing about sophisticated literary, historical, and critical texts in the target language. Students in the modified major combine that study with advanced study in another department or discipline. They recognize major figures and debates in Hispanic World cultural production. They compare and analyze various modes of creative and critical discourse. They conduct original research or analysis on creative products and cultural/social movements in Spanish. The Major program in Hispanic Studies consists of at least 9 (nine) courses numbered 20 or higher taught in Spanish. Students may substitute one upper level course in English offered by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Spanish Majors will receive credit for one of those courses automatically although students still need to see the Major/Minor advisor to get that credit recorded on their transcripts. Approval for this option will be granted only for a course taken after a student has completed SPAN 20. For courses in English taught outside the Department students must submit a written petition to the Chair during the term preceding the English language course and it must be approved by the Department. This last option is not available for Spanish Minors, Majors in Romance Studies or Modified Majors. Students must declare their major by the end of their fifth term of residence.