Academic Learning Compact - Spanish

The Bachelor of Arts in Spanish allows you to achieve communicative competence in all four language skills: speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. You will become knowledgeable in the areas of Spanish and Spanish-American culture, literature and/or linguistics, and you will learn how to interpret Spanish-language texts according to their cultural, literary and/or linguistic content.

Additional information is available from your major's website.

Before Graduating You Must

• Satisfactorily complete an assignment in a 4000-level course that includes the written analysis of a text according to its cultural, literary and/or linguistic content (text analyzed and the analysis will be in Spanish) and an oral presentation and discussion conducted in Spanish.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Knowledge of and ability to interpret cultural correlates, literary production and/or linguistic structure of texts written in Spanish.
2. Competence in written Spanish, including knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, orthography and appropriate stylistic conventions.
3. Communicative competence in spoken Spanish, including the ability to undersand the spoken language, speak fluently with correct grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, and use appropriate registers.