Program: Certificate in Spanish & Latinx Studies for Educators - Southern Oregon University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 03, 2025

2024-2025 Catalog

Prerequisites: SOU Spanish Placement Level 5 or SPAN 203 with a C- or better.

(28 credits)

Core Classes (16 credits)

SPAN 310 - Introduction to Society and Culture in the Spanish Speaking World 4 credits
SPAN 311 - Latino/Latina/Latinx Roots and Identity 4 credits
SPAN 315 - Spanish Grammar Review 4 credits
SPAN 381 - Topics in Theoretical and Applied Spanish Linguistics 4 credits each (Teaching and Learning Spanish in the United States)
or
SPAN 481 - Topics in Theoretical and Applied Spanish Linguistics 4 credits each (Teaching and Learning Spanish in the United States)

Electives (12 credits)

Choose one of the options below:

Choose 12 credits from the following:

SPAN 312 - Hispanic Culture through Artistic Expressions 4 credits
SPAN 319 - Creative Writing in Spanish 4 credits
SPAN 320 - Topics in Hispanic Film 4 credits
SPAN 321 - Introduction to Reading Hispanic Literature 4 credits
SPAN 421 - Selected Genre or Historical Period Studies 4 credits
SPAN 322 - Influential Writers in Hispanic Literature 4 credits
SPAN 422 - Major Literary Figures 4 credits
SPAN 325 - Topics in Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Society 4 credits
SPAN 425 - Topics in Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Society 4 credits each
SPAN 331 - The Sounds of Spanish 4 credits
SPAN 341 - Topics in Hispanic Cultural Studies 4 credits
SPAN 441 - Topics in Hispanic Cultural Studies 4 credits each
SPAN 382 - Topics in Writing and Translation 4 credits
SPAN 482 - Topics in Writing and Translation 4 credits each

Or choose 8 credits from the courses in the section above and 4 credits from the following:

ED 431 - Teaching English Learners 3 credits
ED 438 - Children Around the World 4 credits
ED 460 - Multicultural Education 4 credits
EMDA 401 - Research in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits (somos oregonenses-DigiResearch)
ENG 443 - Chicanx Literature 4 credits
FL 205 - Introduction to Latinx Perspectives 4 credits
SOAN 310A - Latinx in Oregon 4 credits