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SPAN 461

History of the Spanish Language

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

History of Spanish from Latin to early Romance and then Modern Spanish focusing on cultural, literary and historical factors that have contributed to its evolution.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
  • at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
  • Junior or Senior standing
SPAN 303SPAN 312SPAN 350
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; SPAN 303; SPAN 312; SPAN 350.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

Terms

spring

Core

CO11, CO13

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • identify and explain the evolution of Spanish from its origins to the present.
  • determine the influence of Latin and Basque on the birth and development of Old to Early Spanish.
  • discriminate the various processes of word formation and their effects of semantic change.
  • recognize the transformations that the Latin phonological system suffered through to pass to modern Spanish.
  • explain the relationship between the historical, social, and political events that shaped the Hispanic civilization and the development of the Spanish language around the globe. (CO11)
  • demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills of Spanish diachronic linguistics through class presentations and written materials (a research project and critical analysis of a medieval text). (CO1, CO3, CO13)
  • assess the future of Spanish language around the globe by applying past principles of language change (CO1, CO3, CO13).