Undergraduate
Student Learning Outcomes
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish (B.A.)
Students completing the Spanish B.A. program will achieve the following:
- Know
- structure of the language (sound system, word and sentence structure) and dialectal variations in the Spanish-speaking world;
- main cultural manifestation of the language in literature, social practices and perspectives; and
- structural and cultural differences between Spanish and English and between the communities that use these languages.
- Understand
- the nature of language itself as well as one’s own language;
- the relativity of language use and cultural practices as systems situated in socio-cultural and historical contexts;
- the importance of critical thinking in examining other cultures and comparing them with one's own;
- their place within multilingual international communities;
- the value of different method of study of languages and cultures; and
- the connections between language studies (language, literature, culture and translation) with other disciplines.
- Be able to
- use Spanish for conversational, professional and academic purposes at Advanced Low level of proficiency as defined by the ACTFL proficiency guidelines;;
- apply the knowledge of the language system and culture to function effectively in professional, academic, and intercultural settings at home and abroad;
- apply methods of analyzing language, literature and cultural products and practices; and
- interact within multilingual international communities here and abroad in ethically and culturally sensitive ways.
