Spanish

Choose one of three Spanish tracks: Spanish Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Cultures, or Interdisciplinary Studies in Spanish.  

What You Will Learn

• How to participate with confidence in a community of speakers of the language.
• 如何理解和识别社会文化背景的差异及其社会影响.
• 如何解释欣赏跨文化人类经历的复杂性的重要性.
• Citizenship skills and increased self-awareness and personal growth. 
• 如何审视一个社区中相互联系的成员所共有的权利和责任.
• How to identify your own personal strengths, limits, goals, fears, 或者偏见，因为它们与演讲者社区的成员互动有关.
• How to explain the connections between personal, interpersonal, community, and socio-political transformation.
• 了解另一种语言的价值，了解如何成为一个终身学习者.
• 将语言的使用扩展到大学之外，以发展个人关系和探索新的社会空间的重要性.

强烈建议以西班牙语为母语的学生参加西班牙语50课程, which counts toward the major and minor requirements.

Major Requirements

General requirements for the three tracks are:

1. 西班牙语能力在进入专业时达到中级水平（大二结束），在完成时达到高级或高级水平（ACTFL标准）.
2. 在国外或美国境内至少有一个西班牙语社区的沉浸式体验, as determined with the adviser.
3. 每个课程中有八门必修课程应以西班牙语授课，并且应在SPAN 044 PZ以上 . 经导师同意，这八门课程可以与西班牙语或其他课程交叉列出，课程编号低于SPAN 044 PZ, such as SPAN 031 PZ – Community–Based Spanish Practicum.
4. In addition, 每个学生将完成以下课程之一的要求（至少9至10门课程）. Courses listed below are sample options. Course selection should be made in consultation with the major faculty adviser.

 Track One: Spanish Language and Literature

1. One theory of language course or an equivalent, for example: LGCS 010 PZ.
2. One course on literary analysis or an equivalent, for example: SPAN 101 SC.
3. 一门为学生所关注的文学领域提供社会文化或历史背景的课程.
4. Six courses with a focus on the literature of either Spain or Latin America, or a comparative transatlantic study.
5. SPAN 199 PZ, a capstone senior research project.

 Track Two: Spanish Language and Cultures

1. One course as a theoretical foundation for understanding culture, for example: ANTH 002 PZ, SOC 001 PZ.
2. One course that connects language and society, for example: LGCS 112 PZ, LGCS 115 PZ, LGCS 116 PZ, ANTH 003 PZ, ANTH 117 PZ. 
3. 一门基础课程，为学生关注的领域提供社会文化或历史背景, for example: SPAN 102 CM, HIST 011 PZ, HIST 032 CH, HIST 100I CH.
4. Six courses focused on the study of one or two Spanish–speaking cultures.
5. SPAN 199 PZ, a capstone senior research project.

Track Three: Interdisciplinary Studies in Spanish

这个选项需要在额外的学习领域的第二名顾问，他是克莱蒙特学院或留学地点的教师，并具有适当的专业知识.

1. One course as a theoretical foundation for understanding culture, for example: ANTH 002 PZ, SOC 001 PZ.
2. One introductory course in the emphasis area.
3. 一门为学生的重点领域提供社会文化或历史背景的课程.
4. Four elective upper–division courses in Spanish.
5. Two courses in the emphasis that are taught in Spanish.
6. SPAN 199 PZ, a capstone senior research project.

Honors

一般学术工作和高级研究被评为优秀的学生将被考虑以西班牙语荣誉毕业.

Sigma Delta Pi

Pitzer College is a member of The Claremont Colleges chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the national Spanish honor society. 三年级和四年级的成员是根据学术地位和由分会和国家协会制定的资格规定选出的. Information may be obtained from Professor Ethel Jorge.

Students may consider a combined major with Spanish; it requires a minimum of six courses in Spanish.

• 辅修西班牙语要求成功完成六门西班牙语分级课程, five of them above SPAN 033 PZ. 
• The sixth course will be in a language immersion setting (community-based Spanish, internship, study abroad, or other). 
• 学生将与指导老师一起调整辅修课程，并制定一个简短的书面目标的基本原理. 
• Two of the courses should be taken in the Northern Colleges (Pitzer, CMC, Scripps); exceptions require written approval.