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About the College

The College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences (CALS) mirrors the same arrangement of liberal arts that were assembled in the ancient Greek academy, where they reflected the higher concerns of free citizens, and the pursuit of which were understood to liberate the spirit.

It is this philosophy that we relay to the tremendous proportion of core class students we serve across the entire university. The influence of our college can be felt throughout in the critical thinking skills and research acumen instilled in our students.

The Department of World Languages (DWL) offers majors in World Languages: French and World Languages: Spanish. Minors include French and Spanish. DWL also offers a Certificate in Professional Spanish.

Courses in foreign languages are offered to give the student proficiency in basic language skills, such as speaking, writing, reading, and understanding; to guide advanced students to fluency of the written and spoken idioms; to acquaint students with major literary works in foreign languages and increase awareness and appreciation of other cultures; to provide courses necessary and useful for those preparing to work, teach, or communicate in a linguistically diverse community; to promote intercultural communication; and to offer background preparation necessary for graduate work in a foreign language. In order to ensure student learning, the program continuously assesses communication skills, critical thinking, research methods and community engagement throughout the majors.

Spanish

General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level),and 30 hours in residence.

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Major (34 hours)

Blocks must be completed in order and with a grade of C or better in order to proceed to the next block. Courses within blocks may be taken in any order, unless otherwise specified.

Block 1 (6 hours)

• SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish or equivalent proficiency
• SPAN 2313 - Intermediate Spanish II can be taken with SPAN 3313 or SPAN 3314

Block 2 (12 hours)

• SPAN 3313 - Conversation and Presentation
• SPAN 3314 - Spanish for Writing
• SPAN 3316 - Spanish Phonetics prerequisite SPAN 3313 or SPAN 3314
• SPAN 3317 - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies

Block 3 (16 hours)

*Can be substituted by transfer or study abroad courses (up to six hours)

• SPAN 3334 - Hispanic Culture: Peninsular; or
• SPAN 3335 - Hispanic Culture: Americas
• SPAN 4361 - Seminar; or
• SPAN 4362 - Seminar
• SPAN 4310 - Structured Internship; or
• LANG 4350 - Advanced Foreign Language Study Trip for study in Hispanic country
• SPAN 4171 - Capstone must be taken during last 9 hours of Block 3
• 3 hours of SPAN 3000 or 4000-level course elective*
• 3 hours of SPAN 4000-level course elective*