On occasion, requests by individual students to be moved to a higher or lower placement level will be considered, after close and detailed consultation with the student?s advisor, the course instructor, and the department chairperson. Placement test results are otherwise mandatory.

Learning Goals

• Students interact effectively with Spanish speakers in Spanish-speaking countries.
• Students critically analyze literary, media and/or language-related products and processes.
• Students reflect on the world and on themselves through the lens of the Spanish language and cultures.
• Students develop interpretive, critical thinking and research skills through their study of the Spanish language and of Hispanic cultural narratives.