Academic Catalog

Spanish Minor

Requirements

Students wishing to complete a Minor in Spanish are expected to take at least 18 credits of 2000, 3000 and 4000-level Spanish courses. The requirements are:

Course Title Credits
Select one of the following:3
Intermediate Spanish Composition
Advanced Spanish Composition
Foreign Study
Select one course from each of the following groups:9
Group 1 (Literature)
Group 2 (Culture)
Group 3 (Language and Communication)
Select two additional courses from any group6
Total Credits18

Groups

Group 1 (Literature)

Course Title Credits
SPAN 3207Women's Studies in Spanish3
SPAN 3208Issues in Hispanic Thought3
SPAN 3230Introduction to Literary Study3
SPAN 3231Great Works of Spanish Literature from its Origins to the Golden Age3
SPAN 3232Literature of Crisis in Modern Spain3
SPAN 32333
SPAN 3234Great Works of Modern Spanish-American Literature3
SPAN 3260Studies in Spanish-American Literature3
SPAN 32613
SPAN 3262Studies in Spanish Golden Age Literature3
SPAN 3263Studies in Spanish Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries3
SPAN 3264Studies in Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century3
SPAN 32663
SPAN 3267WThe Spanish-American Short Story3
SPAN 3293Foreign Study1-7
SPAN 4200WSenior Seminar for Spanish Majors: Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature3
SPAN/LLAS 3265Literature of Puerto Rico and the Spanish Caribbean3

Group 2 ( Culture)

Course Title Credits
SPAN 3179Spanish Conversation: Cultural Topics3
SPAN 3200Spanish Civilization to the Modern Period3
SPAN 3201Ibero-American Civilization and Culture3
SPAN 3204Language and Culture of U.S. Hispanics3
SPAN 3205Contemporary Spanish America3
SPAN 3206Contemporary Spain3
SPAN 3207Women's Studies in Spanish3
SPAN 3208Issues in Hispanic Thought3
SPAN 3214Topics in Hispanic Cultures3
SPAN 3250Film in Spain and Latin America3
SPAN 3251Latin American Film3
SPAN 3252Spanish Film3
SPAN 3254Special Topics in Latin American National Cinemas3
SPAN 3293Foreign Study1-7
SPAN 4200WSenior Seminar for Spanish Majors: Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature3

Group 3 (Language and Communication)

Course Title Credits
SPAN 3170Business Spanish3
SPAN 31713
SPAN 3172Spanish for the Health Professions3
SPAN 3177Composition and Reading for Speakers of Spanish3
SPAN 3178/3178WIntermediate Spanish Composition3
SPAN 3179Spanish Conversation: Cultural Topics3
SPAN 3204Language and Culture of U.S. Hispanics3
SPAN 3240WAdvanced Spanish Composition3
SPAN 3241Spanish Phonetics3
SPAN 3242Spanish Communicative Grammar3
SPAN 32613
SPAN 3267WThe Spanish-American Short Story3
SPAN 3293Foreign Study1-7
SPAN 4200WSenior Seminar for Spanish Majors: Selected Topics in Hispanic Literature3

Additional Note

In addition, the following rules apply:

  • AP courses may not be used toward the minor.
  • A maximum of three transfer credits and a maximum of three SPAN 3293 Foreign Study may be used toward the minor, but students applying transfer credits toward completion of the minor may use only two SPAN 3293 Foreign Study.

In any case, a minimum of nine credits in residence are required.

The minor is offered by the Literatures, Cultures, and Languages Department.