Spanish is spoken by more than 300 million people around the world and more than 10% of the U.S. population. It is second only to Chinese among all of the world’s languages in total number of speakers. Portuguese is the native tongue of countries on four continents and is nearly as widely spoken as Spanish. Its impact on history, art, contemporary economics, and international relations is self-evident.
Dartmouth’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese features a major, minor, and modified major in Hispanic Studies, Romance Studies, and Lusophone Studies. It also offers a major in Romance Studies, a modified major and minor in Lusophone Studies, and a minor in Hispanic and Lusophone studies. The Department also runs three levels of off-campus programs in Spanish and one in Portuguese and offers an honors thesis program with student funding available.

