The major in Spanish consists of 34 credits (11 courses + writing intensive) to be distributed in the following manner:

3000-level (3 courses, 9 credits):

1. One of the following three courses:

• SPAN 3040 Advanced Grammar and Composition
• SPAN 3290 Business and Legal Spanish
• PSAN 3300 Spanish for the Health Sciences
  (Prerequisite: SPAN 2040 or special permission)
  SPAN 3040 is a prerequisite for all other 3000 level courses; it may be taken in the same semester as other 3000 level courses.

2. One of the following three courses:

• SPAN 3130 Introduction to Latin American Culture
• SPAN 3240 Introduction to Spanish Culture
• SPAN 3350 Introductory Topics in Hispanic Cultures
  

3. One of the following two courses:

• SPAN 3270 Readings in Spanish and Latin American Literature
• SPAN 3280 Film and Visual Culture in Spanish
  

4000-level (five courses, 15 credits):

• 4. SPAN 4060 Pre-20th Century Readings in Spanish
  SPAN 4060 is a prerequisite for all other courses at the 4000-level and above. This course may be taken simultaneously with the last 3000-level course or any other 4000-level course.
• 5-8. Choose any four courses
  

6000-level (three courses + writing intensive, 10 credits):

• 9-10. Any two 6000-level courses
• 11. SPAN 6850 Senior Seminar (writing intensive, 4 credits)

Note(s):

Sequence of courses:

All courses in the major must be taken in sequence, although two immediate sequential classes may be taken simultaneously.  Students may not receive credit for courses taken out of sequence. 

Pre­‐20th century requirement:

Two courses, one in numbers 6-­‐8 and one in 9-­‐11, will treat pre-­‐twentieth-­‐century periods.  The following courses satisfy the pre-­‐twentieth-­‐century requirement:
4000 level: SPAN 4140, SPAN 4230, SPAN 4280, SPAN 4420, SPAN 4430
6000 level: SPAN 6090, SPAN 6220, SPAN 6230, SPAN 6250, SPAN 6260, SPAN 6270, SPAN 6330, SPAN 6410, SPAN 6430, SPAN 6440, SPAN 6510, SPAN 6720, SPAN 6810

Double majors:

Students with a double major in another department complete 31 credits or ten courses in the major, with a reduction of one 6000 level course in 9-­‐10.

NATIVE AND HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Native speakers of Spanish begin the major with number 4 above. Additionally, they complete any seven courses at the 4000-level, as well as the three requirements at the 6000-level.

Native speakers complete the minor with number 4 above, plus five additional 4000-level courses.

Native speakers may not enroll in courses at the 3000-level.

Heritage speakers of Spanish must meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies to determine their placement in the program.