Spanish (B.A.)

Program: B.A.
Department of International Language and Culture Studies
College of Arts and Sciences

Liberal Arts Building 267 ~ 260-481-6836 ~ ipfw.edu/ilcs

The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

Acquire a broad foundation in language, literature, and culture in preparation for graduate studies or for a career where proficiency in a foreign language and international perspectives are important assets;
Achieve the ACTFL intermediate-high level in speaking, demonstrate the ability to recognize and analyze grammatical and usage errors in own and others’ writing;
Develop an increased understanding of what it means to belong to a culture and awareness of how culture affects other interconnected issues of identity;
Demonstrate the ability to think critically about these issues and how they shape intercultural communication.

To earn the B.A. with a major in Spanish, you must fulfill the requirements of IPFW (Regulations ) and the College of Arts and Sciences (Colleges ) and satisfactorily complete the following requirements:

IPFW General Education Requirements Credits: 33

General Education Requirements

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

English Writing and Speaking

Requirements in Arts and Sciences Part A

(The writing requirement is satisfied by ILCS I300, listed below)

Foreign Language (10–14 credits)

SPAN S111 - Elementary Spanish I Cr. 4.
SPAN S112 - Elementary Spanish II Cr. 4.
or
SPAN S113 - Accelerated First Year Spanish Cr. 4.

Additional Foreign Language Requirements

SPAN S203 - Second-Year Spanish I Cr. 3.
SPAN S204 - Second-Year Spanish II Cr. 3.

Distribution (not in SPAN)

Requirements in Arts and Sciences Part C Credits: 9

Cultural Studies

Credits in Western tradition Credits: 3
Non-Western culture requirement may be satisfied with one of the following courses Credits: 0

SPAN S412 - Spanish America: The Cultural Context Cr. 3.
SPAN S471 - Spanish-American Literature I Cr. 3.
SPAN S472 - Spanish-American Literature II Cr. 3.
SPAN S479 - Mexican Literature Cr. 3.
SPAN S480 - Argentine Literature Cr. 3.

Core and Concentration (Major) Courses

ILCS I300 - Methods of Research and Criticism Cr. 3.
(should be taken with S301)
SPAN S275 - Hispanic Culture and Conversation Cr. 3.
SPAN S301 - The Hispanic World I Cr. 3.
SPAN S311 - Spanish Grammar Cr. 3.
SPAN S317 - Spanish Conversation and Diction Cr. 3.

A course in Spanish linguistics at the 400-level: Credits: 3

A course in Peninsular literature at the 400 level: Credits: 3

A course in Spanish-American literature at the 400 level: Credits: 3

A course in Spanish, Spanish-American, or Hispanic Culture at the 400-level: Credits: 3

Additional credits in 400-level (Spanish, Spanish-American, or Latino culture, Spanish language, or Peninsular or Spanish-American literature courses) Credits: 6

General Elective Courses

Sufficient additional credits to bring the total to 120.