Department of Spanish and Portuguese | CAS

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Welcome to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Miami University! We invite you to explore our website and browse our programs, activities and events. If you'd like more information, feel free to contact us.

In addition to forming strong oral and written communication skills in both Spanish and Portuguese, the department offers a rich undergraduate program that allows students to study the literature, language and cultures of the Hispanic/Latino and Lusophone worlds from a broad range of perspectives: film studies, gender studies, creative writing, history, and others. A variety of opportunities are available to students outside of the classroom as well, such as faculty-led workshops in Latin America and Spain and service learning initiatives in the surrounding Hispanic communities. Whether in class, in one-on-one collaboration with the faculty, or in the larger community, our students develop the practical skills and cultural preparedness they need for their future as citizens and professionals in a world in which Hispanic/Latino and Lusophone cultures will play an increasingly important role.

For Declaring a Spanish Major or Minor

For information, please email Spanish Advising (spanishadvising@miamioh.edu.)

The Spanish minor is designed to offer students whose major is in another field the ability to build upon their language, cultural, and interdisciplinary skills in Spanish. In an increasingly globalized world, a minor in Spanish provides a competitive edge for students in a wide variety of areas of concentration. You must plan your program with your advisor in the department. No courses for the Spanish major or minor may be taken credit/no-credit. This minor consists of Spanish courses above the 202 level.

For Spanish Major and Minor Program Requirements, please go to Academics

Lead with Languages

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and its Lead with Languages campaign, with the support of Pearson LLC and Language Testing International, commissioned Ipsos Public Affairs to conduct a survey of 1,200 U.S. employers, and the resulting 2019 report, Making Languages Our Business: Addressing Foreign Language Demand Among U.S. Employers, indicates an urgent and growing demand for language skills in the workplace.

9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English.
56% say their foreign language demand will increase in the next 5 years.
47% state a need for language skills exclusively for the domestic market.
1 in 3 language-dependent U.S. employers report a language skills gap.
1 in 4 U.S. employers lost business due to a lack of language skills.