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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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learning project or Exploration term study-travel project in a country where their target
language is spoken, or participating in an approved study abroad program.
Spanish for the workplace majors are strongly advised to adopt an appropriate cognate
program, either as a minor or as a double major. Proficiency in Spanish is particularly
useful for students planning careers in teaching (university, secondary, and bilingual),
international business, healthcare, social work, law, foreign service, and research and
technology. In addition, the rapidly growing Hispanic population in many regions of
this country underscores the advantages of the ability to communicate with speakers of
Spanish and to understand their culture.
Students may earn credit in Spanish at Birmingham-Southern College through the
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs. A score of four or more
on either the grammar or the literature AP examination or a score of six on the IB
examination may be used towards graduation requirements, but not towards Explorations
curriculum requirements. See the “Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate”
section of this catalog for a full description of the policy.
Upon completion of the Spanish for the workplace major, students will be able to
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function successfully in Spanish in a variety of real-life situations including the
workplace
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make polished formal and informal presentations on a variety of topics
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understand the gist as well as several discrete details of discourse as spoken by
native speakers of Spanish at native speed
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write in Spanish with a high degree of grammatical correctness and appropriate
choices of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions
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converse in Spanish in connected discourse in a variety of time frames
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (10 units):
SN 270
SN 280
SN 300
SN 315
SN 320
SN 390 or SN 391
SN 397
SN 471
one unit in culture at the 300 level
one unit in literature at the 400 level