Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Prerequisite:  HISP-S 281 or appropriate placement exam score

This course is the third class of the Spanish as a Heritage Language series. It focuses on developing students’ academic writing in Spanish, speaking fluency, literary and cultural analyses, and critical thinking skills. Students will learn about culture, art, literature, history, and sociolinguistic issues related to Hispanic and Latinx groups in the United States. The course will emphasize a process-oriented approach to writing and will help students develop their academic research and writing skills. Students will also engage in class discussions, debates, and presentations, and will work on a collaborative creative group project. Class activities will also prompt students to reflect and analyze textual and visual sources from their bilingual and bicultural backgrounds.

Note:  HISP-S 309 is for Heritage speakers of Spanish. Students who grew up with Spanish being spoken in the home.

Note: If HISP-S 309 is the first Spanish class you take with us, it may be used in place of HISP-S 280 to claim special credit for HISP-S 200 & HISP-S 250.

1. You need to completed HISP-S 309 with a “C” or better.
2. Not have S200 or S250 on your transcript yet.
3. You are NOT a native speaker of Spanish.

Note: HISP-S 309 counts the same as HISP-S 308 for the Spanish major and minor degrees.

Note: Equivalent to HISP-S 308

HISP-S 309     #10411   2:20P-3:35P     MW       SY 037      Prof. Olimpia Rosenthal