Spanish

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

Before Graduating Students 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.

Students in the Major will Learn to

Student Learning Outcomes (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.

Curriculum Map

I = Introduced; R = Reinforced; A = Assessed

Assessment Types

• Written project
• Oral presentation/discussion conducted in Spanish