Spanish Minor
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
The Spanish minor 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.
Minor 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.
All prospective majors and minors must see a departmental advisor at least once a year.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| SPAN 311 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| or SPAN 314 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS | |
| SPAN 312 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| or SPAN 315 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS | |
| SPAN 313 | THIRD YEAR SPANISH | 3 |
| or SPAN 316 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS | |
| SPAN 339 | MEXICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| SPAN 350 | PHONETICS AND PRONUNCIATION | 3 |
| or SPAN 351 | HISPANIC LINGUISTICS | |
| Select two courses from the following: | 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 6 credits of upper-division Spanish electives, to be approved by the minor advisor | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
Minor Code: 940