拉美裔研究

• Close individual attention 和 guidance throughout a student’s course of study
• 激发智力的课程
• 敬业和关怀的教师
• 实习, 研究, 分析乘客的乘机出行 机会

我们鼓励学生:

• Explore their own 值 while developing a deep appreciation for those of others;
• Cultivate a deeper underst和ing of human diversity while recognizing the common humanity of all; 和
• Hone the analytical 技能 needed for a complex, multilingual world.

服务学习

Converse’s 拉美裔研究 students volunteer with Arcadia Elementary School 和 ARCH Ministries of the United Methodist Church in Sp艺术anburg. 的y use their developing Spanish language 和 cultural 技能 to help K-5 children 和 their families “acclimatize” to both school 和 daily life in Sp艺术anburg.

独立研究

Every Converse student has the opportunity to p艺术icipate in faculty-mentored undergraduate 研究. Our students are more likely than their peers at other colleges to be funded by South Carolina Independent Colleges & 大学(SCICU).

俱乐部及组织

• 西班牙裔意识协会
• Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society

出国留学

游学和出国留学 experiences are an integral p艺术 of a student’s academic career. 拉美裔研究 专业 have traveled to 阿根廷, 哥斯达黎加, 巴拿马, 秘鲁, 和西班牙, have studied at the Universidad de 哥斯达黎加 和 the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, 西班牙, have had internships in Ciudad de 巴拿马, 巴拿马, 和科尔多瓦, 阿根廷.

西班牙语写作和语言中心

的 西班牙语写作和语言中心 is a resource for 大学交流 students seeking assistance with all levels of Spanish Language. It is a service to enhance the student learning experience. Spanish is not just a curricular subject but a skill to be developed 和 improve job placement after graduating.

介绍, 中间, advanced courses in 拉美裔研究 develop the necessary 技能 in listening, 阅读, 写作 that allow students to study Spanish texts in the original language. 这些课程坚持以学生为中心, 以交流为导向的教学方法, where students practice Spanish in everyday contexts.

Intensive January-term conversation 和 composition courses help students improve conversation 和 写作 技能 in Spanish. 拉美裔研究 和 Latin American culture courses familiarize students with the geography, 历史, 社会, 政治, 心态, 值, 海关, 预期, 艺术, music 和 film of the Spanish-speaking world. Literature courses help students develop the ability 和 techniques necessary to read, 分析, 解释, discuss a variety of literary works 和 genres. 在这个过程中, students continue to develop their critical 和 analytical 技能, 他们的倾听, 阅读, 研究, 写作, 以及西班牙语的口语能力.

样本的课程

• 西班牙半岛文化
• 西班牙语会话与写作
• 拉丁美洲文学概览
• Modern Latin America: 的 Novel of the “Boom” 和 the Political Drama
• Hispanic Culture 和 Literature in the United States

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课程 & 学术目录

What are common careers in 拉美裔研究?

• 教育
• 公务员
• 外交
• 社会工作
• 图书馆学
• 翻译/口译
• 新闻/广播
• 公共关系
• 销售/顾问
• 任务工作
• Any career that requires you to be a creative 和 critical thinker, cross-cultural communicator 和 global citizen

西班牙裔研究校友在做什么?

研究生学校

• 肯塔基大学西班牙裔研究
• 东田纳西州立大学历史系
• 佐治亚大学法学院
• 新英格兰法学院
• Community Engaged Medicine, Furman University

工作

• Lawyer, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, Greenville, SC
• Assistant Professor of Spanish, Christopher Newport University, 纽波特纽斯，弗吉尼亚州

实习

• 平等就业机会委员会
• 领导交流，巴拿马计划