Foreign Language Department
Students will be able to comprehend the written language, interact in conversations conducted in the target language as well as produce their own writings. They will also obtain knowledge of various Latin American cultures.
B.A. - Spanish, Secondary Education Grades 7th-12th Herbert Lehman College
M.A. – Spanish, Herbert Lehman College
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Lehman College serves the Bronx and surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. Already known for its outstanding faculty, dedicated staff, superb library, art gallery, theaters, speech and hearing clinic, and athletic facilities. Lehman has always been a commuter campus that prides itself on its diversity and commitment to multicultural understanding. Lehman is a senior liberal arts college in The City University of New York, founded in 1968 and offering more than 50 undergraduate majors and programs; over 40
graduate degree programs; 17 advanced certificates; and 11 doctoral programs in conjunction with the CUNY Graduate Center. Lehman is the only institution in the Bronx offering these three Master’s Degrees in Educational Leadership, Public Health, and Social Work.
Did you know? Lehman was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as both a "Top 50 Public College" in the North and a Tier 1 institution among regional universities in the North for three consecutive years. In addition, the graduate Social Work Program (MSW) ranked as one of Top 100 in the nation. Also ranked among the nation's Top 100 colleges and universities for the number of minority students earning bachelor's or master's degrees in several different fields, including education, the health professions, accounting, social work, and computer sciences (Top 100 Degree Producers, Diverse Issues in Higher Education).
Lehman College has presented honorary degrees to fifty-six distinguished men and women from a variety of fields, including the arts, law, medicine, business, education, diplomacy, human rights, and public service. Also Lehman count with a Notable Faculty: Seven Distinguished Professors, including Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003) and New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006), and composer John Corigliano, winner of both the Academy Award
(2000) and the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2001).