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
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Spring
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2. Choose three additional Romance Language and Literature courses (9 credits).
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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
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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
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3
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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
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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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.
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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
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3
Choose one course (3 credits) with Spanish Caribbean emphasis:
AADS3325
or
HIST4341
AADS3373
or HIST4343
C.
Credits
Revolutionary Cuba: History and Politics
3
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Slave Societies in the Caribbean and Latin America
3
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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
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3
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3
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3
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3
7/2015
Students who complete ED308 and ED346 are eligible to receive the Teaching English Language Learners (TELL) Certificate.