If you transferred into CSUMB as an AA-T-certified student in Spanish, you must complete the following courses for your bachelor's degree in Spanish at CSUMB. If you are unsure about your transfer status, please talk to an advisor.
Complete ALL of the following courses:
- WLC 300WLC 300: WLC Major ProSeminar
- SPAN 301SPAN 301: Comp/Oral Practice
- SPAN 301SSPAN 301S: SL in the Latino Community
- SPAN 304SPAN 304: Intro To Hispanic Literat
- WLC 400WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone
- Any approved course that meets the GWAR
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 (if the American Institutions requirement needs to be met):
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):
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 306
- SPAN 307
- SPAN 308
- SPAN 309
- SPAN 310
- SPAN 311
- SPAN 321
- SPAN 322
- SPAN 328
- SPAN 329
- SPAN 365
- SPAN 370
- SPAN 425
- SPAN 426
- SPAN 427
- SPAN 428
- HCOM 328
- HCOM 329
- HCOM 344
- HCOM 345
- HCOM 455
- SBS 325
- SBS 348
- SBS 480
- HCOM 247
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
- LS 362LS 362: Immgrnts & Equity Iss in Ed
- 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 another advisor-approved, upper division, 4-unit course whose focus is a socio-cultural group not reflected by a Hispanic culture
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 10 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.
Students may select additional elective coursework if necessary to complete 60 units.
Total Units to Degree After Transfer: 60