Spanish Minor
The minor is designed primarily to enable students to achieve cultural, literary, and linguistic competence in Spanish by exploring the literatures and cultures of Latin America and Spain. Many students fulfill some of the minor requirements through courses taken in study abroad programs.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite | |
| Intermediate Spanish | |
| Accelerated Intermediate Spanish | |
| Accelerated Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Language Learners | |
or score of 4 on AP Spanish Language and Culture or AP Spanish Literture and Culture. AP score of 5 satisfies prerequisite and additionally qualifies students to start with more advanced courses; see department website for details. | |
or placement by the online Spanish Language Placement Exam (www.spanish-portuguese.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/language-placement/spanish/online-placement-test.html) | |
| Minor in Spanish Requirements (8 units) 1 | |
| Up to five courses at the 200 level listed here; must include at least two literature survey courses: 2,3 | |
| SPANISH 201-0 & SPANISH 204-0 | Advanced Spanish I: Contemporary Latin America and Advanced Spanish II: Artivism in Times of Political Change |
| or SPANISH 200-0 | Advanced Spanish for Heritage Language Learners |
| SPANISH 205-0 | Spanish for Professions: Health Care |
| or SPANISH 206-0 | Spanish for Professions: Business |
| SPANISH 208-0 | Spanish and the Community |
| SPANISH 210-0 | Icons, Legends, & Myths in Latin American, Latino and/or Iberian Cultures |
| SPANISH 280-0 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics |
| SPANISH 281-0 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology |
| Literature survey courses (students choose at least 2): | |
| Literature in Spain before 1700 | |
| Literature in Spain since 1700 | |
| Literature in Latin America before 1888 | |
| Literature in Latin America since 1888 | |
| At least 3 courses at the 300 level chosen from: | |
| SPANISH 301-0 | Topics in Language |
| or SPANISH 302-0 | Advanced Grammar |
| SPANISH 323-0 | Cervantes' Don Quixote |
| SPANISH 333-0 | The Spanish Civil War: The Good Fight |
| SPANISH 335-0 | Modern Fiction in Spain: Studies in Genre |
| SPANISH 340-0 | Colonial Latin American Literature |
| SPANISH 341-0 | Latin American Modernismo |
| SPANISH 342-0 | Race and Representation in Latin America |
| SPANISH 343-0 | Latin American Avant-Gardes |
| SPANISH 344-0 | Borges |
| SPANISH 345-0 | Reading the 'Boom' |
| SPANISH 346-0 | Testimonial Narrative in Latin America |
| SPANISH 347-0 | Literature and Revolution in Latin America |
| SPANISH 348-0 | Readings in Latin American Short Fiction |
| SPANISH 350-0 | Visual Culture in Latina/o America and Spain |
| SPANISH 360-0 | Spain: Studies in Culture and Society |
| SPANISH 361-0 | Latin America: Studies in Culture and Society |
| SPANISH 362-0 | Citizenship and Urban Violence in Latin America |
| SPANISH 363-0 | Topics in US Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies |
| SPANISH 364-0 | Cultural Borders/Border Cultures |
| SPANISH 380-0 | Topics in Film in Latin America and/or Spain |
| SPANISH 395-0 | Topics in Latin American, Latina and Latino, and/or Iberian Cultures |
- 1
One 200- or 300-level department course on Latin American or Spanish literature or culture with readings and discussion in English may be used in place of one of the 8 required courses for the minor.
- 2
Some students take SPANISH 200-0 only, or skip one or both of SPANISH 201-0 & SPANISH 204-0 based on a score of 5 on AP Spanish exam(s). Those students just take additional department courses as approved by the department adviser to complete a total of 8 units for the minor. For details about Advanced Placement see AP Exam Info on the Department of Spanish and Portuguese webpage.
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SPANISH 202-SA (and SPANISH 215-SA) can be counted towards the minor in Spanish.