在BSU学习西班牙语意味着你将能够用世界和美国最流行的语言之一进行交流.S. 您将熟悉西班牙语社会的历史和文化及其在全球背景下的作用. Besides that, 通过与西班牙和拉丁文化的联系，你会更好地了解你自己的文化.
Learning Spanish at BSU is a fun and eye-opening experience. You learn by using the language: writing poems for their Valentines, sharing micro-stories on social media, 讨论拉丁社会中性别角色的变化或角色扮演短剧. 您将有机会在西班牙语国家学习或在多语言或多元文化组织实习，从而在现实生活中进行实践.
Besides language learning, 接触西班牙和拉丁裔作家的知识和作品会让你以新的视角看待世界，并对你在个人和职业生活中可能面临的经历产生新的见解.
Spanish Programs
贝米吉州立大学的西班牙语课程允许学生通过几门课程获得初级和中级西班牙语技能，或者通过辅修或两个学士学位之一进一步发展掌握西班牙语的水平.
- Spanish B.A.: 这个28学分的专业包括22学分的西班牙语3300或以上课程, as well as 6 elective credits with consent of a faculty advisor.
- Spanish Minor: The minor requires 14 Spanish credits numbered 3300 or above.
在BSU学习西班牙语意味着你可以选择最适合你的课程, in person or via Zoom. 你的学习从你的基础西班牙语课程开始被认可，你可以通过选择辅修或主修来决定你想要获得的西班牙语熟练程度. A wide range of classes 让你选择那些更适合你的个人兴趣和职业规划.
For more information on the Spanish programs, visit the course catalog.
“我主修西班牙语，因为我已经爱上了这门语言. I love the way it sounds, and I also enjoy learning other languages. This is my eighth year studying Spanish. I started in eighth grade and continued all through high school.
作为一名西班牙语专业的学生，我最宝贵的经历是我对拉丁美洲的语言和文化有了更深入的了解. The professors have been very supportive. 如果我有不懂的地方，他们非常愿意花额外的时间来帮助我.”
— Kortney Carlin
Spanish Culture and Language B.A.
Criminal Justice (Victimology emphasis) B.S.
Majoring in Spanish
Whether on its own or as a double major with another field, the Bachelor Arts in Spanish 贝米吉州立大学致力于卓越的语言，这是通往职业和生活中许多机会的途径.
With 28 credits required overall, including 22 in Spanish courses numbered 3300 or above, students graduate as capable speakers, 西班牙语作家和读者，对西班牙语历史有广泛的了解, culture and literature.
本专业以西班牙语、西班牙裔美国文学和文化以及西班牙语言学为基础, while also providing continuing courses in language skills. 其主要目标是：(i)研究与西班牙语有关的内容领域, such as literature, culture and linguistics, （二）继续提高西班牙语四项技能的熟练程度：口语, listening, reading and writing.
Why study Spanish at BSU? Spanish students and graduates tell you why.
Preparing for Graduate Study in Spanish
主修西班牙语的学生可以继续在西班牙语、西班牙裔美国人或西班牙文学等领域进行研究生学习, comparative literature or Hispanic linguistics. 他们可以将他们的西班牙语学习与其他领域结合起来，为国际商业的职业机会做准备, government, travel or communications, 外语和外国文化的知识在哪里是必不可少的.
Suggested Year-by-Year Plan
以下是对必修语言课程的年度计划建议. It is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion. 有高中语言背景的学生可以从2000级或3000级开始. See Dr. Miriam Rivera-Hokanson, department chair, for placement testing.
鼓励西班牙学生选择以下领域的通识教育课程，以提高他们的语言学习：欧洲和/或其他适当的历史课程, Philosophy, European and/or appropriate Art History courses, folk dance, Economics or Political Science.
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Minoring in Spanish
Bemidji State students can add a minor in Spanish by taking the 14 credits of language courses numbered 3300 or above. 这样做将确保他们获得高水平的西班牙语能力, as well as in reading and writing the language.
这些能力将使他们在西班牙语国家旅行时有更丰富和有益的经历, as well as living and working in U.S. communities with significant numbers of Spanish speakers.
西班牙语知识在几乎任何具有国际影响力的职业中都是有用的, legal, health care or human services dimension.
Spanish Career Opportunities
西班牙语能力对政府工作是有益的，在某些情况下是必要的, education, business, communications, health care and social and community services. 懂西班牙语是许多职位的首选资格，可以带来更高的薪水, both immediately and over the long term. It also can offer an advantage for acceptance into graduate programs.
Local Connections
除了它的全面的项目和课程和优秀的教师, 贝米吉州的地理位置提供了另一个独特的优势-接近 Concordia Language Villages, located 11 miles northeast of the BSU campus. 康考迪亚，也被称为CLV，是世界上最受尊敬的语言沉浸中心之一. BSU的西班牙学生可以通过参加Concordia的课程来提高他们的学习 Spanish villages, all in beautiful north woods locations. 他们还可以申请青年夏令营辅导员和其他工作人员的职位.
Global Perspective
Regardless of whether you expect to use Spanish in your work, the ability to read, 用世界第三大常用语言写作和交谈将有助于你成为世界公民. 西班牙语知识丰富了学生对文化和艺术的欣赏, expands study abroad options, 增进国际间的了解，与世界各地的人们建立终身的友谊.
Contact Information
Spanish Program
Languages & Indigenous Studies
Bensen Hall 356
1500 Birchmont Drive NE #35
Bemidji, MN 56601-2699
Office: (218) 755-2810