Spanish Major

The major in Spanish is designed to provide breadth and give students flexible options as liberal art graduates. These include graduate studies in language or literature, professional schools, teaching, and career skills.

A major in Spanish consists of the completion of at least eleven units above the 205 level in this language. A major must be enrolled in at least two one-unit courses in Spanish during the senior year.

Spanish majors are required to complete a departmentally approved course of study abroad as part of their major. Appropriate periods of study include an Intensive Learning or May Term travel course, or a summer, semester, or year abroad with a department-approved program such as ISEP, CREPUQ, or another university-sponsored program.

Spanish majors are required to complete Spanish 303, 304, 311, 312, 320, 323, 402, two additional 400-level course, and two elective units to be chosen from advanced Spanish courses, History 272 or Political Science 225, and Linguistics 320 (these last three taught in English). However, no more than two courses taught in English may be applied toward the major. It is recommended that students take two 300-level units taught in Spanish before or concurrent with enrolling in a Spanish literature course. Note that Spanish 201 and 202 or their equivalent are prerequisites for all advanced courses in Spanish. For native speakers of the language, Spanish 304 will be waived as a requirement and will not count toward the major; another upper-level course unit must be substituted for Spanish 304. Students who study abroad should select, in consultation with their advisors, appropriate substitutes for these requirements.

It is highly recommended that all majors planning to teach take Spanish 341 as an elective. Students planning to teach may satisfy their training in methods through Spanish 341.