B.A. Spanish
A major in Spanish can provide you with an enriched view of the world around you, as well as language skills that will prove useful in many professional occupations. You can combine your Spanish studies with other areas to prepare for career opportunities in education, international business, criminal justice, government, travel or communications, where knowledge of a foreign language and of foreign cultures is essential.
With its emphasis on communication for real-world purposes, the Spanish program at Concordia University, Nebraska will prepare you for graduate studies, professional school or a career in a number of fields.
Fluency in Spanish is an asset in today’s job market, whatever career you choose. As a Spanish major at Concordia Nebraska, you'll master the Spanish language and become culturally fluent so you can better serve and lead in the church and world.
Use your Spanish language skills to serve others!
Program Highlights
WHY STUDY SPANISH AT CONCORDIA?
The Spanish program at Concordia University, Nebraska prepares students to use Spanish for real world communication within a variety of professions, as well as continued scholarship and service. Whether you decide to use your Spanish skills to teach others within classroom setting or to communicate with colleagues and clients in a non-school setting, the language preparation that you will receive at Concordia will equip you to successfully interact with those around you.
Serve Abroad
Studying, learning and growing goes beyond just your classes and experiences on campus. Serving abroad equips you with global life skills that no book or classroom can match. Concordia offers many different national and international mission trips to places like Guatemala, China, Haiti and Ethiopia so you can share God’s love while serving the world and discovering a different culture.
Learn more at cune.edu/serveabroad.
Study Abroad
Some of your most memorable learning experiences in college will take place outside the classroom. At Concordia, you can go on study tours, experience service-learning opportunities and earn global internships to promote your intellectual, emotional and spiritual growth.
Learn more at cune.edu/studyabroad.
MEET OUR EXPERT FACULTY
As experts in Spanish, our faculty and instructors bring years of experience to the classroom.
Accreditation
Concordia University, Nebraska is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Degree Goals
A Spanish program graduate from Concordia University, Nebraska will be able to:
- develop the four fundamental language skills in Spanish: reading, writing, listening and speaking.
- build an understanding and competence in Spanish grammar.
- develop insights into characteristics of Hispanic cultures and history, their similarities and their differences.
- gain an appreciation of Hispanic cultures and values.
History, Geography, Intercultural Studies and Modern Languages Minors
- American Sign Language
- English as a Second Language
- Geography
- Geospatial Technology
- History
- Mandarin
- Missional Leadership
- Spanish
- World and Intercultural Studies
Career Outcomes
High School Spanish Teacher
- Help students learn to speak Spanish, understand gramma for meaningful communication
- Teach students about the cultures of those who speak Spanish
Spanish Interpreter
- Translate Spanish to English or English to Spanish, either in writing or speaking
FAQs
As a Lutheran, Christian university, Concordia Nebraska integrates faith into every program we offer. The Spanish major is no exception. Your Spanish classes will give you a variety of opportunities to integrate your faith with your language study, from memorizing Bible verses and hymns and preparing to share your faith in Spanish, to examining cultural practices and exploring contemporary issues such as immigration from a biblical worldview.
Majoring in Spanish at Concordia University, Nebraska provides you with a greatly enriched view of the world as well as the fundamental communication, critical thinking and Spanish language skills that will prove useful in many professional occupations. With emphases on communication, writing and creative and analytical thought, the Spanish major will prepare you for graduate studies or careers in Spanish and most professional occupations, including law, business, education and medicine.
Many Spanish majors combine their Spanish studies with other areas to prepare for career opportunities in international business, government, law enforcement, education or communications, where knowledge of a foreign language and of foreign cultures is essential.
If you want to be a Spanish teacher in secondary schools, you’ll need to obtain an education degree, with an endorsement in Spanish.
Related Programs
TESOL
The TESOL program at Concordia Nebraska is specifically designed for non-education majors, preparing you to teach English as a second language internationally or in adult ESL programs in universities, refugee centers or community centers in the United States.
Secondary Education
With a degree in secondary education from Concordia University, Nebraska, you will be equipped to teach grades 7-12, encouraging intellectual and emotional growth at a critical time in the lives of your students. You’ll engage in rich coursework, collaborate with faculty and gain invaluable experience first shadowing a professional teacher and then teaching in your own high school classroom.
World and Intercultural Studies
The world and intercultural studies program at Concordia is a 48 hour cross-disciplinary major designed for students with interests in international service, communication, world missions, language or cultural studies. World and intercultural studies can be an effective stand-alone major, or you can choose to pair it with majors or minors in business, communication, sociology, theology and more so you can combine your passions and find the career that best suits you.
1 Recent graduates attending graduate school or employed within six months of graduation.
2Average Class Size for Representative Subject Most Aligned with Major, Over Last 5 Years.