QUECH 0100 - QUECHUA 1

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description With approximately 8 million Quechua speakers spread mainly across the Andean region of South America, the Quechua language is very relevant in our modern, interconnected, and transnational world. Learning Quechua will provide greater understanding of issues of Indigeneity and exposure to Indigenous Knowledge Systems. In this course, students will begin to develop the basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills needed to communicate in Quechua, the most widely spoken indigenous language family of the Americas. Classes are interactive and engaging and emphasize the use of language as a tool for real-life communication. Students will have many opportunities to practice and use Quechua in authentic and meaningful contexts in class and independently through conversations and interviews, writing/telling stories and presenting information, and understanding and analyzing authentic materials like blogs, music videos, news articles, and social media. From these activities, students will also have the opportunity to understand and appreciate Quechua cultures and Andean realities, which will allow them to experience new ways to view the world and learn about themselves in the process.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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