Bienvenidos to the Spanish program at the University of South Carolina. The Spanish program is the largest language program at the university, with over 110 sections offered in the spring of 2010 and a full-time faculty of 26 professors and instructors. Spanish is one of the most popular majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, and also has over 469 minors, many of whom are majoring in disciplines in other colleges, most notably in business administration. We offer a variety of advanced courses in addition to the usual language, literature, and culture offerings, including Spanish and Latin-American film, Spanish for business and professions, Spanish for heritage speakers, a theatre performance class, a cross-cultural course with a service-learning component, and contemporary topics, area studies, and linguistics courses. Many of our faculty also teach in the Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies, and Linguistics degree programs. We sponsor USC summer study abroad programs in Spain (Summer I) and Latin America (Summer II) and encourage and facilitate semester-abroad experiences for all majors and minors. We offer the B.A., M.A. , M.A.T. and Ph.D. degrees in Spanish and participate in masters and doctoral programs in Comparative Literature and Linguistics.

University Housing and the Program in Spanish sponsors the Spanish House, a residential Spanish-immersion living experience with on-going activities to enhance opportunities to practice Spanish on a daily basis. Open to upperclass students who have completed at least one intermediate-level Spanish course.

The Spanish Program also coordinates a Community Outreach program to make both students and faculty aware of volunteer opportunities in which they can utilize their Spanish skills to serve the Hispanic community of Columbia.

Note: All Spanish courses at the intermediate level and beyond are taught in the target language, unless otherwise noted.

Program Director
Dr. Francisco Sánchez
sanchezf@mailbox.sc.edu

Basic Courses Director: Committee of Basic Course Coordinators, Marinelli, Chair
SPAN 109-110 Coordinator: Catherine Wiskes
SPAN 121 & 122 Coordinator: Patti Marinelli

Advisement Coordinator
Leah Miller
lmiller@mailbox.sc.edu

Sigma Delta Pi Advisor
Cari Kepner Lee
kepner@mailbox.sc.edu