Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Hispanic Studies – Minor (Arts)

HISP-Y

Subject: Administered by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Plan: Consists of 30.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, in combination with a Major Plan in another subject, and with sufficient electives, will lead to an Honours Bachelors Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete the following:
SPAN 111Beginning Spanish I3.00
SPAN 112Beginning Spanish II3.00
B. Complete from the following:
SPAN 204Español intermedio3.00
SPAN 205Español avanzado3.00
SPAN 206Spanish Conversation and Culture3.00
C. Complete the following:
SPAN 301Gramática avanzada y composición I3.00
SPAN 302Gramática avanzada y composición II3.00
2. Option
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
SPAN at any level
B. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list:3.00
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Total Units30.00

3. Notes

A. The courses chosen must not duplicate work already completed either in university or pre-university study. If a student enters the program with advanced language/grammar knowledge or speaks Spanish at the near-native level, the student is exempted from taking the language and grammar core courses noted in 1.A., 1.B., and 1.C.These would be replaced with SPAN options.

B. To register in SPAN 111 or ITLN 111 students must sign a form in the Departmental Office officially declaring that they have no knowledge of Spanish or Italian at all. A language placement test may apply.

C. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Hispanic Studies Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

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Options in the Hispanic Studies General Plan
LLCU 110Linguistic Diversity and Identity3.00
LLCU 111Introduction to Culture3.00
LLCU 200Semiotics: Interpreting the World3.00
LLCU 201Introduction to Romance Philology3.00
LLCU 206Rebel Cities3.00
LLCU 244Hips Don't Lie? Music and Culture in Latin America3.00
LLCU 247The Dynamic History of Spain3.00
LLCU 248Introduction to Latin American Cultures3.00
LLCU 249Latin Lovers: Love, Sex, and Popular Culture3.00
LLCU 310Introduction to Jewish Latin America3.00
LLCU 311Hispanic, Latino, Latinx? Introduction to Hispanic Culture(s) in the U.S. and Canada3.00
LLCU 354Women's Voices in Latin America3.00
LLCU 358Film and Politics in Argentina3.00