Spanish: Iberian and Latin American Cultural Studies Major, B.A.

The Department of Global Languages and Cultures offers a major in Spanish: Iberian and Latin American Cultural Studies for students who desire a comprehensive knowledge of the language as well as the cultures, identities and nations of the Spanish speaking world in a global context with more fluid borders. Spanish, the common language to twenty-one countries in both Latin America and Spain and the second major language in the United States, is at the center of our program. Besides ensuring an advanced to superior proficiency in Spanish, the major provides students with a strong foundation for the study of the cultural, historical, linguistic and political complexities of the Iberian and Latin American regions in order to prepare students for their professional and academic future.

Students graduating from the major will be able to work in various venues in government agencies, international organizations, NGOs, teaching, and translation in the U.S. or abroad. After completion, students will be prepared to further studies at the graduate level in related fields of study.

Students are required to study abroad for at least one semester, or live two years in the Spanish House.  

 

Requirements for the Major

Spanish: Iberian and Latin American Cultural Studies majors are required to take 30 credits in Spanish at the 200 level or above, 12 credits of which must be at the 300 level or above. (Students who transfer to Hood in their junior year intending to major in Spanish: Iberian and Latin American Cultural Studies must be qualified to enroll in courses at the 200 level or above.)

Required courses:

SPAN 203Spanish Conversation & Composition

3.0

SPAN 315Advanced Composition

3.0

Two courses in Iberian Cultural Studies:

SPAN 204Spanish Culture and Civilization

3.0

SPAN 207Cultural Perspectives on Spanish Literature I

3.0

SPAN 208Cultural Perspectives on Spanish Literature II

3.0

Two courses in Latin American Cultural Studies:

SPAN 215Hispanic & Latino Film

3.0

SPAN 220Cultural Perspectives on Latin America

3.0

SPAN 240Latin American Lit Popular Culture

3.0

12 credits 300-level or higher

One 300-400 level in each (Iberia and Latin America) should be taken at Hood College.

SPAN 310100 Years of Spanish Non-Fiction Films

3.0

SPAN 323Spanish Cinema

3.0

SPAN 333Latin American Poetry

3.0

SPAN 336Latin American Fiction

3.0

SPAN 343Spanish Theater

3.0

SPAN 397Special Topics

3.0

SPAN 470Seminar: Latin America or Iberia

3.0

Total Credit Hours: 30.0