The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World

University of California, Berkeley

About the Program

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a minor in The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World. For further information on minor requirements, please see the Minor Requirements tab on this page.

After completion of at least one upper-division course you can email the Undergraduate Advisor (spanua@berkeley.edu) to declare a Spanish Minor. Please include your name, SID, and which minor you intend to complete. Your intended minor will then appear on your CalCentral dashboard below your major. For further information on declaring and confirming completion of the minor, please see the department website.

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Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements.

General Guidelines

  1. All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT). If the semester before EGT is fall or spring, the deadline is the last day of RRR week. If the semester before EGT is summer, the deadline is the final Friday of Summer Sessions. To declare a minor, contact the department advisor for information on requirements, and the declaration process.
  2. All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements below must be taken for graded credit.
  3. A minimum of three of the upper division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.
  4. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for courses used to fulfill the minor requirements.
  5. Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.
  6. No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs.
  7. All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which the student plans to graduate. Students who cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time should see a College of Letters & Science adviser.
  8. All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Requirements

Lower Division Prerequisites
SPANISH 1Elementary Spanish - First Semester (or equivalent)5
SPANISH 2Elementary Spanish - Second Semester (or equivalent)5
SPANISH 3Intermediate Spanish - Third Semester (or equivalent)5
SPANISH 4Intermediate Spanish - Fourth Semester (or equivalent)5
SPANISH 25Reading and Analysis of Literary Texts3
Upper Division
Select five upper division courses in Spanish/Spanish American language, linguistics, literature, or culture, selected from the offerings of the department.
SPANISH 100Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics4
SPANISH 101Spanish Pronunciation and Accents in Native and Non-Native Speakers4
SPANISH 102AAdvanced Grammar and Composition4
SPANISH N102CAdvanced Composition: Breaking News: The Present and Past as Told by the Press3
SPANISH 104ASurvey of Spanish American Literature4
SPANISH 104BSurvey of Spanish American Literature4
SPANISH 107ASurvey of Spanish Literature4
SPANISH 107BSurvey of Spanish Literature4
SPANISH 111ACervantes4
SPANISH 111BCervantes4
SPANISH 112Studies in Spanish Culture4
SPANISH 115Spanish Poetry4
SPANISH 122Spanish Culture and Civilization3
SPANISH 123Mexican Culture, Language, and Civilization3
SPANISH 131The Spanish American Short Story4
SPANISH 135Studies in Hispanic Literature4
SPANISH 135ACAmerican Cultures Special Topics4
SPANISH 161Spanish Phonetics and Phonology4
SPANISH 162Spanish Morphology and Syntax4
SPANISH 163Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Approaches to Spanish Bilingualism4
SPANISH 164Spanish Dialectology and Sociolinguistic Variation4
SPANISH 165Spanish in the U.S. and in Contact with Other Languages4
SPANISH 166Foreign Language Acquisition and Pedagogy for Spanish Language Instruction4
SPANISH 179Topics in Hispanic Linguistics4

Advising

Advising Staff and Advising Hours

Maxwell Moloney, MA
UMA Spanish & Portuguese
spanua@berkeley.edu
5317 Dwinelle Hall (Floor E)

Mailing Address

Department of Spanish and Portuguese
5317 Dwinelle Hall #2590
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2590

Courses

Contact Information

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

5319 Dwinelle Hall

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Department Chair

Estelle Tarica, PhD

5210 Dwinelle Hall

etarica@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Advisor

Maxwell Moloney, MA

5317 Dwinelle Hall

spanua@berkeley.edu

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