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Spanish
Department Description
Learning a second language has become a key educational component for career and personal enhancement in the global economy. Regardless of the major that you choose, adding Spanish will enhance your job opportunities and add to your scope of intercultural understanding as our country evolves demographically and linguistically.
Department Learning Outcomes
*Students will demonstrate appropriate class level oral or expressive World Language skills.
*Students will demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of cultural values, norms and traditions per specific World Language, and will demonstrate basic understanding that these differences have an impact on group relationships and interactions.
*Students will demonstrate appropriate class level receptive and/or written World Language skills.
*Students will demonstrate appropriate cultural rules of interaction when conversing in the target language.
Admissions
The CLC Spanish Department offers beginning and intermediate level language classes in a four semester series. Students are encouraged to meet with instructors or inquire about the CLEP test at our Academic Center for Enrichment (ACE), if uncertain about entry level of study. Heritage speakers/students are invited to meet with professors regarding classes, tutoring opportunities and events.
Scholarship Available
Application for the Kurtz-Poland Latin American Scholarship can be made through the Central Lakes College Foundation office. Students of Spanish and Latin American studies are eligible for funding of campus classes or an approved travel-study program.
Accreditation/Certification
By completing the two-year cycle of language classes (or equivalent), the SPAN: Many Faces of Mexico and the ANTH: Cultures of Latin America, you may apply for the above certificate, indicating your concentration in Latin American Studies.
Employment Opportunities
Medical, social services, law enforcement, interpreting/translation, teaching, travel fields, government. Spanish is the second language of this country. Therefore, being bilingual will be a major asset in any career you choose to pursue.
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Department Course Offerings
SPAN 1401 Beginning Spanish I (4 cr)
SPAN 1402 Beginning Spanish II (4 cr)
SPAN 1597 Topics in Spanish (1-3cr)
SPAN 1598 Topics in Spanish (1-3cr)
SPAN 2401 Intermediate Spanish I (4 cr)
SPAN 2402 Intermediate Spanish II (2 cr)
SPAN 2403 Intermediate Spanish: Reading, Writing, Speaking (2 cr)
SPAN 2420 Many Faces of Mexico (3 cr)
Latin American Studies
The certificate in Latin American Studies will prepare graduates to enrich their understanding and appreciation of Latin American culture, communication, language, music, and art. This program is appropriate for citizens in an increasingly diverse society and for individuals entering or currently employed in positions in education, business, criminal justice, and other occupations where an understanding of Hispanic culture enhances their abilities in the workplace. Students will have an opportunity to study the cultural, historical, political, economic, religious, and social realities of Mexico, Central, and South America to gain a better understanding of the Hispanic impact on the United States and the growing Latino population in Minnesota.
Required Courses (credits)
ANTH 2425 Cultures of Latin America (3cr)
SPAN 1402* Beginning Spanish II (4cr)
SPAN 2401* Intermediate Spanish I (4cr)
SPAN 2402* Intermediate Spanish II (2cr)
SPAN 2403* Int. Spanish Reading/Writing/Speaking (2cr)
SPAN 2420 Many Faces of Mexico (3cr)
Graduation Requirement 18 credits
*Denotes Prerequisite
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