Hispanic Literature

The Literature and Cultural Studies major track offers students innovative courses in Spanish that help to hone their skills in intercultural communication. Courses in the program, taught by internationally renowned scholars who are also award-winning instructors, focus on a variety of regions, subjects and perspectives that include the cultures of the Southwest, visual art, music, cinema, literature, urban spaces, borders/migration, and community engagement. The track equips students with the tools to understand the increasing complexity of today’s globalized world and helps them to assume innovative roles as professional and community leaders in the 21st century. Moreover, its comprehensive focus on students’ professional development assures that graduates are ready to transition into successful careers after college. Through this, graduates of this program have gone on to fashion their own unique career paths in the fields of law, medicine, public policy, teaching, journalism, publishing, creative cultural industries, as well as to pursue graduate study at top programs in the country.

Degree Emphasis Course Requirements

Part A
Spanish Core

All Spanish majors must complete the 5 courses in the Spanish Core component.

Part B
Literature Emphasis

PHONETICS
Choose 1 course from the following list (3 units)

  • Span 340 Spanish Phonetics
  • Span 343 Spanish Phonetics for the Heritage Speaker

SURVEY
Choose 2 courses from the following list (6 units)

  • SPAN 400 Major Works in Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 401 Major Works in Latin American Literature
  • SPAN 403 Major Works in Mexican and Mexican American Literature
  • SPAN 435 Cervantes' Don Quixote
  • SPAN 436 Readings in Spanish Prose from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century 
  • SPAN 437 Spanish Theater 
  • SPAN 441 Children's Literature in Spanish

CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Choose 2 courses from the following list (6 units)

  • SPAN 430 Issues in Spanish Culture
  • SPAN 431 Issues in Spanish American Culture
  • SPAN 433 Issues in Mexican and Mexican American Culture
  • SPAN 448 Mexican and Mexican-American Film
  • SPAN 449x Topics in Selected Literature and Cultural Studies

SERVICE LEARNING
One course (3 units)

  • SPAN 480 Service Learning

ELECTIVE
Choose 1 course from the following list (3 units)

  • SPAN 360 The Structure of Spanish
  • SPAN 371 Spanish for Business and Economics
  • SPAN 400 Major Works in Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 401 Major Works in Latin American Literature
  • SPAN 403 Major Works in Mexican and Mexican American Literature
  • SPAN 425 Advanced Grammar and Composition
  • SPAN 430 Issues in Spanish Culture
  • SPAN 431 Issues in Spanish American Culture
  • SPAN 433 Issues in Mexican and Mexican American Culture
  • SPAN 435 Cervantes’ Don Quixote
  • SPAN 436 Readings in Spanish Prose from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century 
  • SPAN 441 Children's Literature in Spanish
  • SPAN 448 Mexican and Mexican-American Film
  • SPAN 449x Topics in Selected Literature and Cultural Studies
  • SPAN 473 Spanish for the Classroom Teacher of Spanish
  • SPAN 493 Internship
  • SPAN 399/499 Independent Study

 

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