Spanish Minor

Spanish Minor

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Give yourself a competitive edge in your career with a Spanish minor.

The demand in the global marketplace for individuals who can demonstrate cultural awareness and communicate in more than one language increases all the time. If you are planning a career in business, international relations, public health, nursing, medicine, education, social work, or criminal justice—among other careers—the minor in Spanish can give you the language skills to have an edge in the job market. The program allows you to focus your learning with a minimum of 6 credits of electives. Up to 12 credits of the 18 required credits can be earned by taking the CLEP exam, departmental placement exam, or Seal of Biliteracy. AP credit will award 6 credits.

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SP-101 Beginning Spanish I
Basic oral and written proficiency for daily communication; may be taken as a self-contained unit or as a basis for further development. Audio-visual method.
3 credits
SP-102 Beginning Spanish II
Continuation of Beginning Spanish I.
3 credits
SP-210 Intermediate Spanish I
Review of language constructions and everyday vocabulary at a slighter faster pace than an elementary course. Grammar review starts with the most basic structures, such as present, preterite, and imperfect tenses; ser/estar; por/para; command forms; and pronouns and ends with present subjunctive. Vocabulary fields include feelings and emotions, urban living, family relationships, the media, and the environment. Readings, videos, and short films related to different Spanish-speaking countries add a cultural component to the course.
3 credits
SP-211 Intermediate Spanish II
Continuation of Intermediate Spanish I.
3 credits
SP-321 Advanced Spanish Composition I
Facility in prose writing, study of style of selected authors, variety of expression through word discrimination, and advanced grammatical structures.
3 credits
SP-323 Advanced Spanish Conversation through Film
The main objective of this course is to develop the student’s oral proficiency and communication skills while building on vocabulary and learning about different aspects of the Hispanic cultural world with a special emphasis on immigration issues. The class format is mainly based on group/pair discussions and debates in which students ask questions, express their views, elaborate on their ideas, and defend them by providing supporting examples drawn from their own experiences, analysis, or comparisons.
3 credits
SP-326 Spanish for the Professions
Intensive practice with language and documents used in private and public sectors including business, medicine, communication, education, and social services.
3 credits
SP-331 Spanish Civilization
An historical survey of Spanish social, cultural, and political life. Conducted in Spanish.
3 credits
SP-332 Cultures of Latin America
Introduction to the cultures and history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present day. This course introduces students to colonial, modern, and contemporary cultural, historical, and political issues that influenced the development of Latin American identities. The course is taught in Spanish.
3 credits
SP-341 Readings in Spanish Literature
Selected masterpieces from Middle Ages to present; social, cultural, and stylistic features of different periods. Recommended as a first course in Spanish literature.
3 credits
SP-347 Latin American Colonial Literature
This course examines the colonial history of the American continent as interpreted through the various historical accounts written by eyewitnesses of the conquest. The course covers 2 centuries of writings from the late 15th to the 17th century and examines many historical accounts of the conquest, letters, documents, poetry, and other historical artifacts to learn of the social, political, religious, and economic significance of the colonial era. It combines an overview of the political economy of the region over 3 centuries with a study of how social groups interacted among themselves and with imperial rule over time.
3 credits
SP-350 Advanced Spanish Grammar
This applied linguistics advanced class provides a background of Spanish grammar and delves into topics of the Spanish language that are usually challenging for English-speaking learners of Spanish. The goals are to clarify important aspects of the Spanish language and related cultural features, including uses of technology and assessment.
3 credits

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