Spanish
At Clark, students can major or minor in Spanish. A minor consists of six classes, three of which must be taken in residency at Clark campus, and offers flexibility in class selection. The major is more specific, with required classes in literature, culture and a senior seminar. Majors must complete two units abroad, although most take a full semester or a year. Among our most popular courses are classes in cultural studies, literature and film.
Supplementing the major and minor in Spanish, the Spanish program offers a variety of academic and extra-curricular activities designed to enrich your contacts with the Spanish language and Hispanic cultural life here at Clark.
Spanish 117: Fieldwork in the Latino Community
In this course, students serve the Hispanic community at several sites in Worcester including Centro Las Americas, the Goddard St. School, St. Peter's, Pernet Family Health Services and Main South C.D.C. In addition to teaching E.S.L, helping at food banks, mentoring young people, interpreting for health care providers, translating materials or helping the community in numerous other ways, the students also meet weekly to discuss readings in Latino culture and literature.
Study Abroad
Those who major in a foreign language are required to have two units of study abroad. Programs are available in Spain (Madrid and Seville), the Dominican Republic (popular with students interested in International Development) and Chile. Study Abroad Office.
Worcester Latino Film Festival
The Foreign Languages and Literatures department is proud to be one of the patron sponsors of the Worcester Latino Film Festival. We join Centro Las Américas and the Consortium colleges to bring to Clark and Worcester communities a week-long festival of recent Spanish-language cinema.
The films are shown in Spanish with English subtitles, and they reflect the rich diversity of Spanish-speaking cultures in the United States and in Latin America. Each year, the festival invites a Latino filmmaker of note to join us. Clark has hosted the Dominican filmmaker, Angel Muñiz (Nueva Yol and Nueva Yol 3) and the Chicana filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo, whose El diablo nunca duerme/The Devil Never Sleeps has also been shown at film festivals around the world. Other visiting directors have included Ela Troyano, Natasha Estebanex, Jan Egleson, José Luis Valenzuela, Ivonne Belen and Jorge Dyszel.
Questions?
We welcome your questions. Please e-mail Marvin D'Lugo, coordinator of Spanish if you would like further information about the program.