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The Department of Language and Culture Studies offers a B.A. and a minor in Spanish, as well as minors in French and Francophone Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and U.S. Latino/a Studies. We also offer courses in other languages such as Italian, Chinese, American Sign Language, and Arabic in support of college programs with multi-ethnic and international components, and students’ pursuit of opportunities for international study and travel or graduate education. In addition to language study, the department offers courses in world literatures and culture studies taught in English, which provide students with insight into the creative spirit of other peoples, as well as their perspectives on past and contemporary issues, and support college general education requirements.

The Spanish major at Westfield is structured as a liberal arts major with a strong practical emphasis. It is intended to prepare students to take their place in a globalized economy and world through a focus on language proficiency and cultural competence, along with a knowledge and appreciation of the Spanish-speaking world in its historical, political, literary and artistic dimensions. The Spanish major, with its optional concentration in Translation and Interpreting, may be successfully combined with a number of professional majors offered by the University, as students learn to function knowledgeably and confidently in bilingual and multicultural settings, with an appreciation both of masterworks of the past and of contemporary popular culture.

The minors in French and Francophone Studies and Spanish consist of 18 credit hours, beginning with the intermediate (0103 and 0104) level courses in the respective language sequences. Upon completion of this level students may choose from a variety of elective courses. Like the Spanish major, these programs are designed to afford students a working knowledge of another language along with cultural competence which will serve them in careers in government, social services and business, or for advanced study.

The Spanish Translation and Interpreting concentration prepares students for a career in translation and interpreting, in which advanced-level proficiency in both Spanish and English is required. Students take a range of advanced courses on a variety of topics in order to acquire a diverse set of specialized vocabularies, in addition to specialized courses on the art and skill of translation and interpreting. The goal is to produce a truly proficient professional with cross-cultural and inter-cultural competency and specific translation and interpreting skills. All classes are conducted exclusively in Spanish, providing ample opportunity to practice language skills.

Programs

• French and Francophone Studies Minor
• Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor
• Spanish Minor
• Spanish, B.A.
• Spanish, Language, Culture, and Literature Concentration, B.A.
• Spanish, Translation and Interpreting Concentration, B.A.

Courses

• LACS 0301 - Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• LANG 0210 - Language Culture and Society
• LANG 0300 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
• LCUL 0201 - Women in the Hispanic World
• LCUL 0210 - U.S. Latino/a Cultural Studies
• LCUL 0220 - Envisioning the Americas
• LLIT 0232 - Puerto Rican Literatures

• LARA 0101 - Arabic I
• LARA 0102 - Arabic II
• LARA 0103 - Arabic III
• LARA 0104 - Arabic IV

• LCHI 0101 - Chinese I
• LCHI 0102 - Chinese II
• LCHI 0103 - Chinese III
• LCHI 0104 - Chinese IV

• LFRE 0101 - French I
• LFRE 0102 - French II
• LFRE 0103 - French III
• LFRE 0104 - French IV
• LFRE 0201 - Reading French Texts
• LFRE 0205 - Speaking and Writing: Intermediate Level
• LFRE 0305 - Speaking and Writing French: Advanced Level
• LFRE 0340 - Special Topics in French
• LFRE 0399 - Independent Study

• LSPA 0101 - Spanish I
• LSPA 0102 - Spanish II
• LSPA 0103 - Spanish III
• LSPA 0104 - Spanish IV
• LSPA 0120 - Intensive Spanish I & II
• LSPA 0121 - Intensive Spanish III & IV
• LSPA 0205 - Spanish Composition
• LSPA 0212 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
• LSPA 0215 - Speaking and Writing Spanish
• LSPA 0217 - Reading Spanish Texts
• LSPA 0299 - Topics in Spanish Language
• LSPA 0302 - Topics in Hispanic Cultural Studies
• LSPA 0311 - Comparative Grammar: Spanish/English
• LSPA 0312 - Topics in Hispanic Literature
• LSPA 0314 - Spanish for the Professions
• LSPA 0316 - Advanced Spanish Conversation
• LSPA 0317 - Advanced Spanish Composition
• LSPA 0318 - Spanish Interpreting I
• LSPA 0321 - Topics in Spanish Language Cinema
• LSPA 0325 - Popular Culture in the Spanish Speaking World
• LSPA 0328 - Spanish Interpreting II
• LSPA 0330 - Methods and Techniques of Translation
• LSPA 0340 - Special Topics in Spanish
• LSPA 0397 - Capstone
• LSPA 0398 - Internship: Spanish in the Community
• LSPA 0399 - Independent Study

• LACS 0101 - Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• LACS 0399 - Independent Study in Latin America and Caribbean Studies

• LLIT 0201 - Women Writers of the Americas: Global
• LLIT 0202 - Women Writers of the Americas: US
• LLIT 0210 - Studies in the Literature of Africa and the African Diaspora: (Varying Topics):
• LLIT 0220 - Studies in European Cultures (Varying Topics)
• LLIT 0310 - Seminar in Hispanic Studies
• LLIT 0320 - U.S. Latino/a Drama

• LASL 0101 - American Sign Language I
• LASL 0102 - American Sign Language II

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