WORLD LANGUAGE COURSES WORLD LANGUAGE COURSES

AP Spanish Language and Culture

Prerequisite: Honors Spanish 3 with departmental approval and placement test, Honors Spanish 4 and departmental approval, or Spanish 4 with departmental approval and placement test.

Conducted entirely in Spanish, this college-level academic course is designed to advance linguistic proficiency across all modes of communication by engaging students in the exploration of cultural practices, products, and perspectives. The course provides students with opportunities to develop language proficiency across the three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. Students explore historical, sociopolitical, and cultural issues using a variety of media from authentic resources in order to promote interdisciplinary connections, language competence, and cultural awareness in real life settings. Students also develop critical thinking in the discipline by integrating the skills of research, analysis, interpretation, contrast, and synthesis in order to enhance their speaking and writing communicative skills through informal and formal presentations.

AP Spanish Literature and Culture

Prerequisite: AP Spanish Language and Culture or permission of the department.

Conducted entirely in Spanish, this course emphasizes the formal study of Peninsular Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic literature through the meaningful integration of historical, aesthetic, and contemporary cultural contexts. This approach enables students to make interdisciplinary connections and hone their knowledge of the various Spanish-speaking world cultures. Students enhance their language skills and studies of canonicity, semiotics, deconstruction, and other aspects of literary theory by exploring different forms of art and cultural products in order to relate the intention of the authors to their artistic expression. By furthering the study of social, philosophical, and geopolitical issues and events, students make contextual connections across genres, disciplines, and time periods while developing collegiate critical reading, analytical writing, and research skills.

Honors Capstone: World Language (Independent Study)

Prerequisite: AP Language & Culture or AP Spanish Literature & Culture and departmental approval. Students must demonstrate an intermediatehigh level of proficiency. Participation is at the discretion of the department chair and by application only.

Advanced, motivated and actively engaged students who desire to pursue areas of interest will immerse themselves in an interdisciplinary independent study conducted in their language of study. Interested students will embark on a formal research process that mirrors an undergraduate-level independent study, working closely with the World Language department chair and additional faculty advisors to develop an individual topic. Students will periodically consult with the director and consultants of the Studio of Writing & Rhetoric and CTL directors and librarians. This research and development focus emphasizes self-directedness, self-advocacy and self-efficacy, which allow students to regulate their own learning, a concept utilized by many programs and colleges that place increasing importance on these skills. The final assessment will consist of the development process and a 15page research paper in the target language accompanied by its English translation.