Foreign Languages (B.A.) Primary Language Spanish
The Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages with a concentration in either French, Spanish, or Translation Studies. Students may also minor in French, Spanish, or Translation Studies.
Objectives
The primary objectives of general foreign language instruction at Jackson State University are those shared by most foreign language departments today:
- To teach the student the fundamental skills of speaking, reading, and writing in the foreign language.
- To help the student to develop an understanding of and a respect for another culture.
- To give the student an awareness and appreciation of the aesthetic and intellectual history of the target culture and of its present-day manifestations.
- To help the student comprehend, analyze and explicate literary works in the foreign language.
- To help the student acquire command of the target language as a tool for written and oral communication.
- To provide for the student’s training so that they are capable of teaching and transmitting to others the skills, attitudes, and abilities.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SP 201 & SP 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH and INTERMEDIATE SPANISH | 6 |
| SP 230 Spanish Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| SP 231 Spanish American Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| SP 321 & SP 322 | CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN and CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN | 6 |
| SP 313 | LANDMARKS OF PENIN-SP LT | 3 |
| SP 317 | LANDMARK OF SPAN-AMER LT | 3 |
| SP 421 & SP 422 | ADV TOPICS FOR CONVERSTN and ADV TOPICS FOR CONVERSTN | 6 |
| FR 101 & FR 102 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH and ELEMENTARY FRENCH | 6 |
| FR 201 & FR 202 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH and INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 6 |
| FR 230 French Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| FR 231 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION STDS | 3 |
| FR 321 & FR 322 | FRENCH COMPOSITION &CONVERSATI and FRENCH CONV. & COMP. | 6 |
| Total Hours | 54 | |
Curriculum Map
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENG 111 | COMPOSITION & LITERATURE FOR L | 3 |
| SP 101 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| MATH 114 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| UNIV 100 | UNIVERSITY SUCCESS | 2 |
| Humanities & Fine Option | 3 | |
| Social & Behavioral Science Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 112 | COMPOSITION | 3 |
| SP 102 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| Humanities & Fine Arts Option | 3 | |
| Natural Science Option | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENG 205 | WORLD LITERATURE I | 3 |
| FR 101 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH | 3 |
| SP 201 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| Humanities & Fine Arts Option | 3 | |
| SP 230 Spanish Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 102 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH | 3 |
| SP 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 1 | 3 |
| UNIV 200 | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | 1 |
| SP 231 Spanish-American Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| Natural Science Option | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| FR 201 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 3 |
| FR 230 French Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| SP 311 Survey of Spanish Literature I | 3 | |
| SP 321 | CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN | 3 |
| ENG - English Elective (206-228) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 231 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION STDS | 3 |
| FR 202 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 3 |
| SP 317 | LANDMARK OF SPAN-AMER LT | 3 |
| SP 322 | CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN | 3 |
| SPCH 215 | TRAINING THE SPEAKING VOICE | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| FR 321 | FRENCH COMPOSITION &CONVERSATI | 3 |
| GEOG 105 | INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| SP 421 | ADV TOPICS FOR CONVERSTN | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Science Option | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 322 | FRENCH CONV. & COMP. | 3 |
| SP 422 | ADV TOPICS FOR CONVERSTN | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 123 | |
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All 4 semesters of Foreign Language must be in the same language.
Notes:
- Candidates that transfer 12 or more hours of college credit are exempt from UNIV 100 UNIVERSITY SUCCESS; however, the student must take 2 hours of general electives to replace the UNIV course.
- Online Graduation Clearance (to be completed during the graduating semester only).
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate proficiency in speaking the target language with an interlocutor and are able to handle a variety of communicative tasks, including inference in conversations and interpretation of topics related to formal introductions, education, description of concepts relevant to their specific career and relevant to current events.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in listening in the target language and are able to handle a variety of communicative tasks, including interpreting or inferring meaning in conversations on topics related to formal introductions, education, description of concepts relevant to their specific career and relevant to current events with an interlocutor. Students are able to listen to short missives or narratives and/or watch short and feature-length films, listen to and interpret key modes of differentiation between intercultural attitudes and dialectal differentiation.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in writing in the target language, including the ability to identify, break down, classify and produce different types of writing, i.e., dialogue, narration, technical writing, description and argumentative essays.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in reading the target language, including the ability to identify, differentiate, categorize and explain different types of writing and the purpose of each type of writing, i.e., dialogue, narration, technical writing, description and argumentative essays.
- Students apply intercultural competence, critical thinking and analytical abilities, including structured knowledge and understanding of other cultures and their norms as they relate to linguistic variance, literature and the professions.