Spanish Language and Culture Studies Major

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Spanish Language and Culture Studies at National-Louis University.
An Initiative of the NLU Proyecto Comunidad.

• Sharpen your Spanish language skills while you are getting your undergraduate degree in management, management information systems, health care leadership and advanced behavioral studies.

• Learn more about the literature, history, language and culture of your family.

• See why getting a college degree makes sense for Chicago-area Latinos who want a career - not just a job.

1.  This program is specifically designed for heritage speakers - Latinos who want to strengthen their Spanish reading and writing skills as well as better understand the Spanish-speaking culture.

2.  This major is also designed for Latinos interested in careers in not-for-profit organizations, public service, health care, and business and computer systems management.

3.   Most courses are taught in Spanish.  

Spanish Language and Culture Studies                                                        50 QH

This Spanish major is a combination of a traditional Spanish major and Latino Studies.  Coursework consists of 50QH and provides students with a solid foundation in the literature, history, culture, and linguistics of the Spanish-speaking world.  The capstone course focuses on the application of the content of all previous courses to current issues in the Chicago Latino community.

Spanish Language and Culture Studies places a strong emphasis on reading and writing skills designed to enhance Spanish heritage speakers’ academic and career opportunities. The major, also open to other advanced-intermediate students of Spanish, is intended to prepare students for graduate study.  Students may also apply their knowledge to business, teaching, and other careers.  Students of Spanish Language and Culture Studies may choose to combine this major with professional studies through one of four NLU degree-completion programs: Health Care Leadership; Applied Behavioral Sciences; Bachelor of Science in Management; and Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems.   The Spanish major also fulfills the requirements as a first or second major for the Liberal Arts Studies Program (B.A.).

All students are assessed by the Department of Language Studies for Spanish language proficiency prior to admission.  Students whose Spanish language proficiency in any skill area falls below the intermediate level are required to take  APL245 Reading and Writing for Heritage Speakers, which will enable them to succeed in upper-level Spanish courses.  

Students may be awarded credit for upper-level Spanish courses taken previously.  A minimum of 50% of Spanish courses must be taken at NLU.

*course taught in English
**course taught in Spanish and English

Undergraduate Spanish courses are offered by the Department of Language Studies.  These courses are also open to graduate students.  Schedules are as follows:

Summer 2008 Term (June 30th - August 24th)

Chicago Campus:

Spanish Reading and Writing for Heritage Speakers

APL 245          5QH

CRN# 60537          Tuesdays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 60539          Mondays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

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Fall 2008 Term (September 15th - December 7th)

Chicago Campus:

Spanish Reading and Writing for Heritage Speakers

APL 245          5QH

CRN# 90580          Tuesdays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 90581          Tuesdays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

Spanish Grammar and Composition

APL 320          5QH

CRN# 90583          Mondays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 90584          Tuesdays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

Introduction to Spanish Written Texts

APL 325          5QH

CRN# 90585          Thursdays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 90586          Thursdays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

Geography and Cultures of the Spanish-speaking World

APL 330          5QH

CRN# 90587          Wednesdays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 90588          Thursdays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

History of Latin America

APL 435          5QH

CRN# 90590           Mondays  8:30am - 12:30pm

CRN# 90591          Thursdays  5:30pm - 9:30pm

Registration Form

     To register 

by mail	Please download the registration form [click here], complete it, and mail it to:  The office of the registrar, National-Louis University, 122 South Michigan Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL  60603.
by fax	Please download the registration form [click here], complete it, and fax it to the Department of Language Studies at (312) 261-3356.
in person	Visit the office of the registrar at any  campus.

Spring 2008 term dates are April 7 through June 15, 2008.

Summer 2008 term dates are June 30 through August 24, 2008.

Fall 2008 term dates are September 15 through November 23, 2008.

For more information, please contact Lilian Santowski in the Department of Language Studies at (312) 261-3356 or Lilian.Santowski@nl.edu.

The following courses and Workshops are offered to undergraduate and/or graduate students by the Department of Language Studies.  If you need more information, please click the icons below.

National -Louis University, 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL  60603.  Tel:  312-261-3356, Chicago Campus.