a qualitatively
distinctive course of study, one designed from its inception to focus
primarily on the needs of Spanish teachers in Connecticut;
a program that allows
for the timely completion of the degree both by means of regular courses
available on the CCSU campus which are scheduled at convenient times for
teachers, and by means of the intensive modules of
summer study offered both at CCSU and at the University of Salamanca;
a program that has as
an integral part the linguistically and culturally valuable experience of living
in a Spanish-speaking country while completing degree requirements;
an
innovative degree awarded by CCSU and obtained in collaboration with the
University of Salamanca, lending it both international character and
the distinctive imprimatur of one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious
universities.