Spanish Language and Cultures - minor

What you will study

The Spanish Language and Cultures (SLC) minor consists of five foundational language courses (15 credits) that focus on listening comprehension, grammar, and communication, as well as a capstone course (2-4 credits) that allows you to develop your writing skills in Spanish or to study Hispanic literature, culture, and history in greater depth.

Throughout your coursework, you have the opportunity to participate in service-learning projects and other community immersion experiences that enable you to use your Spanish in authentic contexts. You are also strongly encouraged to participate in an immersion experience in a Spanish-speaking country. This might be a study-away program for a summer or a semester, an internship, or one of the short-term travel courses to Spain or Latin America taught by Alverno faculty. SLC support students have studied Spanish in Spain, Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. Wherever you want to study Spanish, there is a program that will meet your needs.

Beginning Requirements
SLC-100Spanish Language Placement Assessment 10
SLC-103Beginning Spanish I3
SLC-104Beginning Spanish II3
Intermediate Requirements
SLC-203Intermediate Spanish I3
SLC-204Intermediate Spanish II3
SLC-303Conversation & Composition3
or SLC-304 Spanish/Reading & Conversation
or SLC-318 Spanish for Business
Advanced Requirements
SLC-325Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 33
or SLC-330 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
or HUM-356 Latin American Civilizations-In Spanish
or SLC-403 Advanced Grammar & Composition
or SLC-420 Spanish & Latin American Cinema
or SLC-466 Hispanic Civilization
Total Credits18
1

Only needed if student has prior Spanish experience or learning and wishes to assess into a higher level course and receive credit for prior learning. Any student testing out of SLC-103, SLC-104, SLC-203, SLC-204, SLC-303, SLC-304 is required to take SLC-403 and one additional capstone.