Spanish Language and Society Minor

Coordinator:
Sylvia Trelles

Department of Foreign Languages

This minor provides access to Spanish-speaking cultures as well as insights into our own culture. The program focuses on language-learning as a living, functioning and fun activity, and combines the development of language skills with the discovery of new ways to see and think about different cultures. It fosters international understanding and provides knowledge and skills that are becoming increasingly essential in our evolving global society.

The minor in Spanish Language and Society is not available to Spanish majors.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).

   1.  SPAN 220 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis

4 credits

   2.  One course from:

4 credits

        SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America

        SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain

        SPAN 340 Film, Life and Literature of Latin America

        Any SPAN course at the 200-level or above taught in Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country.

3.-4. Two SPAN courses at the 200-level or above excluding SPAN 260, 290, 360, 390, 460

8 credits

        SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish

        SPAN 202 Inter Conversation & Composition

        SPAN 211 Intermediate Spanish for Business I

        SPAN 212 Intermediate Spanish for Business II

        SPAN 220 Introto Literary & Cultural Analysis

        SPAN 221 Advanced Spanish for Business

        SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America

        SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain

        SPAN 320 Cult & Soc:Mexico, C Am & Carbbn

        SPAN 321 Cult & Soc: Golden Age of Spain

        SPAN 322 Culture and Society: South America

        SPAN 323 Cult & Soc: Beginnings of a Nation

        SPAN340 Film, Life & Lit of Latin Am

        SPAN 342Latino Culture in the U S

        SPAN 402 Senior Seminar: Latin America

        SPAN 403 Senior Seminar: Spain

        SPAN 250, 350, 450 Special Topics

 

Total credit hours required for Spanish Language and Society minor

16 credits