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 261SPAN 261: Contemp Chicano Lit:Survy; SPAN 262SPAN 262: Latin Amer Lit in Translation; SPAN 365SPAN 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 307SPAN 307: History&Politics Of Mex; SPAN 308SPAN 308: Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US; SPAN 309SPAN 309: Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer; SPAN 311SPAN 311: US Foreign Policy Pac Rim; SPAN 370SPAN 370: The Chicano Community
Courses
In addition to these learning experiences, you must complete two additional Hispanic culture or history courses from the lists above 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: 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