Spanish

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of Spanish programs will:

  1. Achieve at least the Advanced level of Spanish competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing comprehension as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (ACTFL guidelines.)
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of cultural ideas, practices, and products from the diverse Spanish-speaking world, placing them in their historical, political, and social contexts, and interpreting the unique perspectives on human experience that they reveal.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of dialectal differences in Peninsular and Latin-American Spanish by reference to fundamentals of phonetics, semantics, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistic aspects.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to function well in Spanish-speaking cultures while exhibiting cross-cultural humility in relation to those cultures.
  5. Use Spanish effectively to integrate personal faith and cross-cultural interactions with Spanish speakers.

Degrees and Certificates

Classes

SPAN 116 : Elementary Spanish II

Continues the exploration of elements of Spanish grammar and the most used idiomatic patterns with oral and written exercises. Includes readings in Spanish history, customs, and literature.

Credits

4

Prerequisites

SPAN 115 or placement by professor.

SPAN 215 : Intermediate Spanish I

Explores grammar and study of selected specimens of literature to develop fluency in reading. Course conducted in Spanish as much as possible.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 115 and SPAN 116 or placement by professor.

SPAN 216 : Intermediate Spanish II

Continues the exploration of grammar and study of selected specimens of literature to develop fluency in reading. Course conducted in Spanish as much as possible.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 215 or placement by professor.

SPAN 290/490 : Directed Readings

Explores a Spanish interest area to fill gaps in a student's knowledge.

Credits

1 - 2

Prerequisites

Permission of the professor or the department chair.

SPAN 294/494 : Travel

Provides an opportunity to be enriched linguistically and culturally through travel and study in a Spanish-speaking country.

Credits

1 - 3

SPAN 296/496 : Seminar

Available as needed.

Credits

1 - 3

Prerequisites

Junior or senior standing with a Spanish concentration or major.

SPAN 337 : Golden Age Literature I

Explores peninsular Spanish Renaissance and Baroque literature, including the major authors and genres. Course conducted in Spanish.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 325 or permission of the professor.

SPAN 338 : Golden Age Literature II

Continues the exploration of peninsular Spanish Renaissance and Baroque literature, including the major authors and genres. Course conducted in Spanish.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 325 or permission of the professor.