Mar 13, 2025

2010-2011 General Catalog

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Spanish Minor

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Course Requirements

Language Major Requirements

Spanish Major and Minor Requirements

Minimum Departmental Requirements
Total Credits:

	Spanish Major	33
	Spanish Major, Teaching Emphasis	34 SPAN & 31 SCED
	Spanish Minor	15
	Spanish Minor, Teaching Emphasis	19 SPAN & 31 SCED
	Spanish Major, Teaching Emphasis without licensure	38
	Spanish Minor, Teaching Emphasis without licensure	19

Grade Point Average to Declare a Major or Minor	2.75 Career GPA
Grade Point Average to Graduate with Major or Minor	3.00 GPA within Major/Minor Classes

Note:

Courses for Spanish Majors and Minors require a minimum of C- or better.

Courses for Spanish Majors and Minors may not be taken on a Pass/ Fail Basis (except for courses designated as Pass/Fail, such as LING 3300 ¹, LING 4300 ¹, SPAN 3010 , SPAN 3520 , SPAN 4920 ).

At least half (50 percent) of the credits earned for these degrees must be completed in upper-division USU courses offered by the Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication, and having prefixes of SPAN or LING. All other credits (including transfer and study abroad credits) must be approved by the Spanish faculty in order to be counted toward these degrees.¹

Students with prior language credit or language experience should take the department placement test before admission to the Spanish Major or Minor. Credits obtained in lower-division Spanish courses cannot be applied toward the Spanish major or minor programs.

Note:

¹Students desiring to apply study abroad credits toward these degrees must obtain approval from the Spanish faculty prior to participating.

Spanish Minor (15 credits) (3.00 GPA)

A. Required Courses (12 credits)

Select at least one of the following two courses:

SPAN 3040 - Advanced Spanish Grammar 3 ^DE
SPAN 3800 - Spanish III Study Abroad 1-4 ¹

Select at least three of the following nine courses:

Select one or two courses from this group:

B. Elective Courses (3 credits)

Students must complete 3 additional credits in courses either not taken above or selected from the following list:

SPAN 3010 - Hispanic Outreach Practicum 1-4 ^{1, 2, 3}
SPAN 3060 - Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition (CI) 3
SPAN 3100 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals 3
SPAN 3510 - Business Spanish 3
SPAN 3520 - Business Spanish Practicum 1-4 ^{1, 2, 3}
SPAN 4200 - Applied Spanish Linguistics and Phonetics 3 ⁴
SPAN 4920 - Spanish Language Tutoring 1 ^{1, 2, 3, 5}
LING 4100 - The Study of Language 3 ^DE
LING 4900 - Analysis of Cross-Cultural Difference 3 or
SPCH 3330 - Intercultural Communication (DSS) 3

Spanish Minor—Teaching Emphasis (19 credits) (3.00 GPA)

Note:

The following requirements only specify courses offered by the Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication. To be licensed to teach in the Utah public secondary school system, students with a teaching emphasis must also complete additional courses (approximately 31 credits) required by the Secondary Education Program. For more information, please contact the Secondary Education Program, Education Building 330, or review the supplementary section, entitled Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) Level Outline . Information is also provided on the Web at: http://teal.usu.edu/htm/seced/adstep

Required Courses (19 credits)

SPAN 4200 - Applied Spanish Linguistics and Phonetics 3 ⁴
LING 3300 - Clincial Experience I 1 ⁶ or
LING 4300 - Clincial Experience II 1 ⁶
LING 4400 - Teaching Modern Languages 3 ⁶

Select at least one of the following two courses:

SPAN 3040 - Advanced Spanish Grammar 3 ^DE
SPAN 3800 - Spanish III Study Abroad 1-4 ¹

Select at least three of the following nine courses:

Select one or two courses from this group:

Note:

¹This course may be repeated for additional credit.

²Enrollment in this course is by permission of instructor only.

³ Only 3 credits maximum in practicum courses may count toward a Spanish major or minor.

⁴ This course is required for a teaching emphasis in the Spanish major or minor.

⁵ This practicum is required for a teaching emphasis in the Spanish major

⁶LING 3300 or LING 4300 , and LING 4400 must be taken during the same semester, and should be the last courses taken for the major or minor.

^DEAvailable as a regular on-campus class or online through Regional Campuses and Distance Education (RCDE)

Teaching Emphasis for Spanish Major and Minor

Spanish Major and/or Minor—Teaching Emphasis with Secondary School Licensure

To receive secondary school licensure, students must complete the Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP). For further information, review the Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) Level Outline .

Spanish Major and/or Minor—Teaching Emphasis without Secondary School Licensure

It is possible to have a teaching emphasis within a major or minor in Spanish without receiving Secondary School teaching licensure. However, unless the student is an elementary education major, he or she would not be able to teach in Utah public schools (nor at many private ones). Graduating without licensure may allow employment at some community college and universities.

In order to complete the Spanish Major—Teaching Emphasis without Secondary School Licensure, students must fulfill all of the requirements listed under Section I (Spanish and Linguistics Courses) of the Spanish Major—Teaching Emphasis (34 credits), plus either LING 3300 ¹ or LING 4300 ¹ (1 credit) and LING 4400 ¹ (3 credits), for a total of 38 credits.

Similarly, to complete a Spanish Minor—Teaching Emphasis without Secondary School Licensure, students must fulfill all of the requirements listed under the Spanish Minor—Teaching Emphasis (15 credits), plus either LING 3300 ¹ or LING 4300 ¹ (1 credit) and LING 4400 ¹ (3 credits) for a total of 19 credits.

Note:

¹LING 3300 or LING 4300 , and LING 4400 must be taken during the same semester, and should be the last courses taken for the major or minor.