The Spanish program at Florida State University prepares students to encounter the world through language study: the many different cultures where Spanish is spoken; films, literature, or music in Spanish; the political history of the hemispheric Americas where English and Spanish are spoken side by side; Hispanic Linguistics.
Learning Spanish is a key to amplifying students' careers in many other fields, from medicine where Spanish enables medical practitioners to serve wider communities; to international affairs and entrepreneurship where a capacity to communicate in Spanish is an irreplaceable skill. We therefore offer a wide range of courses in culture, medical Spanish, film, and history, for students of all levels. We are especially proud that the international program in Valencia is so popular among students who continue to fulfill their university requirements while accessing an incomparable opportunity to live internationally and Students have further opportunities to study abroad in various Spanish-speaking locations around the world in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, or Spain.
Sigma Delta Pi Honors Society
All students who have a 3.2 GPA in their Spanish courses may apply to join Sigma Delta Pi, the honor society for students in Spanish, which has had a chapter at Florida State since 1935.
Have you completed 9 credit hours in Spanish at the 3000 or 4000 level? If so and if one or more of these courses is focused on literature or culture, you are eligible! Please contact Dr. Anel Brandl for more information: abrandl@fsu.edu.
Scholarships
Students majoring or minoring in Spanish who want to travel to Spanish-speaking countries to advance their research or intellectual pursuits may apply for scholarships through the Winthrop-King program.
Courses that also fulfill general education requirements
Diversity
- SPT 3130dw Latin American Literature in Translation (3)
- SPT 3391d Hispanic Cinema (3)
- SPT 3503d Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Analysis (3)
- SPW 3493sd Readings from Spanish America (3)
- SPW 4774sd Cuba: Diaspora, Race, and Cultural Identity (3)
Humanities and Cultural Practice
- SPT 3130dw Latin American Literature in Translation (3)
- SPT 3391d Hispanic Cinema (3)
- SPT 3503d Introduction to Hispanic Culture Analysis (3)
"W" Courses
- SPT 3130dw Latin American Literature in Translation (3)
Scholarship in Practice
- SPW 3493sd Readings from Spanish America (3)
- SPW 4774sd Cuba: Diaspora, Race, and Cultural Identity (3)
Formative Experience
- SPN 4935r Honors Thesis (1-6)
- SPN 4942r Internship in Applied Spanish (1-6)
Upper-Division Writing Courses
- SPN 4420 Advanced Spanish Composition and Translation (3)
- SPN 4935r Honors Thesis (1-6)
BASIC LANGUAGE PROGRAM
The basic language track for non-heritage speakers consists of three semesters and is designed for students who have had either no formal, academic exposure to Spanish, or who have studied Spanish for less than one year at the high school level.
SPANISH HERITAGE TRACK
Spanish heritage language learners and heritage bilingual speakers are eligible to take courses in the Spanish Heritage Track. Heritage speakers are students who grew up in a Spanish-speaking home or grew up interacting with extended family and friends within a Spanish-speaking community. This track allows you to complete in 1 semester FSU’s foreign language requirement, which normally takes 3 semesters.
SPANISH MAJOR
Students earn a Spanish major by taking 30 credit hours in a wide variety of 3000- and 4000-level courses with faculty whose research and teaching focuses on Amazonia, Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Second Language Acquisition, Spanish Literary and Cultural Studies, Hispanic Linguistics as well as Medical and Business Spanish courses and Grammar and Composition courses.
SPANISH MINOR
We offer minors in Spanish (15 credit hours), Portuguese (12 credit hours)].