Graduates of MacMurray College's Spanish program have gone on to successful careers in business and teaching. In the past ten years, each of the students who has chosen to pursue graduate study in Spanish has secured full teaching assistantships at the university of their choice. Each course is linked to appropriate web sites on the Internet. Contemporary films from around the Spanish-speaking world are integrated into courses in order to develop language proficiency as well as an understanding of major cultural issues. The Department has a music library as well as a reading library that contains newspapers, popular magazines and popular literature.
All Spanish majors are highly encouraged to consider study abroad for a semester or year.
The Spanish faculty assist with placement in appropriate programs abroad. Additionally, the Spanish program, in conjunction with other College departments, has offered students the opportunity to travel during the January term. Because of the small size of the Spanish program, students are offered many opportunities to pursue specialized interests. The Spanish faculty routinely offer students the opportunity to do individualized study in an area of particular interest. Students are encouraged, throughout their study, to engage in a variety of tasks that help build their skills, from writing and filming a telenovela to developing presentations on aspects of Spanish-speaking cultures to elementary school children in the area.