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Education Abroad and Your Classes

Learn more how we seek to educate multicultural, responsible leaders, who are engaged with empowering traditionally marginalized communities and pursuing the common good of diverse peoples.

Learn More About the Latin American Studies Program (LASP)

Classes will be held at the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Golfo-Centro Campus, a prestigious sister Jesuit university of about 5,000 students in Southwestern Puebla, where you as an SU student will attend classes conducted in Spanish for three hours daily. Apart from classes, an educational excursion to Mexico City is scheduled during winter quarter, and a required major one-week field trip as part of the course entitled SPAN 3500-Latin American History, Politics and Societies, is scheduled at the end of Spring quarter. Students are housed with Mexican families, bringing them especially close to the culture of the host country. The program requires at least one year of college-level Spanish prior to participation.

Contact the Education Abroad Office about other opportunities to study abroad at Seattle University.

Completion of 55 credits in Spanish, including, SPAN 1350-SPAN 4000:

SPAN 1350 Spanish Language III (5 credits)

SPAN 2150 Spanish Language IV (5 credits)

SPAN 2250 Spanish Language V (5 credits)

SPAN 2350 Spanish Language VI (5 credits)

SPAN 3150 Latin American and Spanish Culture and Society (5 credits)

SPAN 3250 Introduction to Latin American and Spanish Literature (5 credits)

SPAN 3000 electives (10 credits)

SPAN 4000 electives (15 credits)

Please note that one 4000 level elective class must be an approved Senior Synthesis course and that at least two 4000 level classes (10 credits) must be taken at SU.

This Major requires a learning program in a Spanish-speaking country. An acceptable study abroad program will normally encompass 30 quarter credits of work, but no less than 20 credits in Spanish. If the student chooses a program other than LASP, they must meet with their Spanish Major advisor for approval of the courses to be taken abroad. 4000-level Major electives taken abroad must incorporate an emphasis on literature (or as otherwise approved by the Spanish Major advisor).

The Spanish Major requires a minimum of 20 credits of SU courses.

Completion of 35 credits in Spanish including SPAN 1350-SPAN 3000:

SPAN 1350 Spanish Language III (5 credits)

SPAN 2150 Spanish Language IV (5 credits)

SPAN 2250 Spanish Language V (5 credits)

SPAN 2350 Spanish Language VI (5 credits)

SPAN 3150 Latin American and Spanish Culture and Society (5 credits)

SPAN 3250 Introduction to Latin American and Spanish Literature (5 credits)

SPAN 3000 elective (5 credits)

The minor in Spanish requires a minimum of 20 credits of SU courses, as well as a learning program in a Spanish-speaking country for the equivalent of 15 quarter credits and with a minimum duration of eleven weeks.

Apply For Your Major/Minor

Formal application through our department is required for all of our majors and minors. Current students will find those forms on the Seattle University intranet — Redhawk Hub.

Spanish Education Abroad

The Latin American Studies Program (LASP) has been successfully led by our faculty since 1990 and more than 500 students have seen their lives transformed through this experience. Being a part of LASP means crossing the border to meet your neighbor and establish meaningful personal and intellectual connections with their people and culture.

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Hear From Our Alumni

SU Alumni Erica Field

Erica Field

"I graduated from SU with a BA in Spanish and French in 2011. As an undergraduate, I studied abroad in Granada, Spain and became curious about the history of the city. My senior year at SU, I took two courses on medieval Spain. The opportunity to combine my language studies with the history of a place that I had grown to love sparked interests that I’ve been chasing ever since."

BA, Spanish and French, 2011

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