Spanish Major

Major

Spanish

Bachelor of Arts, BA

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 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 Academic Advising 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

  • credit hours in Spanish language and literature courses (beyond SPAN 2110
  • 6 credit hours in Foreign and Cultural 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 Foreign and Cultural Studies.

Course Requirements

  • SPAN 3000 - Spanish Grammar and Composition or
  • SPAN3070 Sustainability in the Spanish-Speaking World
  • SPAN 3010 - Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
  • SPAN 3100 - Literary Analysis
  • SPAN 4970 - Senior Seminar: Spanish
  • SPAN 3190 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature I AND
  • SPAN 3250 - Hispanic Culture Studies  OR
  • SPAN 3200 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature II AND 
  • SPAN 4250 - The Cultural Heritage in Latin America 

Complete 9 credit hours of the following Spanish Literature electives.

  • SPAN 3370 - The Latin American Essay 
  • SPAN 3690 - Hispanic Culture Through Film
  • SPAN 4110 - Women in Hispanic Literature 
  • SPAN 4150 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 4210 - Hispanic Heritage of Colorado
  • SPAN 4253 - Almodovar
  • SPAN 4280 - Generation of 1898
  • SPAN 4360 - Hispanic Short Story
  • SPAN 4400 - Topics in Contemporary Literature
  • SPAN 4420 - Hispanic/Latino U.S. Literature
  • SPAN 4440 - Hispanic, Chicano/a, and Mexican-American Literature
  • SPAN 4450 - U.S. Cuban Literature
  • SPAN 4460 - Studies in U.S.-Mexico Border Literature
  • SPAN 4510 - Contemporary Hispanic American Literature
  • SPAN 4610 - Latin American Authors
  • SPAN 4620 - Don Quijote I
  • SPAN 4650 - Spanish or Latin American or Chicano Authors
  • SPAN 4660 - Spanish Authors-Poetry

Complete 6 credit hours of the following courses in Hispanic topics.

  • FCS 3230 - Southwestern Culture Studies 
  • FCS 3360 - U.S. Latina/o Literature 
  • FCS 3690 - Topics in Hispanic Film 
  • FCS 4210 - Hispanic Heritage of Colorado 
  • FCS 4253 - Almodovar 
  • FCS 4460 - Studies in U.S.-Mexico Border Literature 
  • GES 3820 - Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean 
  • HIST 1400 - Latin America to 1810 
  • HIST 1410 - Latin America Since 1810
  • HIST 3560 - Modern Mexico