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.
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Complete ALL of the following courses:
- WLC 300: WLC Major ProSeminar
- SPAN 301: Comp/Oral Practice
- SPAN 301S: Service Learning in the Chicano / Latino Community
- SPAN 304: Intro To Hispanic Literat
- WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone
- Any approved course that meets A4 (GWAR)
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- SPAN 302: Hist/Phonetic Struct Span Lang
- SPAN 303: Adv Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 305: Spanish for The Professions
- SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 315: Introduction to Translation: Spanish/English
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer
- SPAN 316: Cultures and Civilizations of Spain
- SPAN 321: Masterpieces of Hispanic Lit
- SPAN 322: Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature: Latin America & the Caribbean
Complete ONE of the following courses (if the American Institutions requirement needs to be met):
- SBS 350: Domination and Resistance: US since 1880
- SBS 385: Environmental History of California
Select one of the following emphases:
Language & Linguistics
Complete FOUR of the following courses (not repeating any of the previously related lang/ling courses):
- SPAN 302: Hist/Phonetic Struct Span Lang
- SPAN 303: Adv Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 305: Spanish for The Professions
- SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 315: Introduction to Translation: Spanish/English
- LING 392: Nature of Language & Language Acquisition
Literature & 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):
Complete ONE of the following courses:
- JAPN 305: Introduction to Japanese Culture & Civilization
- JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
- JAPN 307: Japan-American Experience
- JAPN 308: Japanese Pop-Culture
- JAPN 309: Japanese Literature in Translation
- JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema
- JAPN 311: Social Issues In Japan
- JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan
- JAPN 314: Japanese Visual Culture and Media
- JAPN 405: Economic History Of Japan
- JAPN 407: Japan in Asia
- JAPN 408: Business In Japan
- HCOM 322: Asian American Literature
- HCOM 324: African American Narratives
- HCOM 326: Jewish Holocaust Literature
- HCOM 346: African American Life/History
- LS 362: Immigrants & Equity Issues in Education
- SBS 365: Black/Civil/Rights:1954-1968
- SBS 381: US in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific: Peoples, Colonization, Conflicts, Resources
- SBS 382: History of Modern Africa
- SBS 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
Cultural Immersion
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.