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2024-2025 General Catalog [Current] 
    
2024-2025 General Catalog [Current]

Spanish (Minor)

Location(s): Main Campus


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Program Summary

The Spanish minor provides students with an immersive and wide-ranging curriculum that allows them to develop language and cultural competency. Faculty use a communicative approach at all levels of instruction and students can expect to learn Spanish through meaningful context and active participation. The minor is designed for all students, regardless of prior language experience in or outside of the classroom. After completing the required coursework, students have the opportunity to customize their educational experience by choosing electives that fit their interests and objectives, such as literature, culture, linguistics, history, film, global health, translation, advanced grammar, sociolinguistics, sports, women’s literature, and Latinx culture. The curriculum has been designed to complement the pursuit of double-majors and minors. Graduates not only develop proficiency in core language areas - reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also strengthen their skills in the following areas: cultural competence and understanding, intercultural knowledge, critical and creative thinking, information literacy, inquiry and analysis, problem solving, and teamwork.

Program Information

  • All courses must be passed with a “C-” (1.7) or better to be counted in the minor.
  • Students may only count one (1) course in which English is the language of instruction toward the Spanish B.A. (e.g., LANG 3250 , SPAN 3030 ).
  • The Spanish program will accept no more than six (6) credits of upper-division Spanish taken at another institution or on study abroad toward the minor. Transfer credits not covered by articulation must be approved by the Chair of the Department of Languages and Philosophy.
  • Other than transfer credit, internship and study abroad credits should not exceed three (3) credits per denomination. SPAN 4980  should not exceed three (3) credits. Total credit toward a Spanish Major with a SPAN 4890 SPAN 4920 , and SPAN 4980  denomination must not exceed a maximum of six (6) credits.
  • Teacher candidates are also required to take SPAN 4900 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Language .

Spanish Minor Curriculum (28 Credits)


Spanish Electives (9 Credits)


Complete 9 credits from the following:

Notes


* SPAN 4610 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies  may be taken for credit more than once under different titles/topics.

** These courses are part of the State of Utah Spanish Bridge Program and are taught only in high schools and for high school students. They are not taught at SUU for university students.

Total Credits, Minor: 28


Program Learning Outcomes


  • Discuss (orally or in writing) abstract subjects and communicate supporting opinions.
  • Critically analyze and interpret cultural artifacts and a wide variety of texts.
  • Deliver coherent presentations on a variety of topics.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of literary terms, genres, and concepts.
  • Narrate and describe in all major time frames, and using level-appropriate vocabulary.
  • Read and write about academic and professional topics.

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