Minor in Spanish < Colorado State University

Effective Fall 2015

All students minoring in Spanish must complete a minimum of 21 credits in the language of the minor, of which at least 15 credits must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

All majors and minors in the department must earn a minimum grade of C (a grade of C- is not acceptable) in each upper-division course that carries the LSPA subject code. Courses taught in English may not be used to meet the requirements for the minor.

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Lower Division (6 credits may apply toward minor) ¹		6
LSPA 100	First-Year Spanish I
LSPA 101	First-Year Spanish II
LSPA 106	First-Year Spanish Review
LSPA 108	Intensive Spanish I
LSPA 200	Second-Year Spanish I (GT-AH4)
LSPA 201	Second-Year Spanish II (GT-AH4)
LSPA 208	Intensive Spanish II
LSPA 230	Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Upper Division ^2,3		15
Select a minimum of 15 credits from the following, of which at least 3 credits must be culture or literature and at least 3 credits must be at the 400- level:
LSPA 300	Reading and Writing for Communication-Spanish
LSPA 301	Oral Communication-Spanish
LSPA 310	Approaches to Spanish Literature ²
LSPA 312	Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
LSPA 313	Introduction to Spanish Translation and Interpreting
LSPA 326	Spanish Phonetics
LSPA 335	Issues in Hispanic Culture ²
LSPA 345	Business Spanish
LSPA 346	Spanish for Health Care
LSPA 348	Spanish Professional Terminology in Context
LSPA 365	Introduction to Spanish Cinema ²
LSPA 400	Advanced Spanish Communication Skills
LSPA 401	Advanced Spanish Oral Communication
LSPA 413	Advanced Spanish Translation and Interpreting
LSPA 435	Caribbean Culture in Hispanic Literature ²
LSPA 436	Advanced Latin American Culture ²
LSPA 437	Advanced Spanish Culture ²
LSPA 441	Advanced Business Spanish
LSPA 442	Colonial Latin American Literature ²
LSPA 443	Spanish Theatre ²
LSPA 445	Women Writers in the Hispanic World ²
LSPA 449	Spanish-American Literary Movements and Periods ²
LSPA 450	Selected Spanish Literary Movements and Periods ²
LSPA 452	Genre Studies in Spanish ²
LSPA 453	Author Studies in Spanish ²
LSPA 454	Topic Studies in Spanish ²
LSPA 465A	Studies in Foreign Film: Spain ²
LSPA 465B	Studies in Foreign Film: Latin America ²
LSPA 470	Spanish Grammatical Constructions
LSPA 492	Seminar-Spanish Language, Literature, Society ²
Program Total Credits:		21

¹: Students must complete lower-division language courses or place out of lower-division courses through the online placement test. Students who place into LSPA 201 or LSPA 300 will have to replace some or all of the lower-division credits with upper-division Spanish classes or other language-appropriate, department-approved, non-LSPA courses.
²: Designated courses count toward the culture or literature requirement.
³: Other courses, such as LSPA 495 or LGEN 290 may be petitioned to substitute for one of the courses above.

Any transferred language courses, other than gtPathways courses, will be evaluated by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures for equivalency to CSU language courses or as substitutions for CSU language courses.