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Dec 11, 2024
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2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Spanish, BA
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In the United States, Spanish is fast becoming second to English in usage. A language of practical utility, great literature (Don Quixote), and wide applicability (in North, Central, and South America, as well as in Europe), Spanish is becoming a necessary skill for dealing with today’s world.
Teaching Option
A degree option is available for elementary, secondary and special education teachers. Please contact the Student Success Center for further information.
Learning Outcomes, Spanish, BA
- Be able to speak the language well enough to satisfy routine social demands and limited nonspecific, work related tasks
- Be able to comprehend face-to-face speech in standard language spoken at a normal rate with some repetition and rewording by a native speaker not accustomed to dealing with foreigners
- Have sufficient comprehension to read authentic printed material or edited texts and material within a familiar context
- Be able to write routine social correspondence and simple discourse as well as cohesive summaries, resumes, short narratives and descriptions on factual topics in the past, present, and future times
- Possess a broad understanding of the history and civilization of the target culture
- Possess a critical and theoretically-based awareness of the literary and cultural traditions, periods, genres and contexts of the target language
General Requirements
- 36 credit hours in Spanish language and literature courses (beyond Spanish 2120)
- 6 credit hours in Foreign Culture Studies
- Spanish majors must achieve grades of C or higher in all required Spanish courses
Total: 42 semester hours – 36 semester hours in Spanish plus 6 semester hours in F CS.
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Required Advanced Language Courses, 6 credit hours:
Required Literature Courses, 9 credit hours:
Spanish Literature Electives, 9 credit hours:
Required Culture/Civilization courses, 6 credit hours:
Required Senior Seminar, 3 credit hours:
Foreign Culture Studies (F CS): Hispanic topics, 6 credit hours
Elective courses, 3 credit hours:
3 credit hours in 4000-level grammar/language or upper-division SPAN literature. Note:
In some cases these major requirements may result in total credit hours in the major in excess of the Letters, Arts and Sciences 54-hour subject area requirement. Unless the student successfully petitions the Committee on Academic Progress for a waiver, the major hours exceeding the 54-hour maximum will be in addition to the 120 hours needed to graduate. |
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