¡Bienvenidos! Bem-vindos! The Spanish and Portuguese Department has a strong commitment to teaching and research.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese provides instruction in the languages, cultures, and literatures of Spain, Spanish America, and the Luso-Brazilian world. We also teach specialized courses in Business, Legal, Medical Spanish and Translation Skills. In addition to the robust array of course offerings that allow both majors and non-majors to tailor their learning towards their professional and intellectual goals, students frequently participate in one of our special programs, offering the opportunity to experience the world outside the classroom: these programs include: an intensive immersion program in Spanish and Latin American Studies (LASS); diverse programs abroad, including our Temple Spain Programs; and service learning and internships in areas of business, social service, and education in Philadelphia.
Our Graduate Program in Spanish integrates the fields of Literature and Linguistics, providing a solid background in each for M.A. and Ph.D. students. For our M.A. students, the rigorous program develops advanced Spanish-language skills vital to today’s careers and trains students in both the exercise of research and in the pedagogical skills necessary for the pursuit of the Ph.D. Our Ph.D. students engage in advanced study and research in Spanish Peninsular Literature, Spanish American Literature, and Hispanic Linguistics, while obtaining the skills necessary for careers in academia. Our department faculty remains very active in research and the department is a vibrant intellectual community; one, which participates in conferences, lecture series and receives grants.
The principal mission of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Temple University, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, is to promote the study and research of the languages, cultures, and literatures of Spain, Spanish America, and the Luso-Brazilian world. This mission prepares students for the pluralistic, inclusive society of the twenty-first century, both locally and globally. The unit takes very seriously the objective of inclusiveness in its many facets. Diversity in national origin is a cornerstone of our discipline as Hispanic studies are, by their very nature, a multilingual, multicultural, global and international endeavor.
