Department of Hispanic Studies Illinois Wesleyan University

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Department of Hispanic StudiesIllinois Wesleyan
University
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Hispanic Studies Faculty

• Carmela Ferradáns
• Arturo García-Osorio
• Tina Isabelli-García
• Carolyn Nadeau
• Mauricio Parra
• Cecilia Sánchez
• César Valverde
• Jaime Orrego

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Major in Hispanic Studies

• Ten Spanish courses at or above Spanish 203
  including
• One from Span 203, 210, 230 or 240  
• Spanish 303 
• Spanish 308 or Span 310
• Span 314 and 316 
• two courses at the 400-level  
• Senior Seminar Spanish 490  
• a minimum of one semester abroad in a program
  chosen in consultation with the director of the
  Study Abroad Office and approved by the students
  advisor and the Chair of the Department of
  Hispanic Studies

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Minor in Hispanic Studies

• Six Spanish courses above Spanish 201, including
• One from Span 203, 210, 230, 240
• Span 303
• Spanish 308 or 310
• One cultural history course (314, 316, 320)
• one 400-level course
• All Hispanic Studies minors are strongly
  encouraged to enroll in the new IWU Madrid
  Program in Spring of their Sophomore year.

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Study Abroad

• Affiliated programs
• Butler University
• Central College
• IES
• SIT
• Arcadia

• IWUs programs
• the Madrid Program

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IWUs Madrid Program

• A full semester living in Madrid and taking four
  courses, all of which can fulfill General
  Education requirements.
• All classes take place at the Fundación Ortega y
  Gasset, located in the heart of the city.
• You will be housed with families in centrally
  located neighborhoods.

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May Term Travel

• Credit towards Major/Minor
• Costa Rica
• Perú
• Machu Picchu
• Cuba
• Spain
• The U.S./Mexico border

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Hispanic Studies Minor for Nursing

• The Hispanic Studies Minor consists of 6 courses
  in Spanish at or above the 203 level including
• Span 230 or 397
• Span 303
• Span 308 or 310
• One 400-level course
• Two elective
• Spanish 397 Internship-Study in Cuernavaca,
  México with immersion in the Spanish language and
  culture in May Term or summer.

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Internships

• Opportunities to apply linguistic and cultural
  skills in a professional context in a wide
  variety of professional areas and locations
  including local, domestic, and international
  sites.

• Western Avenue Community center
• Star Literacy
• Baby Fold
• Community Health Care Clinic
• American Red Cross
• Mclean County Health Department

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Opportunities for interdisciplinary study

• International Studies
• Womens Studies
• Biology
• Educational Studies
• International Business
• Sociology
• Action Research Center

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Present your research to your peers

• The John Wesley Powell Student Research
  Conference was established as an annual event in
  1990. Held in April each year, the conference
  provides an opportunity for students who are
  pursuing individual research projects to present
  those projects in a public forum. Research
  projects pursued by students at any level -
  freshman through senior - and in any academic
  program throughout the university, are eligible
  to participate. Research can be presented either
  in a poster session format, or in a (15-min) oral
  presentation.

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Co-curricular Activities

• Spanish Club
• Fall dinner
• CLASE
• Speakers
• Isabel Allende
• Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
• Sigma Delta Pi
• National Honor Society for Hispanic Studies