Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures Minor Degree Requirements

Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures Minor ~ Degree Requirements

Credits Required

Total credits in the minor: 16

Credits at CSUMB: 16

Prerequisites

SPAN 202 or equivalent upper-division status, and approval of the School of World Languages and Cultures.

Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment

You must achieve both of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing courses or alternative assessment options as described in the section that follows.

LO 1 Language Proficiency ~ students demonstrate an intermediate-high proficiency level in the four major skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) according to American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines

• Complete at least one of the following:
  SPAN 301 Spanish Composition and Oral Practice
  SPAN 302 History and Phonetic Structure of the Spanish Language
  SPAN 303 Advanced Spanish Grammar
  SPAN 305 Spanish for the Professions
  

LO 2 Cultural Knowledge ~ students provide a comparative description and basic analysis of the peoples, history, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (including the Hispanic Southwest) ~ engage in the learning of cultural customs (e.g. quinceañera, compadrazgo, Día de los muertos, Carnaval), practices (e.g. religious, ofrendas, fiestas, curanderismo, Cuaresma), products (e.g. literature, art, music), and perspectives (e.g. cosmovisión, worldviews, cultural values, national & cultural identity, etc.), and other skills necessary for crosscultural communication.

Courses

• You must complete SPAN 306 Introduction to the Cultures and Civilizations of Hispanic Latin America
• You must complete at least one of the following: SPAN 304 Introduction to Hispanic Literatures; SPAN 307 History and Politics of Mexico; SPAN 308 History and Culture of Aztlán: The Southwest United States; SPAN 309 History and Politics of Latin America; SPAN 310 Hispanic Children's Literature; SPAN 321 Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature: Spain; SPAN 365 The Chicano Novel; SPAN 370 The Chicano Community; SPAN 395 Special Topics; SPAN 425 La Literatura Mexicana; SPAN 426 La Narrativa Hispanoamericana Contemporánea; SPAN 427 Latin American Woman Writers; SPAN 428 La Literatura Afro-Latina
• In addition to the these learning experiences, you must complete one additional course to meet the 16-credit requirement. This learning experience can be either a language or culture course from the those listed above, or  you may take one related course from another CSUMB academic program (see below).  All coursework taken for this minor must be upper-division.

Related Courses

HCOM 328 Latina Life Stories
HCOM 329 Auto-biografías
HCOM 344 Chicana / Latina Experiences
HCOM 345 Chicano Life and History
HCOM 455 Paradigms of the Chicana/o Community
SBS 325 Art of the Aztec Empire
SBS 348 Ancient Maya Civilization
VPA 319 Chicana/o Art History: Image, Ideology and Iconography