Spanish Minor

Spanish Minor Program Information

Department of Literature and Language
PO Box 70312
Phone: (423) 439-4264
Web Address: www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang

The proposed curriculum for the Spanish Minor requires 21 credits. Each course is three (3) credits. There are nine (9) required core credits in Spanish, three (3) credits of a Culture Elective, three (3) credits of a Linguistics Elective, and six (6) credits of SPAN Free Electives. Courses beyond the required classes are selected in consultation with the student’s advisor, based on relevance to the student’s background and interests.

Transfer and Residency Policy

Students transferring to ETSU and wishing to receive a minor in a foreign language must complete at least 9 credits of upper division courses for the minor at ETSU.

Spanish Minor Pre-requirements

• SPAN 1010 - Beginning Spanish I (3 credits) *
• SPAN 1020 - Beginning Spanish II (3 credits) *
• SPAN 2010 - Second-Year Spanish I (3 credits) *

• * Based on placement test or equivalent. 

Spanish Minor Requirements: 21 credits

Required Core Courses: 9 credits

• SPAN 3010 - Spanish Grammar (3 credits)
• SPAN 3020 - Conversation and Composition in Contemporary Hispanic Culture (3 credits)
• SPAN 3030 - Hispanic Literary Criticism (3 credits)

Culture Elective: 3 credits

Choose one (1) from the following Culture/Literature courses:

• SPAN 3313 - Narratives of Diversity in Spanish History (3 credits)
• SPAN 3413 - Nuestra América: Mestizaje, Cultures and Identities of Spanish America (3 credits)
• SPAN 3513 - Survey of Spanish Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 3613 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 3713 - Aesthetics and Identity in Hispanic Poetry (3 credits)
• SPAN 4007 - Golden Age Drama (3 credits)
• SPAN 4107 - Don Quixote and the Novel (3 credits)
• SPAN 4117 - Hispanic Cinema (3 credits)
• SPAN 4207 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4307 - The Generation of ‘98 (3 credits)
• SPAN 4407 - Narratives in Contemporary Hispanic Literature (3 credits)
• SPAN 4507 - Fantasy and Magical Realism in the Spanish Short Story (3 credits)
• SPAN 4607 - Literary Modernism in Spanish (3 credits)
• SPAN 4707 - Hispanic Social Protest Theater (3 credits)
• SPAN 4737 - Spanish Art in the Imperial City (3 credits)
• SPAN 4747 - Al Andalus in Spain (3 credits)
• SPAN 4807 - Spanish-American Novel (3 credits)

Linguistics Elective: 3 credits

Choose one (1) of the following Linguistics courses (3 credits): 

• SPAN 3213 - The Sounds of Spanish (3 credits)
• SPAN 4017 - The Structure of Spanish (3 credits)
• SPAN 4187 - Decoding Spanish (3 credits)
• SPAN 4287 - History of the Spanish Language (3 credits)
• SPAN 4387 - Meaning in the Spanish Language (3 credits)

Free Electives: 6 credits

Choose six (6) credits of any SPAN course 2020 or higher. 

Minor Requirement

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 credits of which at least 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.