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Dec 22, 2024
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2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Spanish Major
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Prerequisites
Majors and Minors in Spanish are expected to have completed, through courses or placement exemption, the Introductory and Intermediate language sequence: Requirements for the Major (37 Credits)
Students must choose from two concentrations:
- Second-Language Learners: students who have learned Spanish as a second language in classroom settings or through study abroad.
- Heritage Learners: students who were raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and would like to improve their Spanish in an academic setting.
B. Hispanic Studies Seminar (4 credits)
Note
Preferably taken in the junior or senior year. With departmental permission, advanced students may take a Hispanic Studies Seminar more than once in place of an elective at the advanced level. C. Hispanic Studies Senior Capstone (1 credit)
II. Concentrations (28 credits)
A. Second Language Learners
Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence (12 credits)
Notes
It is recommended that students take SPAN 306 before SPAN 308 .
Students may take their final course in the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence concurrently with SPAN 310 .
Students who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department. Advanced Literature and Cultural Studies (8-12 credits)
Advanced Language and Linguistics, Community-Based Learning (4-8 credits)
Note
4 credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement; 8 credits with permission of the department.
Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence (8 credits)
Notes
Students may take SPAN 308 concurrently with SPAN 310 .
Heritage learners who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department. Advanced Literature and Cultural Studies (8-16 credits)
Advanced Language and Linguistics, Community-Based Learning (4-12 credits)
Note
4 credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement; 8 credits with permission of the department.
Important
It is highly recommended that all majors complete one of the following that relates to Spanish or a Spanish-speaking country: study abroad, short-term program, community-based learning course, or internship. Spanish majors are highly encouraged to spend a semester abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.
An internship in Spanish may count for 2-4 credits towards the major with departmental permission.
Students wishing to receive official certification of their proficiency may do so by contacting ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), for a fee, and the department will accept their score.
I. Advanced Literature and Cultural Studies
Gender and Relationships - SPAN 312 - Love, Sex, and Spirituality in Early Modern Spain
- SPAN 313 - Relationships, Marriage, and Romance in Hispanic Literature and Film
Autobiographical and Life Writings - SPAN 320 - Memories and Migration: U.S. Latinos in Literature & Film
Literature and Cultural Studies - SPAN 325 - Young Writers, Neo-Realism & Urban Culture in the Hispanic World
- SPAN 326 - Self, Place and the Environment in the Hispanic World
Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies - SPAN 331 - Reading Nation, Gender and Ethnicity in Latin American Culture
- SPAN 332 - Hispanic Cultures in U.S.: Colonial Spain, Ethnics, Post-Ethnics
- SPAN 333 - Colonial/Postcolonial Encounters: Europe, Africa and the Americas
- SPAN 334 - Cultures in Contact and Conflict in the Hispanic World
Politics and History - SPAN 339 - War and Imagination: The Spanish Civil War
Selected Topics - SPAN 377 - Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies
- SPAN 381 - Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies in Spain
II. Advanced Language and Linguistics
III. Community-Based Learning
IV. Courses Taught in English
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