Spanish Undergraduate Major (BA, HBA)
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
The Spanish major is a student-centered, proficiency-based, communicative language program designed to prepare students for life as members of multilingual and multicultural communities locally and globally.
Major Code: 940
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate Intermediate-High or equivalent proficiency on an officially certified oral examination in a language other than English.
- Read and analyze written literary and nonfiction genres from multilingual and non-English speaking cultures in their original language.
- Understand, analyze, and interact with visual and multimodal genres such as film, video, and social media from multilingual and non-English speaking cultures.
- Explore and reflect on the experiences of members of linguistic or cultural communities that have been historically marginalized due to race, gender, sexual identity, social class or other social constructs.
- Understand, analyze and reflect on personal identity and positionality in global/polycultural contexts.
- Describe ways in which linguistic behavior is used to reinforce social identities.
- Understand and explain the concept of colonialism and identify its social and economic effects in different parts of the world.
- Demonstrate understanding of the nature of nationalism and its effects on relations within and between countries.
- Describe the role of language in creating and maintaining systems of ideological and social control.
- Interact with community organizations affiliated with multilingual and non-English speaking communities.
- Experience everyday life in multilingual and non-English speaking communities for at least one full term.
- Integrate academic topics from the classroom with multilingual/polycultural interpersonal relationships.
The minimum upper-division course requirements are listed below. Additional requirements are available from departmental advisors and the departmental office. Required courses may not be taken S/U. All prospective majors and minors must see a departmental advisor at least once a year.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| LING 201 | INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND POWER | 4 |
| SPAN 311 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| SPAN 312 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| SPAN 313 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| SPAN 339 | MEXICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| SPAN 350 | PHONETICS AND PRONUNCIATION | 3 |
| or SPAN 351 | HISPANIC LINGUISTICS | |
| SPAN 438 | ^SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 456 | SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: 1 | 6 | |
| TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | ||
| TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | ||
| TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| SPECIALIZED GRAMMAR OR LINGUISTICS TOPICS | ||
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION | ||
| MIGRACION Y SALUD: MIGRATION AND HEALTH | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| Electives | ||
| Upper-division Spanish electives, as approved by the major advisor | 15 | |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| Remaining Bacc Core and General Electives | 131 | |
| Total Credits | 180 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
These courses must be completed with a B average
Major Code: 940
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH | 2 |
| Bacc Core: PAC | 1 | |
| WR 121Z | *COMPOSITION I | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Math | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| LING 201 | INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND POWER | 4 |
| Bacc Core: Speech | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Writing II | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Biological Science | 4 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| Bacc Core: Cultural Diversity | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Literature and the Arts | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Physical Science | 4 | |
| Bacc Core: Social Processes & Institutions | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| SPAN 311 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| Bacc Core: Western Culture | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Fine Arts | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Non-Western Culture | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| SPAN 312 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| CLA Core: Humanities | 3 | |
| General Electives | 9 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| SPAN 313 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| CLA Core: Social Science | 3 | |
| CLA Core: Additional Course | 3 | |
| General Electives | 6 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| SPAN 336 or SPAN 337 | TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD or TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | 3 |
| Upper-Division Spanish Elective | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Difference Power & Discrimination | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| SPAN 337 or SPAN 338 | TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD or TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | 3 |
| SPAN 339 | MEXICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| Upper-Division Spanish Elective | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Contemporary Global Issues | 4 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| SPAN 438 | ^SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE | 3 |
| Upper-Division Spanish Elective | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Science, Technology & Society | 4 | |
| General Electives | 6 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| SPAN 351 or SPAN 350 | HISPANIC LINGUISTICS or PHONETICS AND PRONUNCIATION | 3 |
| Upper-Division Spanish Elective | 3 | |
| Bacc Core: Biological Science or Physical Science | 4 | |
| General Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| SPAN 456 | SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| Upper-Division Spanish Elective | 3 | |
| General Electives | 9 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| SPAN 416 | MIGRACION Y SALUD: MIGRATION AND HEALTH or SPECIALIZED GRAMMAR OR LINGUISTICS TOPICS or ADVANCED COMPOSITION or SPECIAL TOPICS | 3 |
| General Electives | 12 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 180 | |