College of Liberal Arts
Curriculum in Hispanic Studies
Spanish Bilingual/Bicultural Enhancement Initiative
The Hispanic Studies faculty recommends that Spanish language students, especially heritage speakers of Spanish and Advanced Placement (AP) students, take a healthy mixture of course work related, on the one hand, to achieving University-level linguistic competence in the language; and course work related to the Hispanic or Latino cultural experience on the other. To this end students select from courses on language, grammar and culture in spoken and written Spanish and electives which broaden the Hispanic/Latino knowledge base taught in English. A prudent and timely selection of courses can allow the student to apply course work taken in the pursuit of bilingual/biculturalism to satisfy some requirements on the student's degree plan. Many of the suggested courses will apply in the Core Curriculum, for example, in areas such as Humanities and Social Sciences. Discussions with a departmental advisor can help students to focus the best possible fit of course work with their interests and degree plan.