2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Spanish, B.A. major

Required Credits: 34
Required GPA: 2.25

Note: Students pursuing a Spanish program will be evaluated
using the ACFFL Oral Proficiency Interview and/or Written
Proficiency Scale (see department for additional information)

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• SPAN 2212 Intermediate Spanish II (4 credits)
• SPAN 3311 Composition and Communication Skills (3 credits)
• SPAN 3312 Advanced Readings and Communication Skills (3 credits)
• SPAN 3313 Spanish Oral Proficiency Skills Workshop I (1 credit)
• SPAN 4314 Advanced Spanish Grammar Review Through Film and Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4315 Spanish Oral Proficiency Skills Workshop II (1 credit)

II REQUIRED IMMERSION COURSES

Choose one of the following options for a minimum
of 4 credits:

Note: If section is complete at 4 credits, overage may
be used for Section III electives.

• SPAN 3300 Study Abroad (1-18 credits)
• SPAN 3870 Intensive Immersion Practicum: Concordia Language Villages (4 credits)
• SPAN 3971 Intercultural Immersion Internship (1-4 credits)

III REQUIRED ELECTIVES

Select 15 semester credits with consent of advisor:

• SPAN 3317 Topics in Latin America (3 credits)
• SPAN 3319 Spanish for the Professions (3 credits)
• SPAN 3320 La telenovela (1-3 credits)
• SPAN 3330 Traditional Folk Art of the Spanish-speaking World (2 credits)
• SPAN 3830 Voices of Women in the Spanish-speaking World (3 credits)
• SPAN 3840 Contemporary Issues in the Spanish-speaking World (3 credits)
• SPAN 3850 Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature and Artistic Representations (3 credits)
• SPAN 4310 Advanced Spanish Composition (3 credits)
• SPAN 4413 Hispanic Short Fiction (3 credits)
• SPAN 4414 The Hispanic Novel (3 credits)
• SPAN 4415 Hispanic Drama (3 credits)
• SPAN 4416 Hispanic Poetry (3 credits)
• SPAN 4420 Twentieth Century Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4421 Women in Hispanic Literature and Culture (3 credits)
• SPAN 4422 Hispanic Literature and Culture in the United States (3 credits)
• SPAN 4423 From Text to Image: Hispanic Film and Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4426 Latin American Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
• SPAN 4427 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
• SPAN 4430 Spanish Linguistics (3 credits)

 

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR SPANISH MAJOR, B.A.

The following is a list of required language courses arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible. Students entering with previous high school or living abroad language background may begin at the 2000 or 3000 level. See department chair for placement testing.

Students must have sufficient language proficiency before enrolling in 3000 level or higher. It may be necessary for students to take SPAN 1111 Elementary Spanish I (4 credits), SPAN 1112 Elementary Spanish II (4 credits), SPAN 2211 Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits), and/or SPAN 2212 Intermediate Spanish II (4 credits) to master the oral and written proficiency levels required.

The following liberal education courses are recommended for students majoring in a modern language: European and/or other appropriate History courses, Philosophy, European and/or appropriate Art History courses, folk dance, Economics, or Political Science.

Freshman (Plan for students with no prior experience.)

• SPAN 1111 Elementary Spanish I (4 credits)
• SPAN 1112 Elementary Spanish II (4 credits)
• Second major or minor course work
• Liberal Education requirements

Sophomore

• SPAN 2211 Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits)
• SPAN 2212 Intermediate Spanish II (4 credits)
• Second major or minor course work
• Liberal Education requirements

Junior

• SPAN 3311 Composition and Communication Skills (3 credits)
• SPAN 3312 Advanced Readings and Communication Skills (3 credits)
• SPAN 3313 Spanish Oral Proficiency Skills Workshop I (1 credit)
• Immersion course(s)
• Required electives (see advisor)
• Second major or minor course work
• Complete Liberal Education requirements

Senior

• SPAN 4314 Advanced Spanish Grammar Review Through Film and Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4315 Spanish Oral Proficiency Skills Workshop II (1 credit)
• SPAN 4427 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
• Remaining required electives (see advisor)
• Immersion course(s) if not completed as a junior
• Complete second major or minor course work