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 (text and analysis in Spanish) according to its cultural, literary and/or linguistic content, 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. Identify cultural correlates, literary production and/or linguistic structure of texts written in Spanish.
2. Interpret cultural correlates, literary production and/or linguistic structure of texts written in Spanish.
3. Write Spanish competently, with appropriate grammar, vocabulary, orthography and stylistic conventions.
4. Engage effectively in spoken communication in Spanish, including the ability to understand the spoken language, speak with correct grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation and use appropriate registers.

Table Key: I = Introduced; R = Reinforced; A = Assessed

Assessment Types:
Written project and oral presentation conducted in Spanish.