Students who pursue a minor in Spanish need to complete 18 credits in Spanish, at the 200-level or higher.
One of the following:
SPA 300 Advanced Spanish: Oral Communication| This is an active and immersive course focused on
the intensive use and analysis of spoken Spanish,
including phonetics and phonology, designed to
help students work on pronunciation. Classroom
activities promote oral skills such as
summarizing, telling, narrating, explaining,
arguing a point, discussion, and presentations.
Students who have been placed into SPA 311 may not
take this course. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or placement into 300-level or
higher according to the placement test. 3 credits. |
| This course is an advanced course designed to
help students develop communication, writing,
and reading skills in Spanish, as well as an
awareness and appreciation of Hispanic
culture(s). It takes an interactive
communicative approach and stresses cultural
competency in language learning and successful
communication. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or placement into 300-level or higher
according to the placement test. 3 credits. |
| This is a special course for Hispanic,
Latinos or students that have been exposed
to Spanish consistently at home while
growing up, have listened to it and want to
develop the formal aspects like grammar, more
extensive vocabulary and cultural information
about their own places of origin. This class
will include readings, movies and studies of
geographical areas and maps in order to
examine historical and social events
represented in the students' countries of
origin and will require work outside class
in the Latino community. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or placement into 300-level or higher
according to the placement test; permission of the
instructor or chair. 3 credits. |
Either of the following:
SPA 201 Language and Culture in the
Spanish-Speaking World - Intermediate
Level I| This is an active and immersive language
and culture course, taught almost entirely
in Spanish in which students will develop
skills in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing in Spanish and cultural awareness
of the cultures associated with the Spanish. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 102 or placement test. 3 credits. |
| The course is designed to move students from the
basic Spanish learned in prior study to
level-appropriate, medically-themed,
culturally-informed oral and written
communication. Class activities focus on
interactions with patients for practitioners such
as nurses, physical therapists, and others in the
clinical setting such as receptionists,
interpreters and doctors. Written materials at
this level are mostly simple tasks such as
planning future appointments and taking messages
as well as summarizing interactions and readings.
Grammar is reviewed and introduced in the service
of communication. Medical vocabulary will
encompass a substantial portion of the course.
Many medical terms are cognates, thus careful
attention to pronunciation will be required as
students read words that look like English but are
pronounced in Spanish. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 102 or placement test. 3 credits. |
Either of the following:
SPA 202 Language and Culture in the
Spanish-Speaking World - Intermediate
Level II| This is an active and immersive language
and culture course. Taught almost entirely
in Spanish in which students will develop
skills in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing in Spanish and cultural awareness
of the cultures associated with Spanish. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or placement test. 3 credits. |
| This course is the second of a two-course sequence
at the intermediate-level (SPA 211/212)
designed for those students who plan to work in a
healthcare field. The course expands on the
medically-themed, culturally-informed oral and
written communication acquired in SPA 211.
Students will begin to examine the nuances of
Spanish and be introduced to aspects that do not
have ready English-language counterparts. A
further goal is to broaden students' understanding
of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world,
especially the Hispanic/Latinx communities in the
United States. Fulfills requirement: Language and Culture. Prerequisite: SPA 201, 211, or placement test. 3 credits. |
Any Spanish course at the 300-level or above. At least 6 credits must be at this level.
At least 6 credits must be completed at LVC. Language minors are encouraged to fulfill an Immersive Experience requirement by studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. Students take courses in Spanish language, history, civilization, economics, and art.