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Hispanic Studies Minor

Open to Any Major

18 Credits

Course Work for Hispanic Studies Minor

This Minor prepares students to comprehend Hispanic communities in the United States, and to use that knowledge in their professional lives. The Minor develops their linguistic and cultural proficiency, and it prescribes courses in Spanish and in English from GLC and other departments.

Two of the courses in the minor must be at the 300-400 level.

Visit the catalog for course descriptions.

Required courses (15 Credits):

  • ETHS 102 - Introduction to Latino Studies Credits: 3

One of these courses:

  • SPAN 150 - Hispanic Civilization and Culture 
  • SPAN 152 - Latino Literature 
  • SPAN 153 - Latino Pop Culture

Three (3) required courses in Spanish (9 Credits) selected from the list of courses available in the Spanish curriculum in the GLC department:

  • SPAN 103 - Intermediate Spanish 
  • SPAN 202 - Intermediate Conversation or SPAN 215 - Intermediate Spanish For Heritage and Native Speakers
  • SPAN 204 - Ideas and Cultures from the Spanish-Speaking World
  • SPAN 211 - Intermediate Contextualized Grammar
  • SPAN 302 - Advanced Spanish Conversation
  • SPAN 309 - Spanish Phonetics
  • SPAN 312 - Advanced Contextualized Grammar
  • SPAN 313 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
  • SPAN 330 - Spanish for the Professions
  • SPAN 343 - Introduction to Literary Studies
  • SPAN 360 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 361 - Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature
  • SPAN 388 - Spanish Internship I
  • SPAN 389 - Spanish Internship II
  • SPAN 399 - Independent Study in Spanish
  • SPAN 400 - Seminar: Advanced Studies in Spanish Language and Literature
  • SPAN 401 - Seminar: Advanced Studies in Spanish Language and Literature II
  • SPAN 406 - Seminar: Advanced Studies in Spanish Language and Literature
  • SPAN 410 - Internship for Students of Spanish
  • SPAN 420 - Theory and Practice of Translation
  • SPAN 425 - Advanced Oral Interpreting
  • Any of the Selected Topics in Spanish courses (SPN 490 to 495). 

Electives (3 Credits) choose 1:
One (1) elective course: the student may take additional 200- to 400-level Spanish courses not already taken as required course OR one course from the list below.

  • ANTH 360 - Aztec and Maya Archaeology
  • HIST 349 - History of Latin America
  • HIST 360 - History of Mexico
  • HIST 444 - History of Women in Latin America
  • HONR 388 - Honors Service-Learning Seminar: Reach Out
  • INTL 286 - Selected Topics in International Studies Latin American & Caribbean Studies or INTL 386 - Selected Topics in International Studies Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • SOCI 243 - Race in America
  • SOWK 265 - Understanding Human Diversity for Social Justice 

Any Majors Interested in a Hispanic Studies Minor

Contact the Global Languages and Cultures Department

Rowland Hall 109 1871 Old Main Dr. Shippensburg, PA 17257 Phone: 717-477-1635