Requirements for the Minor (20 credits)

I. Gateway (4 credits)

Complete the following, which must be taken before advanced courses in literature and cultural studies, and may be taken concurrently with advanced electives in language, linguistics, and community-based learning:

course - Gateway to Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies

II. Additional (16 credits)

A. Second-Language Learners

Advanced-Intermediate Language Sequence (12 credits)

course - Advanced Spanish Language and Culture through Images and Film
course - Spanish Conversation in Cultural Contexts
course - Exploring Culture through Writing

Notes:
It is recommended that students take Spanish Conversation before Spanish Composition. Students may take their final course in the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence concurrently with course.
Students who place out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with upper-level electives offered by the department.

Upper Level (4 credits): Available courses listed below, under “Areas”

4 upper-level credits taught in Spanish. With departmental permission, advanced students may substitute a Hispanic Studies Seminar. Students who take 0-8 credits in the Advanced-Intermediate Language Sequence (through placement or departmental permission), may apply 4 credits offered in English by the department.

B. Heritage Learners

Advanced-Intermediate Language Sequence (8 credits)

course - Spanish Language & Conversation for Heritage Learners
course - Exploring Culture through Writing

Notes:
Students may take Spanish Composition concurrently with course.
Heritage learners who place out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department.

Upper level (8 credits): Available courses listed below, under “Areas”

8 upper-level credits, 4 of which must be taught in Spanish. With departmental permission, advanced students may substitute a Hispanic Studies Seminar.

Note

It is highly recommended that all Minors complete at least one of the following related to Spanish or a Spanish-speaking country:

A semester abroad
Summer abroad
Short-term program
Community-based learning course, or
Internship.

Areas

I. Advanced Literature and Cultural Studies

Gender and Relationships:

course - Love, Sex, and Spirituality in Early Modern Spain

Autobiographical and Life Writings:

course - Representations of Self: U.S. Latinx Identities in Literature and Popular Culture

Literature and Cultural Studies:

course - Young Writers, Neo-Realism & Urban Culture in the Hispanic World
course - Self, Place and the Environment in the Hispanic World

Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies:

Politics and History:

course - War and Imagination: The Spanish Civil War

Selected Topics:

course - Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies
course - Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies in Spain

II. Advanced Language and Linguistics

course - Cinematic Language: An Introduction to Spanish Filmic Discourse
course - History of the Spanish Language
course - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
course - Spanish Sociolinguistics
course - Advanced Expression and Stylistics
course - Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
course - Doing Business in the Hispanic World
course - Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics in Spain

III. Community-Based Learning

course - Community Based Learning: The U.S. Latino/a Experience

IV. Courses Taught in English

course - Selected Topics: Latin American, Peninsular or Transatlantic Contexts
course - Selected Topics: U.S. & U.S. Regional Contexts
course - The Culture of Melodrama in the Hispanic World
course - Gender, Sexuality and Performance in Spanish Theatre
course - The Making of the U.S. -Mexico Border
course - Power, Identity, and Globalization in Contemporary Latin American Culture
course - The Bicultural Imagination: Latinx Cultures in the U.S.
course - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Cultural Production
course - Selected Topics in Hispanic Studies
course - African Roots of the Americas
course - Sociolinguistic Theory and Method
course - Selected Topics in Hispanic Studies in Spain
course - Latino Politics

SPANn - Spanish Minor

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