Spanish Major

HFA PEAK

Complete or place out of the following language courses (33 credits):

Major Requirements

Students who have previously taken Spanish must complete the Modern Foreign Language placement test to determine entry level.

Students must take languages courses in ascending sequence; students may not take for credit a lower language course than one they have already completed. Students who choose to take a course at the College of Idaho that is lower than a transfer course from another institution forfeit the equivalent transfer credits.

At minimum one-third of coursework for the major must be completed at The College of Idaho.

Students who elect a major in Spanish are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one term of study abroad or to live in a community where Spanish is the dominant language. Prior to studying abroad, students should work with WLC faculty to determine appropriate transfer credit. Approved programs may transfer courses that appear on a transcript as if the student were in residence at the College. However, all students are required to complete at least one three-credit 300- or 400-level Spanish course from the College’s Spanish program in order to demonstrate competency in program learning outcomes.

Spanish majors may not minor in Spanish (Humanities & Fine Arts PEAK).

Spanish Language & Culture Sequence (13 credits)


 

SPA-101Spanish Language & Culture I

3 credits

SPA-102Spanish Language & Culture II

3 credits

SPA-201Spanish Language and Culture III

3 credits

SPA-202Spanish Language and Culture IV

3 credits

-
or

SPA-235Spanish for Heritage Speakers

3 credits

SPA-300Second Year Grammar Review

1 credit

Take one of the following (3 credits):

SPA-305Prfssns & Prcts in Spanish-Spkng World

3 credits

SPA-306Cultures and Polemics in Spanish

3 credits

Take one of the following (3 credits):

Courses taken for the previous requirement will not count towards this requirement.

SPA-305Prfssns & Prcts in Spanish-Spkng World

3 credits

SPA-306Cultures and Polemics in Spanish

3 credits

SPA-307Lit of Caribbean North/Central America

3 credits

SPA-308Peninsular and South American Literature

3 credits

Upper-division Spanish Electives (9 credits)

Complete at least 9 SPA credits numbered 310+. Students who place out of language credits will still be required to complete all 33 major credits and must take the remaining credits in SPA-310+. SPA-411 will be considered elective credit rather than counting towards the 9 SPA credits numbered 310+.

Electives (4 credits)

Complete up to 4 elective credits. Elective courses may include SPA courses, HIS-230, HIS-378, HIS-382, HIS-385, HIS-386, HIS-387, HIS-388, or ATH-249 . SPA elective courses must be in addition to other requirements.

Capstone

A requirement for the capstone will be to have completed at least one high-impact learning experience during the student’s undergraduate curriculum. High-impact learning experiences include: SPA faculty-led study abroad; SPA Service Learning; SPA Internship; Study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. See WLC Chair or SPA advisor, as alternative options may be available.

SPA-490Spanish Major Capstone

1 credit

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:


1) Demonstrate engagement with humanistic inquiry through the application of theory and methodology to languages, cultures, and cultural products of the Spanish-speaking world;
2) Provide evidence of their own artistic work and active engagement with the creative process, grounded in the study of Spanish language and cultures;
3) Demonstrate engagement with non-dominant cultures and cultural products in the Spanish-speaking world;
4) Demonstrate Advanced-Low oral and written proficiency in Spanish, aligned to ACTFL proficiency guidelines; and
5) Experience cultural and linguistic immersion in a Spanish-speaking community.