Hispanic Studies - Mount Saint Mary College

Hispanic Studies from Mount Saint Mary College is a Campus Bachelor Latin American Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Overview The Hispanic Studies major prepares students for graduate study and careers in education, business, communications, media and social sciences. Conversation, culture and literature are emphasized in the program to prepare students for the changing needs of society. Career Options Career opportunities abound in teaching, translating, marketing communications, criminal justice, business, finance, healthcare, social work, government, etc. to name a few. Career Outlook ?With well over 35 million Spanish speakers in the United States, and with over 40% of the population growth being among the Hispanic people, the stage is set for an enormous increase in Spanish usage in the United States. This has sparked a lot of interest among US citizens, a group not particularly known for their multilingualism. This interest will only increase as the Hispanic population of the US approaches 50 million by the year 2015. But it\\\'s not only in the US where Spanish is popular. In Europe, Spanish is the second most popular second language, after English. With some 400 million speakers, Spanish is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world. Only Mandarin, English and Hindi have more speakers. If you count only native speakers, Spanish outranks English. Spanish is an official language on four continents and is the mother tongue in 21 countries. The sheer number of Spanish speakers and their rate of growth makes learning Spanish a smart choice? View more details on Mount Saint Mary College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Latin American Studies courses.