2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Jun 27, 2025

2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Spanish Minor

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Language, Literature and Culture Overview

The Language, Literature and Culture Department promotes students’ competency in learning other languages, and broadening and enriching their education through in-depth study of other cultures and cultural productions. Mastering a language includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing proficiency, as well as acquiring cultural awareness and intercultural competency. Students can major in one of our programs or easily apply these skills to other disciplines at Clark and to their future professions.

Students can study Arabic, ASL, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin and Spanish at Clark. Our department offers two majors, one in Spanish and one in Combined Languages which entails learning two or three of the languages taught at Clark. Students can also apply skills in Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese) to an Asian Studies major and skills in Hebrew to a concentration in Jewish Studies.

The Language, Literature and Culture Department is a partner of the Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities.

For more information, please visit the Language, Literature and Culture Department’s website.

Language Placement

Please use the chart on the department’s main web page to determine what course level to take, depending on how many previous years of the language you’ve had. The University reviews transcripts to ensure that students are not over-qualified for a particular course. Students with native or near-native fluency in a language should consult with the coordinator in that language to determine the appropriate level.

For more on language placement, please consult the Department’s Language Placement Guidelines page.

Study Abroad

Participation in a Study Abroad program gives you a chance to view the interests and issues you care about from the perspective of another culture. Students in LL&C are encouraged to study abroad in exciting cities in Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Senegal, and Spain. The staff in Clark’s Office of Study Abroad can help you find an experience that fits your requirements.

Spanish Minor Requirements

In order to receive a minor in Spanish, a student needs to complete six courses in Spanish literature or culture. All the Spanish courses should be taken at the level of SPAN 131 /SPAN 132 or higher. CMLT 130 may be counted as one of two courses in English that students may take towards the Spanish minor. Some courses, with advisor approval, may be replaced by those outside the field of study but related to it (a course in Latin American history of art, for example, might be counted as one of the six courses required for a Spanish minor). Three of the six courses must be taken in residence at Clark.

Only courses with a grade of C or better may be counted towards the Spanish minor.

Language, Literature and Culture Faculty

Program

María Acosta Cruz, Ph.D.
Eduard Arriaga-Arango, Ph.D.
Belén Atienza, Ph.D.
Odile Ferly, Ph.D.
Allison Fong, Ph.D.
Everett Fox, Ph.D.
Beth Gale, Ph.D.

Christina Gerhardt, Ph.D.
Dolores Juan-Moreno, Ph.D.
Alexander Murphy, Ph.D.
Juan Pablo Rivera, Ph.D.

Adjunct

Sawsan Berjawi, M.A., M.Ed.
John Dunn
Talia Mugg
Elizabeth O’Connell-Inman, M.A.
Marcela Otálora, M.A..
Chris Synodinos, Ph.D.
Yanna Zhang, Ph.D.

Emeriti

Carol D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Marvin D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Hartmut Kaiser, Ph.D.
Dorothy Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Constance Montross, Ph.D.
Walter Schatzberg, Ph.D.
Michael Spingler, Ph.D.

Languages, Literature and Culture Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

Listing by Fields of Specialization

Arabic

Chinese

Classics

Comparative Literature

French

Most advanced French courses listed as offered periodically are available once every three years.

German

Hebrew

Japanese

Spanish

Advanced courses listed as offered periodically are generally available at least once every three years.