College Spanish Course question?

Question

I am attending a small community college for a nursing degree. After I graduate I intend to continue into Spanish studies, (as I have been learning independently for many years), at another university. But I am very interested in the college classes offered that study in depth the language differences between Spanish speaking countries. Differences such as the accents, but more importantly the vocabulary. Over many years I have gathered friends from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and many from Mexico. I am very very familiar with Mexican Spanish because there are more resources and more people where I live. I'm readily to branch out but there is a lack of information and I am not sure what those classes would be called or if it would help me find resources. Does any one know what this study is called, or books, classes?

Welcome to the forum,please supply your language details including their level , it will help us to help you more easily. - ray76, Jun 10, 2016

I have a very high level. In High school I took AP Spanish up to level 4. I can watch Spanish language television and I've worked in a almost non-English speaking environment. - weimermh, Jun 10, 2016

I'm looking for resources for differences like in Mexico straw is popote, but in other countries sorbete, pitillo etc. is used. - weimermh, Jun 10, 2016

Variety is the name of the topic in which you ask, i think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(linguistics) - LiuBang10, Jun 11, 2016

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure universities don't offer regional vocabulary classes. Your best bet is to just keep making friends. I live in Bolivia and have been confounded countless times when searching for translations of the regional slang. Let me know if you need to translate cunumi, chuturubi or elay