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Spanish Minor

Spanish Minor

 

Spanish and Latin American Studies minors gain a broad understanding of the language, 文学, and lives of Spain, Latin America, and the Latinx community.

You can easily add a Spanish minor to any other major, even if you have never studied French before. Our multidisciplinary program is vibrant, flexible, challenging, and engaging. You will work toward linguistic proficiency in Spanish, honing your basic vocabulary and progressing toward sophisticated communication, verbal and written. 从那里, you’ll encounter Hispanic cultures through a plethora of film, 历史, 政治, 艺术, 和音乐.

At the culmination of your study, you will create an original project that draws on your learning experience. Throughout your journey, you’ll receive highly personalized instruction from our world-renowned faculty. We are here to equip you for whatever future you envision!

 

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课程

After successfully completing levels 1–3, students will be able to...

  • Understand and produce speech in a variety of personal and social contexts; initiate and sustain conversations about multiple topics in the past, present and future tenses. 
  • Read and comprehend texts with varied subject matter, multiple points of view and verb tenses. 
  • Write prose that includes description and narration on a variety of topics with varied vocabulary.
  • Provide interpretations and supporting ideas. 
  • Exhibit understanding and demonstrate knowledge of cultural, geographical, 历史, and sociopolitical aspects of other societies. 
  • 演示 an ability to see the world from multiple perspectives and become aware of themselves as members of the global community.

 

Students who complete this major will be able to:

  • 演示 a career-ready proficiency in all language modalities (speaking, 写作, 听, and reading) for a variety of purposes and a range of content and contexts.
  • 开发 an understanding of the linguistic nature of Spanish, including its primary fields (phonology, 形态, 语法, 语义, sociolinguistics and dialectology, language acquisition, second language pedagogy, and 历史 linguistics). 
  • 演示 knowledge of Spanish and Latin American literary texts and traditions across time, including major literary and intellectual movements, 类型, 作家, and works; and discuss and analyze literary texts from a variety of sources.

演示 knowledge of Hispanic cultures across time and geography, and 艺术iculate an understanding of global perspectives, 实践, and products of those cultures.