SPAN at Pennsylvania State University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. SPAN 100Intermediate Grammar and Composition
  2. SPAN 200Intensive Grammar and Composition
• 1. SPAN 100AIntermediate Grammar and Composition for Spanish Bilinguals
  2. SPAN 100Intermediate Grammar and Composition
  3. SPAN 100BIntermediate Grammar and Composition for Students in Medical-Related Fields
  4. SPAN 253WIntroduction to Literary & Cultural Studies en Español
• 1. SPAN 100BIntermediate Grammar and Composition for Students in Medical-Related Fields
  2. SPAN 100Intermediate Grammar and Composition
  3. SPAN 100AIntermediate Grammar and Composition for Spanish Bilinguals

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 200Intensive Grammar and Compositionopens 22 courses (11.5 directly)
• SPAN 253WIntroduction to Literary & Cultural Studies en Españolopens 17 courses (15.5 directly)
• IT 210NMultilingual and Intercultural Communicationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PORT 210NMultilingual and Intercultural Communicationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPAN 210NMultilingual and Intercultural Communicationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SPAN 300BAdvanced Grammar and composition for Students in Medical-related Fieldsopens 2 courses (0.5 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 40 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 36 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.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 210N

  1. IT 210NMultilingual and Intercultural Communication
  2. SPAN 210NMultilingual and Intercultural Communication

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 413

  1. SPAN 100Intermediate Grammar and Composition
  2. SPAN 200Intensive Grammar and Composition
  3. SPAN 412Translation
  4. SPAN 413Interpretation

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 470

  1. LTNST 470Youth Cultures in Latin(a/o) America
  2. SPAN 470Youth Cultures in Latin(a/o) America

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 479

  1. LTNST 479U.S. Latina/o Culture en Espanol
  2. SPAN 479U.S. Latina/o Culture en Espanol

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SPAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

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 Penn State campus feed.