Spanish Certificate (M)

Students who take this Concentration of courses will build their proficiency in Spanish.  The Spanish Concentration is meant to help provide K-12 Education students at Concordia to further their linguistic and cultural competencies.  The Spanish Concentration will provide some background in Advanced Grammar, Linguistics, Civilization, Culture, and Literature.  It is not meant to fully prepare a student to pass the Praxis exam in Spanish.

Student Learning Outcomes for the Spanish Certificate

  • Students will demonstrate a historical and contemporary understanding of Christian Faith as it intersects with other major worldviews in the Hispanic World.
  • Students evaluate cultural practices and perspectives of the target cultures with their own by comparing and contrasting.
  • Students will evaluate cultural practices, studies of race and ethnicity, language, faith, and culture through a wide range of disciplines.
  • Students will critically analyze an authentic text in the target language.
  • Students will create oral discourse with the appropriate level of proficiency.
  • Students will create and evaluate their own writing in the target language and demonstrate an appropriate level of grammatical fluency.
  • Students will analyze data effectively to gain cultural insights on the diverse nature of the Spanish-speaking world.

Curriculum

Required Courses
SPAN 301Spanish Conversation and Composition3
SPAN 331Advanced Spanish Grammar3
SPAN 307Linguistics3
SPAN 351Span&SpanAmCiv&Cul I (up 1800)3
or SPAN 352 Span&SpanAmCiv&Cul (after 1800
SPAN 355Span&SpanAm Lit (up to 1800)3
or SPAN 356 Span&SpanAm Lit II(after 1800)
Total Hours15