Florham Campus

The 15-credit Spanish Language Minor is comprised of the sequence of language courses indicated below. This ensures that the student who has completed this Minor will be reasonably fluent in the language and capable of reading and appreciating written and oral communication in Spanish  while also having a fair grasp of Spanish Literature and culture.

Students who are assessed as sufficiently advanced in the language so as to opt out of one or more of the required language courses may choose from the array of SPANISH courses, with work done in the target language. The student who takes all 4 language courses is left with one additional course needed to complete the Minor; this course can also be selected from the available SPANISH courses that are offered regularly, with work done in the target language. At most, one course may be taken in English.

Required Courses

Practica, although required for language classes, do not count toward the minor.

Elective Courses

  • SPAN 2006 Music in Spanish: Writing & Conversation
  • SPAN 2007 Hispanic Current Events: Writing & Conversation
  • SPAN 2008 Hispanic Film: Writing & Conversation
  • SPAN 3561 Topics in Latin American Lit I
  • SPAN 3562 Topics in Latin American Lit II

Metropolitan Campus

The 15-credit Spanish minor is for non-Spanish majors. It is offered by the department of literature, languages, writing and humanities, Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences, at the Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, New Jersey. 

A Spanish minor — with different requirements — is also offered by the department of literature, languages, writing and humanities at the Florham Campus, Madison, New Jersey. See above.

Required Courses

Non-Spanish majors may complete a minor in Spanish by taking the following courses: 

For students entering at the intermediate level, the following courses are recommended to fulfill the requirements: 

  • SPAN2103 Intermediate Spanish I 
  • SPAN2104 Intermediate Spanish II 
  • SPAN3301 Advanced Conversation in Spanish
  • SPAN4437 Advanced Composition in Spanish
  • Language and Culture Studies course (in consultation with department chair)

For Information 

Matthieu Boyd, Chair, Department of Literature, Languages, Writing and Humanities, Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Literature 
mwboyd@fdu.edu  
973-443-8719 

Course Descriptions

  • SPAN1001 An introduction to the language with practice in reading, writing and conversation.

  • SPAN1002 An introduction to the language, with practice in reading, writing, and conversation.

  • SPAN1007 This one credit course is linked to SPAN 1001 providing additional reinforcement through exercises that focus on listening and speaking skills

  • SPAN1008 This one credit course is linked to SPAN 1002 providing additional reinforcement through exercises that focus on listening and speaking skills

  • SPAN1101 Essentials of Spanish grammar. Easy reading selections leading to extensive conversation and writing.

  • SPAN1102 A continuation of the essentials of Spanish grammar. Easy reading selections leading to extensive conversation and writing.

  • SPAN2003 This course focuses on conversation through writing, reading, literature and grammar.

  • SPAN2004 This course reviews important grammar topics and discusses contemporary issues in the Spanish speaking world.

  • SPAN2006 Song lyrics provide the basis for gaining proficiency in spoken and written Spanish. Students expand vocabulary in a broad variety of content areas through discussions on music.

  • SPAN2007 Taught in Spanish, current events are used to gain proficiency in Spanish with emphasis on vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar.

  • SPAN2008 Films from Latin America and Spain inform class conversation and writing assignments. Through film, vocabulary is expanded, culture is addressed and grammar is reviewed.

  • SPAN2103 Review of grammar with intermediate level readings.

  • SPAN2104 A continuation of the review of grammar with intermediate level readings.

  • SPAN3301 Discussion of contemporary topics in Spanish. aiming at the developement of fluency.

  • SPAN3561 This course focuses on the literature of Latin America from pre-Hispanic texts through the Enlightenment.

  • SPAN3562 This course focuses on the literature of Latin America from Romanticism to the present.

  • SPAN4437 Study in writing Spanish aimed at fluency and ease of expression. Compositions about contemporary topics. In Spanish.