Credits Required
Total credits in the minor: 16
Credits at CSUMB: 12-16
Prerequisites
Approval from 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 Cultural knowledge ~ students can provide a comparative description and basic analysis of the peoples, history, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (including the Hispanic Southwest) ~ students 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
- You must complete at least one of the following literature-based courses:
SPAN 261: Contemp Chicano Lit:Survy; SPAN 262: Latin Amer Lit in Translation; SPAN 328: Latina Life Stories; SPAN 329: Auto/Biografias; SPAN 365: The Chicano Novel
LO 2 Historical Knowledge ~ students can provide a comparative description and analysis of the diverse peoples and histories of the Spanish-speaking world over a significant time period (at least one hundred years), which must include the Hispanic peoples of the United States
- You must complete at least one of the following history-based courses:
SPAN 307: History&Politics Of Mex; SPAN 308: Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US; SPAN 309: Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer; SPAN 311: US Foreign Policy Pac Rim; SPAN 370: The Chicano Community
Courses
In addition to these learning experiences, you must complete two additional Hispanic culture or history courses to complete the 16-credit requirement. In order to promote interdisciplinarity within the minor, you may take one related course from another CSUMB academic program.
Related Courses
HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories; HCOM 329: Auto/Biografias; HCOM 344: Chicana/Latina Experiences; HCOM 345: Chicano Life & Culture; HCOM 455: Paradigms Of Chicano Comm; SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire; SBS 348: Maya Civilization; VPA 319