Spanish
Spanish Program
Our Spanish program offers majors and minors in both Spanish and Spanish Teaching. We offer courses at all levels in the language, linguistics, literatures and cultures of Spain and Latin America.
Most of our undergraduate courses are capped at or below 28 students, giving our students more personal attention than possible at other large universities. Full-time faculty members teach the vast majority of our courses.
Majors
Spanish (BA)
Spanish Teaching (BA)
Minors
Spanish
Spanish Teaching
Spanish Majors
Download Major Requirements
| Spanish MAJOR | Spanish TEACHING MAJOR | Spanish MAJOR - BRIDGE STUDENTS |
Spanish Major (BA)
About the Major
The Spanish major offers courses in language, literature, linguistics, film, and culture of Latin America and Spain. The Spanish major will deepen your understanding of how language works and varies across the Spanish-speaking world, including the United States.
Students should declare their major at least two semesters before their expected graduation date. Please visit our Undergraduate Advising page for more information.
Required Courses
36 - 39 Total Credits
Completed at least 1 of the following
WLC2010 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture (3)
WLC2020 Language in Society (3)
Grammar
*Complete one of the following
Complete the following
SPAN3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading (3)
SPAN3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3)
Complete the following
SPAN3060Advanced Grammar and Composition(3)
*Students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking environment (e.g. heritage speaker, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060 level.
Text Analysis
*Complete the following
SPAN3070 Introduction to Textual Analysis in Spanish (3)
*This course is a pre- or co-requisite to 4000 level Spanish courses.
Culture and Civilization
Complete at least 1 of the following
Literature Courses
Complete the following
Electives
Complete all of the following
Earned at least 12 credits from SPAN4000 - 5999
Earned at least 3 credits from SPAN3000 - 5999
Practicum
Completed one practicum (3) - see advisor for options
Minimum Degree Hours
122 Total Credits
Minimum Major Hours
36 Total Credits
- All classes must be passed with a C or better.
- Students must take at least 15 credits of the major in residence at the University of Utah.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will communicate in the presentational, interpersonal and interpretive modes at an advanced level.
- Students will examine and analyze the literary and cultural history of Spain and Latin America.
- Students will compare and contrast the literatures, languages, and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Students will evaluate and synthesize relevant primary, critical and theoretical sources in order to generate clear and sequential arguments in speech and writing on literary, cultural, and linguistic topics.
- Students will connect academic experience to personal and professional goals.
Spanish Teaching Major (BA)
About the Minor
The Spanish Teaching major is a program developed for students who are interested in Spanish and would like to pursue a teaching career. The major requires a total of 33 credit hours of courses in Spanish Literature and/or culture in addition to others in Teaching Methodology and Linguistics.
A 3-credit hour Teaching Practicum is also part of the program. The practicum gives students the opportunity to help in a Spanish Language class as assistants. Students pursuing a Spanish Teaching Major are required to prove advanced proficiency in the ACTFL scale. A Spanish Proficiency Assessment is administered by the department in the last phase of the program.
In order to get a Utah License, teaching majors will need to be admitted to the Secondary Education Licensure Program in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Application to this program must be approved by the Department's teaching major advisor. Please visit the Undergraduate Advising page to make an appointment with an advisor.
Required Courses
Completed at least 1 of the following
WLC2010 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture (3)
WLC2020 Language in Society (3)
GRAMMAR
*Complete one of the following
Complete the following
SPAN3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading (3)
SPAN3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3)
Complete the following
SPAN3060 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
*Students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking environment (e.g. heritage speaker, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060 level.
TEXT ANALYSIS
*Complete the following
SPAN3070 Introduction to Textual Analysis in Spanish (3)
*This course is a pre- or co-requisite to 4000 level Spanish courses.
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Complete the following
LITERATURE COURSES
Complete the following
Complete the following
Spanish Teaching PRACTICUM
SPAN5320 Spanish Teaching Practicum (1 - 3)
Spanish Proficiency Assessment
See advisor
Practicum
Completed one practicum (3) - see advisor for options
Secondary Teacher Licensure Required Courses
First Year
Complete the following
EDU1010 Introduction to Teaching (3)
ECS2150 Introduction to Multicultural Education (3)
Completed at least 1 of the following
ED PS3721 Child Development and Learning: Understanding Adolescents Grades 7 - 12 (3)
PSY1230 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
FCS5230 Adolescence (3)
second Year
Complete the following
EDU5200 Teacher Language Awareness (3)
ED PS5151 Educational Applications of Technology in Grades 6-12 (3)
SP ED5012 Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Secondary Classrooms (3)
SP ED5021 Principles of Assessment & Data-Based Decision Making (3)
SP ED5022 Principles of Instruction & Behavioral Support (3)
Third Year
Complete the following
FOURTH YEAR
Complete the following
Optional ESL Endorsement
Complete the following
ECS5647 Instructional Methods for Linguistically Diverse Populations (3)
Minimum Degree Hours
122 Total Credits
Minimum Major Hours
73 Total Credits
- All courses must be completed with a C or better.
- At least 15 credits of major requirements must be taken in residence at the University of Utah.
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Completing this major does not give you a teaching license. In order to recieve a teaching license, students will need to complete the Secondary Teacher Licensure coursework. This may increase the minimum degree hours.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will communicate in the presentational, interpersonal and interpretive modes at an advanced level.
- Students will examine and analyze the literary and cultural history of Spain and Latin America.
- Students will compare and contrast the literatures, languages, and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Students will evaluate and synthesize relevant primary, critical and theoretical sources in order to generate, in speech and writing, clear and sequential arguments on literary, cultural, and linguistic topics.
- Students will connect academic experience to personal and professional goals.
- Students will acquire and demonstrate a broad knowledge of current language teaching methodologies and the pedagogical tools and skills necessary for teaching the target language and culture.
Spanish Minors
If you are not a Spanish major but would like to keep up with your language skills, a minor in Spanish might be for you. While a minor does not require the same degree of language immersion or specialization as a major, a Spanish minor can be an asset to any major!
Download Minor Requirements
| Spanish Minor | Spanish TEACHING Minor | Spanish Minor - BRIDGE STUDENTS |
Spanish Minor
Required Courses
15 Total Credits
GRAMMAR
*Complete one of the following
Complete the following
SPAN3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading (3)
SPAN3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3)
Complete the following
SPAN3060 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
*Students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking environment (e.g. heritage speaker, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060 level.
TEXT ANALYSIS
*Complete the following
SPAN3070 Introduction to Textual Analysis in Spanish (3)
*This course is a pre- or co-requisite to 4000 level Spanish courses.
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
Complete at least 1 of the following
Electives
Complete all of the following
SPAN Electives at the 4000-level
Earned at least 6 credits from SPAN 4000 - 5999, excluding
SPAN5320 Spanish Teaching Practicum (1 - 3)
Additional Upper-Division SPAN Elective
Earned at least 3 credits from SPAN 3000 - 5999, excluding
SPAN3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading (3)
SPAN3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3)
SPAN3060 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
SPAN3600 Intermediate Spanish Conversation (1)
SPAN5320 Spanish Teaching Practicum (1 - 3)
Minimum Minor Hours
18 - 21 Total Credits
Students who need SPAN 3020 and 3040 will earn 21 credits
- All courses must be passed with a C or better.
- At least 6 credits of minor requirements must be taken in residence at the University of Utah.
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Students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking environment (e.g. native speakers, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060-level.
Spanish Teaching Minor
Degree Requirements
GRAMMAR
*Complete one of the following
Complete the following
SPAN3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading (3)
SPAN3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3)
Complete the following
SPAN3060 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
*Students who have advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking environment (e.g. heritage speaker, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060 level.
TEXT ANALYSIS
*Complete the following
SPAN3070 Introduction to Textual Analysis in Spanish (3)
*This course is a pre- or co-requisite to 4000 level Spanish courses.
Linguistics
Complete the following
SPAN5242Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics (3)
Electives
Earned at least 3 credits from SPAN 3060 - 4999, excluding
SPAN3600Intermediate Spanish Conversation(1)
Teaching
Complete the following
SPAN5320Spanish Teaching Practicum (1 - 3)
Methodology
Complete the following
WLC5410 L2 Methodology (3)
SPANISH PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT
See advisor
Secondary Teacher Licensure Required Courses
First Year
Complete the following
EDU1010 Introduction to Teaching (3)
ECS2150 Introduction to Multicultural Education (3)
Completed at least 1 of the following
ED PS3721 Child Development and Learning: Understanding Adolescents Grades 7 - 12 (3)
PSY1230 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
FCS5230 Adolescence (3)
second Year
Complete the following
EDU5200 Teacher Language Awareness (3)
ED PS5151 Educational Applications of Technology in Grades 6-12 (3)
SP ED5012 Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Secondary Classrooms (3)
SP ED5021 Principles of Assessment & Data-Based Decision Making (3)
SP ED5022 Principles of Instruction & Behavioral Support (3)
Third Year
Complete the following
FOURTH YEAR
Complete the following
Optional ESL Endorsement
Complete the following
ECS5647 Instructional Methods for Linguistically Diverse Populations (3)
Minimum Minor Hours
55 Total Credits
- All courses must be passed with a C or better.
- At least 6 credits of minor requirements must be taken in residence at the University of Utah.
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Completing the Secondary Teacher Licensure coursework may increase the minimum required hours.
Our Program
The program in Spanish provides students with the skills necessary for in-depth research in Latin-American and Spanish Literature. Students become well versed in the traditional canon, advance their critical thinking skills, and explore a variety of analytical and theoretical paradigms. The program offers a wide range of seminars in Golden Age, Modern Peninsular, Colonial Latin American, Caribbean, Contemporary Latin American, and U.S. Latina/o studies, as well as Spanish Linguistics. Specific approaches include cultural theory and intellectual history, post-colonial studies, queer aesthetics, avant garde aesthetics, and popular culture, as well as film and visual studies. Seminar topics range from Indigenous voices, travel literature, and sociolinguistics to studies in race, gender and genre.
As a part of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, we are able to offer students access to a number of seminars outside the purview of traditional Spanish Departments. Students may take innovative courses through our Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies program, participate in a growing number of interdisciplinary programs (such as Latin American Studies and Gender Studies) and engage in academic discussions with students and faculty across the department and within the College of Humanities.
Courses
Regular Course Offerings
Please see the General Catalog for specific course descriptions
SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2010
Beginning and Intermediate Spanish language courses that are taught in regular or
hybrid formats.
SPAN 3020 Intermediate Conversation and Reading
SPAN 3040 Intermediate Grammar and Composition
OR
SPAN 3060 Advanced Grammar and Composition
Students with advanced proficiency in Spanish through extended residence in a Spanish-speaking
environment (e.g. native speaker, military service personnel, LDS missionaries), are not eligible to take Spanish courses below the 3060 level.
SPAN 3070 Intro to Text Analysis
SPAN 4550 Spanish Civilization and Culture
SPAN 4560 Culture and Customs of Spanish America
SPAN 4620 Introduction to Spanish Literature
SPAN 4630 Survey of Spanish American Literature
SPAN 3940 Community Volunteering
SPAN 4900 Special Topics - Undergraduate Level
Works, authors, and genres not normally covered elsewhere. Repeatable for credit when
topic varies.
SPAN 5242 Phonetics and Spanish Pronunciation
SPAN 6900 Special Topics - Graduate Level
Topics vary. Graduate students take several 6900 courses to complete their degrees.
Spanish Club
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Faculty
Tenure-Line Faculty
Talía Dajes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Isabel Dulfano, PhD
Associate Professor
Alejandro Quin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fernando Rubio, PhD
Associate Professor
Career-Line Faculty
Instructors
