Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
The B.A. in Spanish coursework includes the following areas: Culture, Linguistics, Peninsular Literature, and Spanish American Literature, some with interdisciplinary approaches. These areas serve students as subject matter preparation for the single-subject teaching credential, bilingual teaching, as well as students with career plans in journalism, advertising, professional writing, law, criminal justice, business, public services, healthcare-related fields, national security, diplomatic services, translation services, publishing, entertainment, and others.
Requirements (48-57 units)
Total units required for graduation: 120
Requirements for the B.A. in Spanish
Core Requirements (37) | ||
Eight units chosen from: | 8 | |
Intermediate Spanish 1st Semester | ||
Intermediate Spanish 2nd. Semester | ||
Accelerated Intermediate Spanish | ||
Intermediate Healthcare Spanish I | ||
Intermediate Healthcare Spanish II | ||
Intermediate Criminal Justice Spanish I | ||
Intermediate Criminal Justice Spanish II | ||
SPAN 3301 | Advanced Spanish Language and Composition | 3 |
SPAN 3302 | Advanced Spanish Language and Composition Writing Lab | 1 |
SPAN 3303 | Introduction to Literature in Spanish Speaking World | 3 |
SPAN 3305 | Applied Spanish Grammar | 3 |
SPAN 4401 | Spanish for the Professions | 3 |
Three units chosen in Seminar in Literature, Culture, Theater and Film | 3 | |
Seminar in Peninsular Literature, Culture, Theater and Film (OR) | ||
Seminar in Spanish American Literature, Culture, Theater and Film | ||
Seminar in Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Spanish Literature, Linguistics, or Culture | ||
Three units chosen in Seminar in Linguistics | 3 | |
Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics | ||
Seminar in Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Spanish Literature, Linguistics, or Culture | ||
One unit chosen in Portfolio | 1 | |
Peninsular Literature, Culture, Theater, and Film: Portfolio (One unit chosen in Portfolio) | ||
Spanish American Literature, Culture, Theater, and Film: Portfolio | ||
Hispanic Linguistics: Portfolio | ||
Any Spanish or WLL Upper Division Course or Spanish Faculty approved course | 3 | |
SPAN 3900 | Voices & Visions from the Hispanic World | 3 |
or WLL 3920 | Great Works, Revolutionary Ideas, and Important Discoveries | |
Three units chosen from the following: | 3 | |
Language Acquisition and Early Field Experience for Future Teachers | ||
Mediterranean Languages and Identities | ||
Languages & Cultures | ||
International Experience | ||
Concentration (11-20) | 11-20 | |
Students must complete all of the requirements from one of the concentrations listed below. | ||
Total Units | 48-57 |
Concentrations (11-20 units)
Hispanic Language, Literature and Civilization Concentration (20 units)
(Program Code: SLLC)
Requirements (12) | ||
SPAN 3307 | Cultures of Spain | 3 |
SPAN 3309 | Cultures of Spanish America | 3 |
SPAN 4403 | Spanish Dialectology | 3 |
WLL 3120 | Pedagogies for Foreign Language Teaching | 3 |
Choose two activities from the following (2) | 2 | |
Cultures of Spain Activity | ||
Cultures of Spanish America Activity | ||
Spanish for the Professions Activity | ||
Spanish Dialectology Activity | ||
Special Topics in Spanish Language Cinema and/or Theatre Activity | ||
Choose two of the following (6) | 6 | |
Special Topics in Peninsular Literature | ||
Special Topics in Spanish American Literature | ||
Special Topics in Spanish Language Cinema and/or Theatre | ||
Total Units | 20 |
Communication Studies Concentration (17 units)
(Program Code: SPCO)
One culture class chosen from the following | 3 | |
Cultures of Spain | ||
Cultures of Spanish America | ||
Two activities chosen from the following | 2 | |
Cultures of Spain Activity | ||
Cultures of Spanish America Activity | ||
Spanish for the Professions Activity | ||
Spanish Dialectology Activity | ||
Four courses chosen from the following | 12 | |
Relational and Organizational Communication | ||
Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication | ||
Persuasion | ||
Relational Communication | ||
Organizational Communication | ||
Communication and Gender | ||
Communication and Conflict | ||
Media Studies | ||
Television Studio Production | ||
Topics in Media Studies | ||
The Development of Motion Pictures | ||
Movies in the Digital Age | ||
Film Analysis | ||
Global Cinema | ||
Queer Cinema | ||
Introduction to Digital Video Editing | ||
Topics in Digital Production | ||
Multimedia Journalism | ||
Topics in Multimedia Journalism | ||
Gender, Race, and Class in Media | ||
Latinx, Media, and Cultures | ||
Global Communication | ||
Media Effects | ||
Advertising as Social Communication | ||
Strategic Communication | ||
Business and Professional Communication | ||
Introduction to Strategic Communication | ||
Business Literacy for Strategic Communication | ||
Topics in Strategic Communication | ||
Total Units | 17 |
Business Studies Concentration (17 units)
(Program Code: SPNB)
One culture class chosen from the following | 3 | |
Cultures of Spain | ||
Cultures of Spanish America | ||
Two activities chosen from the following | 2 | |
Cultures of Spain Activity | ||
Cultures of Spanish America Activity | ||
Spanish for the Professions Activity | ||
Spanish Dialectology Activity | ||
Four courses chosen from the following | 12 | |
Introductory Accounting I | ||
Leadership for Global Challenges: Exploring the Entrepreneurial Mindset | ||
Applied Business Statistics | ||
Marketing Principles | ||
Marketing Communications | ||
Legal Environment of Organizations | ||
Legal Environment of Business | ||
Managing Across Borders | ||
Finance I | ||
International Finance | ||
Political Economy of Southern California | ||
Environmental Economics | ||
International Economics | ||
Multinational Corporations | ||
Entrepreneurship and Innovation | ||
Organizations in Multicultural and Diverse Societies | ||
Society, Business, & Global Governance | ||
Principles of Supply Chain Management | ||
International Logistics | ||
Total Units | 17 |
Hispanic Studies Concentration (11 units)
(Program Code: SPHS)
SPAN 4403 | Spanish Dialectology | 3 |
Three units from the following | 3 | |
Cultures of Spain | ||
Cultures of Spanish America | ||
Two units from the following | 2 | |
Cultures of Spain Activity | ||
Cultures of Spanish America Activity | ||
Spanish for the Professions Activity | ||
Spanish Dialectology Activity | ||
Three units from the following | 3 | |
Special Topics in Peninsular Literature | ||
Special Topics in Spanish American Literature | ||
Special Topics in Spanish Language Cinema and/or Theatre | ||
Total Units | 11 |