Spanish (B.A.)

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Student Learning Outcomes for Spanish:

Students will be able to:

Communicate (speak and comprehend) at the Advanced level according to ACTFL guidelines.
Write at the Advanced level according to ACTFL guidelines.
Write a research project in Spanish focused on reading primary and secondary sources in Spanish.
Use appropriately and explain most grammatical structures of the Spanish language.
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the perspectives and products of the cultures studied in themselves and in comparison with their own culture.
Read, analyze and interpret literary texts in terms of themes, characters, structure, style, and overall textual strategies, and situate those texts in their cultural contexts.

Spanish majors must complete a minimum of 20 credits in residency (four 300-level courses and SP 496 and SP 497 ) and a minimum of 15 credits (five courses) at the 300 (advanced) level or above in at least one semester at an approved study-abroad program. Students must complete non-survey courses that include one Spanish syntax, morphology and/or phonetics; one Spanish writing and/or speaking; one Spanish history, art and/or culture, one Spanish Literature, and one Spanish elective.

Other requirements include two oral interviews and a student portfolio (due November 30th or April 30th of the student’s final semester). An initial oral interview must be completed prior to going abroad and a rating of Intermediate must be obtained. A second oral interview will be completed after the study-abroad experience has been completed and a rating of Advanced must be obtained.

Majors must complete the following courses in residency:

SP 305 - Spanish Conversation
SP 315 - Spanish Grammar and Composition
SP 496 - Spanish Senior Research Project I (senior year)
SP 497 - Spanish Senior Research Project II (senior year)

And at least three of the following course electives:

SP 312 - Modern Spain
SP 314 - Modern Hispanic America
SP 319 - Spanish Linguistics
SP 323 - Introduction to Literature
SP 325 - Spanish Service Learning
Students may satisfy one Spanish elective with the completion of the following two certificate courses, providing students an accelerated pathway into the Medical Spanish Graduate Certificate.
SP 331 - Medical Spanish I (SP 531)
SP 332 - Medical Spanish II (SP 532)

First Year Suggested Courses:

FYS 100 - First-Year Seminar
EN 100 - PLE Writing and Language
SP 211 - PLO Intermediate Spanish I
SP 212 - PLO Intermediate Spanish II
Four Core/Elective/Second major courses (16 credits total)

Notes:

Students with more than two years of Spanish must take the online language placement exam before registering in a language course for academic credit, unless the student begins a new language. Students are not allowed to take SP 111 if they have completed high school level 3 or higher. For a link to the online placement exam, students should consult the Language Placement page.

Language Incentive Placement Policy: Students who place into a modern language course at the 211-level or higher and earn a B- or better are eligible to receive credit for the previous course in the sequence.

Language Placement Policy

All students with more than two full years of language preparation must take courses at the 112-level or above. The appropriate language level is determined by an online placement test. In the case of Japanese placement, students must contact the Japanese faculty.

If a student places into a modern language course at the 211-level or higher and earns a B- or better, then he or she will also receive credit for the previous course in the sequence. The course must be taken before the end of the student’s second year. This policy is not applicable to native speakers who were formally educated in the language through the high school level.

Native and heritage speakers must contact their advisor if they plan to take courses in their native or heritage language.

For further information, please consult your advisor or the Dean of Arts and Humanities.