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/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2020-2021/Undergraduate-Catalog.json
Spanish Business (B.A.)
Program Overview
The Spanish Business Major is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and the Department of Business. It offers a core business curriculum and weaves second language study throughout the entire four years. Special attention is given to the development of cultural understanding with direct experience in Latin America.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Spanish Business program can:
- Describe the significance of historical and cultural trends for the geographical areas in which the target language is spoken.
- Recognize important literary periods and genres.
- Write thesis driven essays that engage in cultural and literary analysis and critical interpretation in the target language.
- Communicate in spoken form in the target language at an advanced level according to ACTFL standards.
- Communicate in written form in the target language at an intermediate advanced level according to ACTFL standards.
- Identify and locate career and continuing education opportunities in the field of Modern Languages.
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Articulate the integration of their Christian Faith with the academic and professional field of Foreign Languages.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
Three credits from the following:
SPAN 203 is intended for students with a second major in the health care field.
Nine credits from the following:
| SPAN 301 | Topics in Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 302 | Culture and Identity in Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 305 | Latin American Plays of Protest | 3 |
| SPAN 306 | Contemporary Mexico | 3 |
| SPAN 311 | Topics in Spanish Pennsular Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 312 | Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 314 | The Counter Reformation and the Spanish Baroque | 3 |
| SPAN 331 | Trans-Atlantic Literature | 3 |
Three credits from the following:
Three to four credits from the following:
Fifteen credits of the following:
Approved Spanish courses at the Universidad de Granada, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso or Universidad de Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile. Students should select two business or economics courses, and they should also select among a variety of humanities courses that may include grammar, literature, history, art history, or political science. Students should confirm with the Department of Modern Languages that the courses that they select are approved for the Spanish Business major.
QuEST Requirements
| Experiential Learning requirement | 0 |
| QuEST requirements | Credits |
| First Year Seminar | 3 |
| Oral Communication | 3 |
| Created and Called for Community (W) | 3 |
| Mathematical Sciences (MATH 107, MATH 108, or MATH 111) | met/major |
| Laboratory Science | 3 or 4 |
| Science, Technology & the World | 3 |
| Social Science (ECON 120) | met/major |
| European or United States History | 3 |
| Literature (SPAN 301, SPAN 311 or SPAN 331) | met/major |
| Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| Arts | 3 |
| First Semester of Language (SPAN 101) | met/major |
| Second Semester of Language (SPAN 102) | met/major |
| Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural (SPAN 201) | met/major |
| Non-Western Studies | 3 |
| Bible | 3 |
| Christian Beliefs | 3 |
| Wellness | 1 |
| Ethics, World Views or Pluralism | 3 |
| QuEST requirements | 37-38 |
| Major requirements | 76-77 |
| Free electives | 10-8 |
| Total credits | 123 |
The writing requirement for this major is distributed among courses within the major.