Plan B majors whose primary concentration is in Hispanic Studies are required to take the following courses (totaling 7.5 credits beyond HISP 102): two courses at the 260-level in the track of the student’s choice, HISP 270, HISP 280, HISP 290 (0.5), one course at the 300-level in the track of the student’s choice, 1 course at the 300-level with a focus on the “other” sub-field of the discipline (a Transatlantic course may be substituted here), and HISP 401, in which students will write a senior thesis under the individual guidance of a member of the department on a topic related to the selected track. In this final exercise, the student will engage in in-depth study of a theme which integrates material from the primary and secondary fields of linguistic and cultural competence. The remaining five credits for the major will be taken in the student’s secondary area of linguistic and cultural competence. All of the required courses in Spanish must be taken with faculty at Trinity’s Hartford campus.

Majors whose primary competence is Spanish and wish to study abroad are expected to study in one of the three official Trinity sites: Trinity in Santiago, Trinity in Barcelona, or PRESHCO (in Córdoba, Spain). Requests to study elsewhere will be given consideration and approval will depend on solid academic reasons for requesting an alternative site. All students wishing to receive MAJOR credit for courses taken at Trinity’s Global sites in Barcelona, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, and Santiago, Chile, must have taken at least one thematically appropriate (Iberian or Latin American) Civilization and Culture course (HISP 261, HISP 262, HISP 263, HISP 264) before their departure. In certain cases, this requirement may be satisfied by taking HISP 233: Barcelona: the Alchemy of Identity or HISP 233: Santiago. Careful planning in coordination with the student’s adviser and the department’s faculty sponsors of the two Global Sites (Prof. Remedi for Santiago, Prof. Harrington for Barcelona) or PRESCHO (Prof. Castillo) is therefore essential. For detailed description of the PRESCHO Program, please see “Consortial Programs” listed under Global Studies Programs.

Courses taken abroad will generally count as elective credits. In certain cases, students may request that one upper-level course taken at an approved Study Abroad program count toward the required number of 300-level courses. One course in Portuguese or Catalan may be counted as an elective toward the major.

Plan B majors whose secondary concentration is in Hispanic Studies are required to take a total of five courses in Hispanic Studies beyond the 202 level. Of these, the following must be taken with faculty at Trinity’s Hartford campus: two courses in Civilization and Culture and two 300-level courses (one entering on Spain and the other on Latin America). In certain cases, students may request that one upper-level course taken at an approved Study Abroad program count toward the required number of 300-level courses.

Language Concentration (“Minor”) in Hispanic Studies.

Coordinator: Professor Thomas S. Harrington (Department of Language and Culture Studies)

Purpose: The Minor in Spanish Studies will introduce students to the complexities of an area extraordinarily rich in historic, literary and artistic patrimony currently undergoing a political, economic and cultural renascence and a return to world prominence.

For students who do not wish to major in Hispanic Studies Plan A or B, this is a sequence of six courses beyond Spanish 102 designed to develop linguistic skills and to give an appreciation of the language and Spanish and Latin American culture and civilization. In addition, it provides an opportunity to apply the Spanish language to other fields of the curriculum through the completion of “Spanish Across the Curriculum” units.

The six required courses must include both language and literature/civilization. No course taken in English under the Modern Languages rubric may be counted toward the Language Concentration in Spanish. No more than two transfer credits may be applied to the Language Concentration in Spanish. One half credit of “Spanish Across the Curriculum,” preferably in one of the courses of the student’s major is also required. HISP 290, a half-credit course, may be used to fulfill the “Spanish Across the Curriculum” requirement.

(In cases where “Language Across the Curriculum” is not possible, students will write an integrating paper related to one of their six courses: such students will enroll for a half credit of Spanish 399.)

Students must demonstrate oral and written proficiency in Spanish.

Course Requirements: Students take a minimum of six courses in three categories of inquiry:

1. History, Political Science, Economics
2. Language and Literature
3. Art and Music

No fewer than one course, nor more than three courses may be taken in any one category. A minimum of three courses for this minor must be taken at Trinity’s global site in Barcelona, PRESHCO, Trinity’s program in Cordoba, or another Trinity-approved program in Spain. At least one course must be in History and Politics, and one in Art or Music.

Courses in the Spanish Language must be beyond the intermediate level (201-202) in order to count towards the minor. In their senior year, students must enroll in a 300-level course in Peninsular Literature or culture at Trinity and write a 20-25 page interdisciplinary paper integrating the knowledge acquired in their Spanish courses, which include language, literature, history, art, music, political science, and economics. Majors in Spanish may not take this minor. This course may be counted as one of the six courses.