Spanish
The Spanish minor assures a basic proficiency in Spanish and acquaints students with the language, literature, and traditions of the Spanish-speaking world. In today's global economy, this minor is an asset to almost any major.
Requirements:
23-24 units
Choose one course (4 units)
- SPA 100 Principles of Hispanic Literature and Criticism (4 units)
- SPA 100S Principles of Hispanic Literature and Criticism (4 units)
- SPA 141 Introduction to Spanish Culture (4 units)
- SPA 141S Introduction to Spanish Culture (4 units)
- SPA 170 Introduction to Latin American Culture (4 units)
- SPA 170S Introduction to Latin American Culture (4 units)
Choose one course (3-4 units)
- SPA 111N The Structure of Spanish: Sounds and Words (3 units)
- SPA 115 History of the Spanish Language (4 units)
- SPA 115S History of the Spanish Language (4 units)
- SPA 116 Applied Spanish Linguistics (4 units)
Choose one course (4 units)
- SPA 130 Survey of Spanish Literature to 1700 (4 units)
- SPA 131N Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700 to Present (4 units)
- SPA 134A Don Quijote I (4 units)
- SPA 142 Special Topics in Spanish Cultural and Literary Studies (4 units)
Choose one course (4 units)
- SPA 150N Survey of Latin American Literature to 1900 (4 units)
- SPA 151 Survey of Latin American Literature 1900 to Present (4 units)
- SPA 157 Great Works of Latin American Literature/Culture (4 units)
- SPA 159 Special Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture (4 units)
- SPA 159S Special Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture (4 units)
Choose one course (4 units)
- SPA 117 Teaching Spanish as a Native Tongue in the U.S.: Praxis and Theory (4 units)
- SPA 174 Chicano Culture (4 units)
- SPA 176 Literature in Spanish Written in the United States (4 units)
- SPA 177 California and Latin America (4 units)
Choose an additional 4 units from upper division SPA courses (4 units)
Total = 23-24 units
Minor Advisors
Vanessa Alvarez
vgalvarez@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-0835
Lorenzo Zúñiga
lozuniga@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-5799
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