SPANISH

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

LEARNING OUTCOMES

 

At the completion of the Master of Arts or the Master of Arts in Teaching degrees in Spanish, the graduate will be able to: 

  1. Explain the major figures, works, and literary periods of Hispanic literatures and their significance.
  2. Describe the development and current status of the Spanish language including its geolectal and sociolectal variants.
  3. Explain the cultural practices, products, and perspectives of the Hispanic world as expressed through literary, visual, and linguistic phenomena.
  4. Conduct research on relevant topics drawing from (1) literary, cultural, and/or linguistic sources, and (2) major theoretical approaches.
  5. (Applicable to Graduate Teaching Assistants in the program.)  Apply to the teaching situation (1) the concepts of second language acquisition and (2) current approaches to teaching methodology.