SPAN at Iowa State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPAN coursework.

• SPAN 1020Elementary Spanish IIopens 15 courses (3.5 directly)
• SPAN 1970Accelerated Elementary Spanishopens 15 courses (1 directly)
• SPAN 2010Intermediate Spanish Iopens 12 courses (2.5 directly)
• SPAN 2020Intermediate Spanish IIopens 11 courses (6 directly)
• SPAN 2970Intensive Intermediate Spanishopens 9 courses (4.5 directly)
• SPAN 3030Spanish Conversation and Compositionopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SPAN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 26 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more SPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3510

  1. SPAN 1970Accelerated Elementary Spanish
  2. SPAN 1020Elementary Spanish II
  3. SPAN 2010Intermediate Spanish I
  4. SPAN 2020Intermediate Spanish II
  5. SPAN 2970Intensive Intermediate Spanish
  6. SPAN 3030Spanish Conversation and Composition
  7. SPAN 3040Spanish for Global Professionals
  8. SPAN 3510Introduction to Spanish-English Translation

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3770

  1. USLS 2110Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Studies
  2. SPAN 3770Latina/o/x Life Stories: Memoirs and Oral History

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPAN 4400

  1. SPAN 3300Studies in Spanish Literature
  2. SPAN 4400Seminar on the Literatures and Cultures of Spain

• 2 courses deep, ending at SPAN 5450

  1. SPAN 3320Studies in Latin American Literature
  2. SPAN 5450Seminar on the Literatures and Cultures of Latin America

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SPAN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPAN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa State campus feed.