Minor in Spanish & Latin American Languages, Literatures & Cultures

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The minor in Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers a highly flexible 18-credit curriculum, making it ideal for students who wish to integrate Spanish with another field of study. After completing two core courses, minors choose from elective options such as Caribbean Literature and Culture, Literature and Dictatorship, Studies in Latinx Cultural Production, Queer Latin America and many more.

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Course Requirements

Applies to all students who declared in fall 2019 or later. See course requirements for students who declared prior to fall 2019.

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 18 credits including 6 credits in required courses and 12 credits in elective courses, and satisfactory completion of the prerequisite introductory language sequence.

Code	Title	Credits
Prerequisite introductory language sequence
SPAN 1011	Intensive Beginning Spanish: the Spanish-speaking world
or SPAN 1012	Intensive Elementary Spanish: the Spanish-speaking world
SPAN 1013	Intermediate Spanish I: the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN 1014	Intermediate Spanish II: the Spanish-speaking world
or SPAN 1034 or SPAN 1134 (in lieu of SPAN 1013 and SPAN 1014)
SPAN 2005	Advanced Spanish I
Required minor courses
SPAN 2006	Advanced Spanish II
or SPAN 2026	Advanced Spanish for Heritage Learners
or SPAN 2056 (in lieu of SPAN 2005 and SPAN 2006) ^*
SPAN 3100	Texts and Contexts of the Spanish-Speaking World
or SPAN 3100W	Texts and Contexts of the Spanish-Speaking World
Electives
12 credits selected from SPAN 2500 and any SPAN courses numbered 3000 or above. At least 3 of these credits must be in literary studies. Literary studies courses include:
SPAN 3400	Theatre of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 3410	Latin American Short Fiction
SPAN 3420	The Essay in Spain and Latin America
SPAN 3440	Caribbean Literature and Culture
SPAN 3500	Medieval Iberia in the Modern World
SPAN 3510	Heresy and the Other in Early Modern Iberia
SPAN 3520	Decolonizing the Empire: Colonial Latin America
SPAN 3530	Enlightenment Spain
SPAN 3540	Major Authors of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 3550	Queer Latin America
SPAN 3570	Women Writers of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 3600	Special Topics
SPAN 3650	Literature and Dictatorship
SPAN 3700	Cinema of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 4410	Contemporary Narrative in Latin America
SPAN 4450	Mexican Literature and Culture
SPAN 4460	Southern Cone Literature and Culture
SPAN 4480	Studies in Latinx Cultural Production
SPAN 4510	Cervantes Don Quixote
SPAN 4520	Experimental Literature
SPAN 4540	The Myth of the Two Spains
SPAN 4550	1898 to 1998: Spain's First Century without Empire
SPAN 4560	Modern Poetry of Spain and Latin America
SPAN 4650	Literary Translation
SPAN 4700	Film as Text in Latin America

*Only 3 of the 6 credits earned in SPAN 2056 are applied to this requirement.

Note: With the exception of courses take in GW Study Programs in Chile and Madrid, no more than three courses taken abroad may count toward the minor.

Course Requirements for Students Who Declared Prior to Fall 2019

Students must complete 18 credit hours consisting of:

Three courses chosen from SPAN 2005-3040,
SPAN 3100, and
Two courses in literature at the 3000-4000 level (from SPAN 3300 to SPAN 4700).

No more than three courses taken abroad may count toward the minor (excluding GW Study Centers in Chile and Spain).