Requisitos/Prerequisites
Interested students should go to the University Counseling and Testing Center website and take the standard second-language placement test and register for SPAN 218 (Latino Heritage I). Once the placement exam has been reviewed, a difference course may be recommended, for example SPAN 228 (Latino Heritage II) or SPAN 308 (Cultura y lengua: comunidades bilingües).

Winter

SPAN 218 Latino Heritage I
Course content focuses on students’ expression of personal identity as members of a Spanish-language heritage community in the U.S.

SPAN 228 Latino Heritage II
Helps students establish a personal connection between their Spanish-language heritage and the wider Spanish-speaking world.
Students will study Spanish language beginning with its historic origins and its growth into the different regional and dialectical varieties that currently exist in the United States and in other countries throughout the world.

SPAN 308  Comunidades bilingües

Designed for heritage learners—students who grew up with Spanish in their community and want to continue developing communication skills in Spanish. Explores socio-linguistic dynamics of communities in which Spanish is in contact with another language.

SPAN 312 Spanish in the Media

Designed for heritage learners. Examines the role of Spanish in various forms of media such as television, Internet, and literature. Students practice advanced writing skills necessary to participate in argumentative writing and close textual readings.