Modern Languages Departament
The Department of Modern Languages offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major and a minor in Spanish, a minor in Translation Studies, and an Associate in Arts degree in Spanish Translation. In addition to the degree programs in Spanish and Translation, the department also offers courses in French, Italian, and German. At the graduate level, the department offers a Master of Arts degree in Spanish, and a Master of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Spanish and a Supporting Field in Interpreting. These programs of study are designed to develop effective oral and written communication skills and to provide students with the requisite knowledge of the literary and cultural traditions of the Hispanic World that can prepare students for a variety of careers in education, translation and interpreting, government and business that are open to biliterate students with a Liberal Arts background in the new global society. Modern Languages, as a liberal study, involves literature, history, psychology, sociology Ð indeed, culture in its particulars as well as its universals. In this respect, the Modern Languages faculty believes that language studies offers an education that is as much a preparation for life as for employment.
Spanish
The Bachelor of Arts in Spanish offers majors an integrated, sequenced course of study comprising 12 courses (36 semester hours), of which ten courses (30 semester hours) must be at the advanced 3000/4000-level.
Students begin their study with two Core foundation courses, SPAN 2321 and SPAN 2322, that introduce them to the major and develop the basic skills in language, culture, and literature that are required of subsequent advanced, 3000 and 4000-numbered courses. Upon completion of SPAN 2321 and SPAN 2322, majors enroll in ten upper division (advanced) courses, totaling 30 semester hours, taken from a cohesive but diverse course of study distributed in four areas: language, literature, culture, and translation. Majors begin their advanced study with 3000-level language and literature courses, continue with more advanced 4000-level courses, and end their Program of Study by enrolling in the Capstone course, SPAN 4392 Senior Seminar, which includes the submission of a portfolio prior to graduation.
School name: Modern Languages Departament
Address: 80 Fort Brown
Zip & city: 78520 Brownsville
Phone: (956) 882-8200
Web: http://blue.utb.edu/mlang/mldegree.htm
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