Spanish, International Language and Culture for the Professions Option, BA
Introduction
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This option in the Spanish major offers career possibilities, both in government and private industry, at home and abroad. Languages are useful in business, industry, commerce, civil service, law, library science, media, science, economics, health and social sciences. Students who follow this course of study could also qualify as teachers of general business subjects in bilingual as well as traditional school systems. (However, students who wish to be certified to teach Spanish in the public schools should consult the department for information concerning the undergraduate language licensure program.)
These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
Program Delivery
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This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Major
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International Spanish for the Professions is a controlled-enrollment major that takes two years to complete. Interested students should contact the Spanish advisor in the Department of Modern Languages to declare the major. This should be done as early as possible in the student's academic career, but not later than the second semester of the sophomore year.
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To be admitted to major status in Spanish, students must have an overall GPA of C+ (2.3).
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Prerequisites: (These courses do not count toward the major total of 45 semester hours)
Course List Code Title Hours ECON 2012 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics 3 ECON 2022 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 3 MATH 1070 College Algebra for Business 3 or MATH 1110 College Algebra SPAN 2110 Second Year Spanish I 3 or SPAN 2120 Second Year Spanish II
General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
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Program Requirements
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Students must complete a total of 45 credit hours, including a minimum of 30 SPAN credit hours and 15 credit hours in ancillary coursework.
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Students must complete a minimum of 30 upper division (3000-level and above) credit hours and minimum of 6 SPAN credit hours at the 4000 level or higher, in the major.
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Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.5. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
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Students must complete a minimum of 18 SPAN credit hours with CU Denver faculty.
Program Allowances and Restrictions
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Spanish majors are advised to take MATH 1010 Mathematics for the Liberal Arts or MATH 2830 Introductory Statistics for their CU Denver Core Curriculum Mathematics requirement.
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Courses taken at other institutions while a student is enrolled at CU Denver may be applied to the major only with departmental approval before enrollment in those courses.
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Before enrolling in their final semester in the language, Spanish majors must be evaluated by the faculty in oral and written skills. Students must see their Spanish advisor for specific information.
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Students must complete least 6 SPAN credit hours at the 4000 level.
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Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in courses taught in Spanish.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Take the following courses | 15 | |
| SPAN 3101 | Introduction to the Study of Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 3213 | Contemporary Latin American Culture and Institutions | 3 |
| or SPAN 3223 | Contemporary Spanish Culture and Institutions | |
| SPAN 3700 | Spanish for International Business I | 3 |
| SPAN 3710 | Spanish for International Business II | 3 |
| SPAN 3782 | Introduction to Translation I | 3 |
| or SPAN 3792 | Introduction to Translation II | |
Language Skills and Theory
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Take two of the following courses | 6 | |
| SPAN 3010 | Spanish Composition I | 3 |
| SPAN 3020 | Spanish Composition II | 3 |
| SPAN 3025 | Writing for Latinos | 3 |
| SPAN 3026 | Writing for Latinos II | 3 |
| SPAN 3030 | Spanish Oral Proficiency | 3 |
| SPAN 3050 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPAN 3060 | Hispanic Phonetics: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SPAN 4010 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 4020 | Spanish Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 4030 | The Learning and Teaching of Heritage Speakers | 3 |
| SPAN 4040 | Spanish Classroom Methods and Practice | 3 |
| SPAN 4060 | Dialects of the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 4070 | Spanish Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| SPAN 4076 | Spanish in Colorado | 3 |
| SPAN 4080 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 4099 | Special Topics in Linguistics | 3 |
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Take one of the following courses | 3 | |
| SPAN 3212 | Spanish American Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| SPAN 3213 | Contemporary Latin American Culture and Institutions | 3 |
| SPAN 3221 | Culture and Civilization of Spain I | 3 |
| SPAN 3222 | Culture and Civilization of Spain II | 3 |
| SPAN 3223 | Contemporary Spanish Culture and Institutions | 3 |
| SPAN 3225 | Special Topics In Hispanic Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 3230 | Ibero-American Cultures through Film | 3 |
| SPAN 3240 | Food Metaphors: Ibero-American Cuisine and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 3270 | Bilingual Communities: Spanish as a Language of Contact | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Take two SPAN electives at the 4000-level. | 6 | |
| SPAN 4010 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 4020 | Spanish Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 4030 | The Learning and Teaching of Heritage Speakers | 3 |
| SPAN 4040 | Spanish Classroom Methods and Practice | 3 |
| SPAN 4060 | Dialects of the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 4070 | Spanish Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| SPAN 4076 | Spanish in Colorado | 3 |
| SPAN 4080 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 4099 | Special Topics in Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 4110 | Contemporary Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4130 | Medieval Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4150 | Masterpieces of Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4170 | Golden Age Drama | 3 |
| SPAN 4180 | Modernism | 3 |
| SPAN 4190 | Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 4300 | Generation of 1898 | 3 |
| SPAN 4320 | Interculturalism and Transnationalism in Modern Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 4330 | Modern Culture of Spain through Film and Narrative | 3 |
| SPAN 4340 | Race, Class, and Gender in Spanish Golden Age Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4350 | Don Quijote | 3 |
| SPAN 4360 | Women and the Spanish Civil War | 3 |
| SPAN 4380 | Romanticism in Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 4399 | Special Topics: Spanish Peninsular Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4401 | Survey of Spanish-American Literature I: Pre-1898 | 3 |
| SPAN 4411 | Contemporary Spanish-American Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 4450 | Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4501 | Borges: An Introduction to His Labyrinths | 3 |
| SPAN 4512 | Contemporary Argentine Short Stories | 3 |
| SPAN 4521 | Mexican Literature I: pre-Columbian and Colonial | 3 |
| SPAN 4522 | Mexican Literature II: 19th to 21st Centuries | 3 |
| SPAN 4525 | Orientalisms In The Hispanic Tradition | 3 |
| SPAN 4541 | Unexpected Lives: Ibero-American Queer Cinema | 3 |
| SPAN 4550 | Garcia Marquez: Words of Magic | 3 |
| SPAN 4590 | Ibero-American Thought | 3 |
| SPAN 4599 | Special Topics: Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4600 | Seminar in Spanish Creative Writing: Poetry and Short Fiction | 3 |
| SPAN 4840 | Independent Study: SPAN | 3 |
| SPAN 4880 | Directed Research | 3 |
| SPAN 4970 | Special Topics in Literature | 3 |
Ancillary Business Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| Take all of the following courses: | 15 | |
| ACCT 2200 | Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| MGMT 1000 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| MGMT 3000 | Managing Individuals and Teams | 3 |
| MGMT 4400 | Environments of International Business | 3 |
| MKTG 3000 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
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