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 becoming a necessary skill for dealing with today’s world.

Outcomes

•  Be able to speak the language well enough to satisfy routine social demands and limited nonspecific, workrelated 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

• Departmental Advising :
  • Dr. Maria Sergia Steen: A – M
  • Dr. Fernando Feliu-Moggi: N - Z
• 36 credit hours in Spanish language and literature courses (beyond Spanish 212)
• 6 credit hours in Foreign Culture Studies

Course Requirements

Advanced Language

Required Courses - 6 semester hours:

• SPAN 300 – Spanish Grammar and Composition
• SPAN 301 – Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition

Note: Concurrent enrollment in these courses is highly recommended.

Literature

Required Courses - 9 semester hours:

• SPAN 310 – Literary Analysis
• SPAN 319 – Introduction to Hispanic Literature I
• SPAN 320 – Introduction to Hispanic Literature II

Select 9 additional semester hours in Spanish literature:

• SPAN 317 – Spanish Literature
• SPAN 318 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 336 - Hispanic Short Stories
• SPAN 337 - The Latin American Essay
• SPAN 340 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 342 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 369 – Hispanic Culture Through Film
• SPAN 391 – Spanish Theater Workshop
• SPAN 411 – Women in Hispanic Literature
• SPAN 415 – Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
• SPAN 416 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 421 – Hispanic Heritage of Colorado
• SPAN 428 – Generation of 1898
• SPAN 429 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 430 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 440 – Topics in Contemporary Literature
• SPAN 442 – Hispanic/Latino US Literature
• SPAN 443 – Hispanic US Drama
• SPAN 444 – Hispanic, Chicano/a and Mexican/American Literature
• SPAN 445 – US Cuban Literature
• SPAN 446 – Studies in US-Mexico Border Literature
• SPAN 450 - Spanish Literature
• SPAN 451 - Contemporary Hispanic American Literature
• SPAN 461 - Latin American Authors
• SPAN 462 - Don Quijote I
• SPAN 463 - Don Quijote II
• SPAN 465 - Spanish or Latin American or Chicano Authors
• SPAN 466 - Spanish Authors-Poetry
• SPAN 467 - Spanish Authors-Drama

Note: All these courses have SPAN 310 as a prerequisite

Culture and Civilization

Required courses:

• SPAN 325 - Hispanic Culture Studies
• SPAN 425 - The Cultural Heritage in Latin America

Select nine additional semester hours in Foreign Culture:

• F CS 323 - Southwestern Culture Studies
• F CS 369 - Topics in Hispanic Film
• F CS 421 - Hispanic Heritage of Colorado
• F CS 441 - Studies in U.S.-Mexico Border Literature
• COMM 328 - Intercultural Communication
• GES 382-3 - Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
• HIST 140 - Latin America to 1810
• HIST 141 - Latin America Since 1810
• HIST 350 - Chicano History to 1910
• HIST 351 - Chicano History Since 1910
• SOC 323 - The Chicano Community

Required Senior Seminar:

• SPAN 497 – Senior Seminar: Spanish

Elective courses:

• 3 semester hours in 400 level grammar/language or foreign culture or Spanish literature.