In order to graduate, you will also need to complete your general education and university requirements.
Complete ALL of the following courses:
- WLC 300WLC 300: WLC Major ProSeminar
- SPAN 301SSPAN 301S: SL in the Latino Community
- WLC 400WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone
- SPAN 301SPAN 301: Comp/Oral Practice
- SPAN 304SPAN 304: Intro To Hispanic Literat
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- SPAN 302SPAN 302: Hist/Phonetic Struct Span Lang
- SPAN 303SPAN 303: Adv Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 305SPAN 305: Spanish for The Professions
- SPAN 313SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 315SPAN 315: Intro Translation Span/Eng
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- SPAN 306SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer
- SPAN 316SPAN 316: Span Culture & Civ
- SPAN 321SPAN 321: Masterpieces of Hispanic Lit
- SPAN 322SPAN 322: Masterpieces Latinamer Lit
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- JAPN 305JAPN 305: Intro Japanese Clture/Civ
- JAPN 306JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
- JAPN 307JAPN 307: Japan-American Experierence
- JAPN 308JAPN 308: Japanese Pop-Culture
- JAPN 309JAPN 309: Japanese Lit in Translation
- JAPN 310JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema
- JAPN 311JAPN 311: Social Issues In Japan
- JAPN 313JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan
- JAPN 314JAPN 314: JPN Visual Culture & Media
- JAPN 405JAPN 405: Economic History Of Japan
- JAPN 407JAPN 407: Japan in Asia
- JAPN 408JAPN 408: Business In Japan
- HCOM 322HCOM 322: Asian American Literature
- HCOM 324HCOM 324: African American Narratives
- HCOM 326HCOM 326: Jewish Holocaust Literature
- HCOM 346HCOM 346: African American Life/History
- SBS 365SBS 365: Black/Civil/Rights:1954-1968
- SBS 381SBS 381: US, Vietnam, Asia-Pacific
- SBS 382SBS 382: History of Modern Africa
- SBS 383SBS 383: African Civilizations
- OR, in lieu of taking one of the above courses, with the approval of an advisor, students may choose to independently study, research and analyze the working components of the second culture.
Students select one of the following emphases:
Language and Linguistics
Complete FOUR of the following courses (not repeating any of the previously related lang/ling courses):
- SPAN 302SPAN 302: Hist/Phonetic Struct Span Lang
- SPAN 303SPAN 303: Adv Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 305SPAN 305: Spanish for The Professions
- SPAN 313SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 315SPAN 315: Intro Translation Span/Eng
- LING 392LING 392: Nat Lang/Lang Acquis
Literature and Culture
Complete FOUR of the following courses (not repeating any of the previously related culture/literature courses; and no more than two non-SPAN courses can be used to complete this requirement):
- SPAN 306SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer
- SPAN 307SPAN 307: History&Politics Of Mex
- SPAN 308SPAN 308: Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US
- SPAN 309SPAN 309: Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer
- SPAN 310SPAN 310: Hispanic Child Lit
- SPAN 311SPAN 311: US Foreign Policy Pac Rim
- SPAN 316SPAN 316: Span Culture & Civ
- SPAN 325SPAN 325: Hispanic Cinema
- SPAN 321SPAN 321: Masterpieces of Hispanic Lit
- SPAN 322SPAN 322: Masterpieces Latinamer Lit
- SPAN 330SPAN 330: Hispanic Testimonials
- SPAN 365SPAN 365: The Chicano Novel
- SPAN 370SPAN 370: The Chicano Community
- SPAN 425SPAN 425: La Literatura Mexicana
- SPAN 426SPAN 426: Narativa Hispanoamericana
- SPAN 427SPAN 427: Latin Amer Women Writers
- SPAN 428SPAN 428: La Literatura Afrolatina
- HCOM 328HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories
- HCOM 329HCOM 329: Auto/Biografias
- HCOM 344HCOM 344: Chicana/Latina Experiences
- HCOM 345HCOM 345: Chicano Life & Culture
- HCOM 455HCOM 455: Paradigms Of Chicano Comm
- SBS 325SBS 325: Art of the Aztec Empire
- SBS 348SBS 348: Maya Civilization
- SBS 480SBS 480: The Queretaro Project
To complete the requirements of the Spanish degree, students must demonstrate that he or she has been actively immersed in and has internalized Hispanic culture. There are three pathways by which this can be demonstrated; in consultation with your major advisor, choose ONE of the following pathways:
- Pathway 1: By participating in a study-abroad program in a Spanish-speaking country for at least one semester. WLC's Spanish program has exchange agreements with the University of Aguas Calientes and the University of Queretero in Mexico, and the University of Córdoba in Spain. In addition, through CSU International Programs, you can study at universities in Madrid or Granada, Spain or in Santiago, Chile.
- Pathway 2: By living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time without interruption for at least two years.
- Pathway 3: By participating in and/or completing all of the following cultural learning scenarios with accompanying documentation, in the target language:
- Participate in service learning within a local heritage community for a minimum of eight weeks beyond the actual service learning requirement.
- Make a minimum of three home-visits in the local heritage community to interact and communicate with members of the Hispanic culture regarding topics of personal interest, the community, culture and language.
- Attend or view via media a minimum of 10 cultural events and /or social activities of Hispanic culture.
- Actively participate and/or perform in a school or heritage community event or celebration.
- Participate in a heritage-community project (of some duration) that requires proficiency in Spanish and knowledge of Hispanic cultures.
- Conducting a one hour in-depth interview with a speaker of Spanish, eliciting, in a conversational manner, comments of a biographical nature, cultural and social observations and anecdotal reflections.
- View and comment on 10 movie-length films produced within and about Hispanic culture.
- Participate at least five times in organized sports or recreation activities of Hispanic culture.
- Demonstrate cultural skills by making hotel reservations, ordering meals and shopping in stores or markets in heritage settings where Spanish is spoken.