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Accounting 010
African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures 013
Africana Studies 014
African Area Studies 016
Aging 018
American History 512
American Literature
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Anthropology 070
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Asian Studies 098
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Cinema Studies 175
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Dance 203, 206
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German 470
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Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
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History/French Joint Major 513
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Human Resource Management 533
Hungarian 535
Individualized Major 555
Information Technology and Informatics 547
Interdisciplinary Studies, SAS 556
Italian 560
Japanese 565
Jewish Studies 563
Journalism and Media Studies 567
Junior Year Abroad
Korean 574
Labor Studies and Employment Relations 575
Latin 580
Latin American Studies 590
Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies 595
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Linguistics 615
Management 620
Marine Sciences 628
Marketing 630
Mathematics 640
Medical Technology 660
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Medieval Studies 667
Microbiology
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Military Education, Air Force 690
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Organizational Leadership 713
Pharmacy
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Physics 750
Physiology and Neurobiology
Planning and Public Policy 762
Polish 787
Political Science 790
Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science 799
Portuguese 810
Psychology 830
Public Health 832
Religion 840
Russian 860
Russian, Central and East European Studies 861
Science, Technology, and Society 880
Critical Sexualities Studies 888
Social Justice 904
Social Work 910
Sociology 920
South Asian Studies 925
Spanish 940
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Departmental Honors Program
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Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish-English and English-Spanish Translation
Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish-English Translation/Interpreting
Spanish Major/Global Studies Certificate
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Spanish Language House
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Statistics and Biostatistics 960
Statistics-Mathematics
Study Abroad 959
Theater 965, 966
Ukrainian 967
Urban Studies
Visual Arts
Women's and Gender Studies 988
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Mason Gross School of the Arts
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Spanish 940 Learning Goals  

Learning Goals


Goals for Spanish Majors and Minors

Majors in all areas will be able to demonstrate proficiency in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication and basic knowledge of linguistics, cultural studies or translation as disciplines. The top 75% of Spanish or Portuguese majors will be able to carry out conversations in which they can describe, compare, contrast, in all tenses (present, past, and future), with an appropriate breadth of vocabulary and register, and to be understood by a nonsympathetic listener; and to read and write documents written in academic, formal, and/or literary registers of language. Majors will be able to conduct research projects according to the methodologies of the humanities, social, or cognitive sciences and demonstrate intercultural awareness and understanding of the Hispanic or Luso-Brazilian world. Honors students (top 15%) will be able to complete independent research, write a thesis, and defend it before a faculty committee.

Spanish majors who choose electives in linguistics will also be able to demonstrate familiarity with basic concepts of linguistics, in particular with issues related to language contact and bilingualism and bilingual education, and be able to design and implement a research project.

Spanish majors who choose electives in translation/interpreting will also be able to demonstrate proficiency at the levels required by preprofessional and professional training for employment in legal, medical, and commercial translation and in other areas; and for further study in law, medicine, editing/journalism, and business, as well as graduate studies in both linguistics and literature.

Spanish majors who choose electives in literature and culture will also be able to demonstrate knowledge of current issues and perspectives in literary and cultural studies in Spanish and the basic body of works in Spanish literature and culture; critically analyze verbal and visual texts; demonstrate familiarity with a range of cultural works from different time periods and geographical regions within the Spanish-speaking world and with the historical phenomena and sociocultural issues that these works negotiate. The top 15% of majors will be prepared for acceptance to graduate programs in Spanish.

Portuguese majors will also be able to demonstrate knowledge of current issues and perspectives in literary and cultural studies in Portuguese and the basic body of works in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture; critically analyze verbal and visual texts; demonstrate familiarity with a range of cultural works from different time periods and geographical regions within the Portuguese-speaking world and with the historical phenomena and sociocultural issues that these works negotiate. The top 15% of majors will be prepared for acceptance to graduate programs in Portuguese.

Minors in Spanish or Portuguese will be able to demonstrate a level of language proficiency that allows basic conversations on a variety of uncomplicated topics, with basic command of the language, and some spontaneous creative ability; and basic familiarity with the main cultural, literary, and linguistic issues of the Hispanic or Luso-Brazilian world.


 
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