The undergraduate and postgraduate handbooks provide information about the Department and explain certain regulations and arrangements that affect you. The Handbooks should be used in conjunction with the University Calendar. Moodle and the SMLLC and Departmental websites and notice-boards should also be consulted regularly.
     
    Some Important Details
    It is possible to commence the study of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Maynooth University.  The language is offered at both ab initio and Non-Beginner (post-Leaving Certificate, or equivalent) levels in First Year.  After First Year all students follow a common sequence.
    All students are urged to spend  a year in a Spanish-speaking country. Students opting for the BA (three years) must spend a minimum of three months in a Spanish-speaking country. Students opting for the BA International (four years) will spend the third year of their BA studying in a foreign university under the European Union’s Erasmus Exchange Programme, under an exchange programme with universities in Latin America, or as a Teaching Assistant in Spain.
    Portuguese (in conjunction with the Instituto Camões) and Catalan (in conjunction with the Ramon Llull Institute) are offered as options in the second and final year. 
     
    Spanish and Latin American Studies and the SMLLC are located in the main Arts Building. The Spanish and Latin American Studies Office is Room 35.