Boston College - Lynch School of Education Perspectives on Spanish America Interdisciplinary Major for Lynch School of Education Students Academic Year 2015-2016 The PERSPECTIVES ON SPANISH AMERICA INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR (9 courses/27 Credits) is available as a second major to students in the Lynch School of Education pursuing an Elementary Education program in fulfillment of their College of Arts and Sciences major for certification requirements as well as Human Development majors. Secondary Education students cannot pursue this major. The major is recommended for students who may have had at least two years of high school Spanish and wish to develop Spanish language skills, coupled with a background in the historical, sociological, and literary traditions of Spanish American cultures. This major is particularly appropriate for students with an intended career objective to teach children of Hispanic origin. A. Romance Languages and Literatures Requirements A minimum of four (4) courses (12 credits) in Romance Languages and Literatures are required at the 2000 level or above. At least one must be at the 6000 level. Choose courses with a focus on Spanish America. Sequence of Language courses: 1. Required course: (3 credits) Course # SPAN3395* Course Title Contextos: Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanish Credits 3 Fall Spring 2. Choose three additional Romance Language and Literature courses (9 credits). • SPAN2215SPAN2216 SPAN3392 SPAN6612 SPAN6615 SPAN6601 SPAN6614 SPAN6636 SPAN6638 SPAN6640 SPAN6647 SPAN6648 SPAN6652 SPAN6658 SPAN6670 SPAN6673 SPAN6678 SPAN6648 To determine the starting level of language courses students must contact Dr. Jeff Flagg james.flagg@bc.edu of the Romance Languages and Literatures Department Spanish Conversation, Composition and Reading I & II (CCR) 3 Advanced Spanish Topics in Pre-1900 Latin American Literature and Culture Contemporary Latin-American Writers offered periodically Texts of Reflection: Introduction to the Spanish Empire The Colonial Imagination: History/Identity in Spanish America Films/Immigration and Exile Building the Modern Latin American Metropolis What’s Modern About Modernism? Spanish Short Stories since Clarin Literature of Cultural Migration in the Americas offered periodically Hispanic Nobel Prize Winners and Literature 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Don Quijote (Spanish) Sounds of Spanish: Phonetics & Phonology offered periodically The Latin American Essay offered periodically Early Spanish American Women Writers offered periodically Literature of Cultural Migration in the Americas offered periodically 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Other 3000 and 6000 level courses related to Spanish America. Check the Romance Languages and Literatures Department web page and/or <www.bc.edu/lasbc> for an updated list on courses related to Spanish America and when they are being offered. Perspectives on Spanish America – Page 2 Interdisciplinary Requirements ( 2 courses/ 6 Credits): B. Required courses: 1. Survey Course on Latin America: Course # Course Title Modern Latin America offered periodically Note: one section of core, Latin America in the World (HIST1063/064), may count for this requirement. HIST1174 2. Fall Spring 3 Choose one course (3 credits) with Spanish Caribbean emphasis: AADS3325 or HIST4341 AADS3373 or HIST4343 C. Credits Revolutionary Cuba: History and Politics 3 Slave Societies in the Caribbean and Latin America 3 Choose three additional interdisciplinary courses: (9 credits): (To be selected in consultation with major’s advisors. Selections change every year. Check <www.bc.edu/lasbc> for updates. ) ARTH2207 EDUC3308 EDUC6346 HIST2380 HIST3361 HIST4360 HIST4342 HIST4301 HIST4335 HIST4336 HIST4362 HIST4371 POLI2410 POLI2411 POLI3436 SOCY1036 SOCY3342 THEO4464 macad58 1 Ruins of Ancient America: Temples and Tombs Bilingualism in Schools and Communities 1 Teaching Bilingual Students Post-Slavery History of the Caribbean offered periodically Narrating Latin America Modern Brazil offered periodically The Caribbean During the Cold War, 1962-1989 offered periodically Mexican Revolution offered periodically Religion and Latin American History Latin American Women Represent Themselves Populism and Military Rule in Latin America offered periodically Inquisition in Spain and Spanish America Latin American Politics Indigenous Politics in Latin America Children’s Rights in Comparative Perspective Introduction to Latin American Societies Faith & Conflict: Religion & Social Change in Latin American Societies offered periodically Liberation Christology offered periodically 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7/2015 Students who complete ED308 and ED346 are eligible to receive the Teaching English Language Learners (TELL) Certificate.