Program Description

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at CSUB prepares students to interact and succeed in an increasingly global world. Cultural understanding and second language skills offer distinct advantages to graduates, particularly at a time when cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity in society is rapidly increasing.

Program Goals and Objectives

Goals of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures are to foster a broader linguistic, literary and cultural understanding of global societies, equip students with skills that are necessary in career fields, and prepare teachers of modern languages with the necessary knowledge and skills for teaching languages and cultures to others.  These goals are accomplished by fostering interest in, and understanding of, cultures and peoples, and by developing student proficiency in the fundamental language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the languages offered.

Requirements for the Teaching Credential - Spanish Single Subject Teacher Preparation Program

Students wishing to complete the requirements for the California Single Subject Credential in Spanish should consult with an appropriate Spanish faculty advisor.

In addition to university education requirements, students can expect the following requirements for majors and minors in modern languages:

The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Spanish requires a minimum of 33 units of coursework as specified below. In addition, students must achieve satisfactory performance on proficiency tests upon entrance to and exit from the major program, with a minimum grade of C in each course applying to the major program. Course requirements are as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
General Education Requirements
First-Year Seminar (FYS)		2
Lower Division Area A: Foundational Skills		9
Lower Division Area B: Natural Sciences		9
Lower Division Area C: Arts and Humanities		6
Lower Division Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences		3
Lower Division Area E: Student Enrichment and Lifelong Learning (SELF) 4		0
Lower Division Area F: Ethnic Studies		3
American Institutions: Government and History		6
Junior Year Diversity & Reflection (JYDR)		3
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)		3
Upper Division Thematic Area B and D		6
General Education Capstone		0
General Education Subtotal 5		50
Major Requirements
Lower Division 1
SPAN 2000/2001	Spanish III 6	3
or SPAN 2020	Spanish I for Fluent Speakers
SPAN 2010/2011	Spanish IV 6	3
or SPAN 2030	Spanish II for Fluent Speakers
Upper Division
SPAN 3000	Advanced Language Skills	3
Literature courses
Select two upper division SPAN course of the following:		6
Select two of the following:		6
SPAN 3100	Spanish Peninsular Literature I
SPAN 3110	Spanish Peninsular Literature II
SPAN 3120	Latin American Literature I
SPAN 3130	Latin American Literature II
SPAN 3140	U.S. Latino Literature
SPAN 3710	Topics in Literature
Linguistics course
Select one of the following:		3
SPAN 3200	Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 3210	Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN 3220	Spanish Grammar in Society
SPAN 3230	Spanish in the United States
SPAN 3720	Topics in Linguistics
Culture course
Select one of the following:		3
SPAN 3300	Spanish Civilization
SPAN 3310	Latin American Civilization
SPAN 3320	Mexican/Mex American Cultures
SPAN 3330	U.S. Latino Folklore
SPAN 3340	Acting in Spanish
SPAN 3730	Topics in Culture
Additional Courses
Select three: courses not counted as fulfilling other requirements with at least 3 units at the 4000 level. 2		9
3000 Level
SPAN 3100	Spanish Peninsular Literature I
SPAN 3110	Spanish Peninsular Literature II
SPAN 3120	Latin American Literature I
SPAN 3130	Latin American Literature II
SPAN 3140	U.S. Latino Literature
SPAN 3200	Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 3210	Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN 3220	Spanish Grammar in Society
SPAN 3230	Spanish in the United States
SPAN 3300	Spanish Civilization
SPAN 3310	Latin American Civilization
SPAN 3320	Mexican/Mex American Cultures
SPAN 3330	U.S. Latino Folklore
SPAN 3340	Acting in Spanish
SPAN 3710	Topics in Literature
SPAN 3720	Topics in Linguistics
SPAN 3730	Topics in Culture
4000 Level
SPAN 4100	Golden Age Literature
SPAN 4110	Contemporary Peninsular Literature
SPAN 4120	Modernismo
SPAN 4130	Contemporary Latin American Literature
SPAN 4200	Translation and Interpretation
SPAN 4210	Sociolinguistics
SPAN 4220	History of the Language
SPAN 4230	Dialectology
SPAN 4300	Revolutionary Ideas in Latin America
SPAN 4310	Spanish/Latin American Cinema
SPAN 4320	The Chicano/a Experience
SPAN 4330	Border Lives
SPAN 4770	Special Topics in Spanish
SPAN 4908	Senior Seminar/Capstone 3	3
Major Subtotal		39
Additional Units Needed Towards Graduation		31
Total Units		120

¹

Credit may be awarded for these courses if proficiency/placement testing demonstrates student to be on an advanced level and the student achieves a grade of B or above in the course the student places into. Note: Students with little to no prior experience with Spanish may need to take SPAN 1000 and 1010 in preparation for major coursework, but these courses do not count toward the 33 units required for the degree.

²

Courses not counted as fulfilling other requirements with at least 3 units at the 4000 level.

³

To be completed in the final semester of program study.

⁴

The SELF requirement may double count with B, C, or D. The unit range for SELF is 0-3. Students are waived from UD area of their program. Capstone may be satisfied within the senior seminar.

⁵

Some General Education requirements are included in major. 

⁶

The units range is 3-4.