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.
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 205-0Spanish for Professions: Health Care
or SPANISH 206-0 Spanish for Professions: Business
SPANISH 208-0Spanish and the Community
SPANISH 210-0Icons, Legends, & Myths in Latin American, Latino and/or Iberian Cultures
SPANISH 280-0Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPANISH 281-0Spanish 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 301-0Topics in Language
or SPANISH 302-0 Advanced Grammar
SPANISH 323-0Cervantes' Don Quixote
SPANISH 333-0The Spanish Civil War: The Good Fight
SPANISH 335-0Modern Fiction in Spain: Studies in Genre
SPANISH 340-0Colonial Latin American Literature
SPANISH 341-0Latin American Modernismo
SPANISH 342-0Race and Representation in Latin America
SPANISH 343-0Latin American Avant-Gardes
SPANISH 344-0Borges
SPANISH 345-0Reading the 'Boom'
SPANISH 346-0Testimonial Narrative in Latin America
SPANISH 347-0Literature and Revolution in Latin America
SPANISH 348-0Readings in Latin American Short Fiction
SPANISH 350-0Visual Culture in Latina/o America and Spain
SPANISH 360-0Spain: Studies in Culture and Society
SPANISH 361-0Latin America: Studies in Culture and Society
SPANISH 362-0Citizenship and Urban Violence in Latin America
SPANISH 363-0Topics in US Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies
SPANISH 364-0Cultural Borders/Border Cultures
SPANISH 380-0Topics in Film in Latin America and/or Spain
SPANISH 395-0Topics 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.

3

SPANISH 202-SA (and SPANISH 215-SA) can be counted towards the minor in Spanish.