Total credits in the minor: 16
Credits at CSUMB: 16
SPAN 202 or equivalent upper-division status, and approval of the School of World Languages and Cultures.
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 Language Proficiency ~ students demonstrate an intermediate-high proficiency level in the four major skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) according to American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines
LO 2 Cultural Knowledge ~ students provide a comparative description and basic analysis of the peoples, history, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (including the Hispanic Southwest) ~ 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.
In addition to the required SPAN 306 Introduction to the Cultures and Civilizations of Hispanic Latin America, you must complete at least one language course and at least one culture-oriented course plus one additional course to complete the 16-credit requirement. In order to promote interdisciplinarity within the minor, you may take the one related course from another CSUMB academic program. All course work taken for this minor must be upper-division.
HCOM 328 Latina Life Stories
HCOM 329 Auto-biografías
HCOM 344 Chicana / Latina Experiences
HCOM 345 Chicano Life and History
HCOM 455 Paradigms of the Chicana/o Community
SBS 325 Art of the Aztec Empire
SBS 348 Ancient Maya Civilization
VPA 319 Chicana/o Art History: Image, Ideology and Iconography