Spanish majors must complete a minimum of 10 courses and a maximum of 14, including one course from each of the eight areas below, plus two or more elective courses. An elective is a second course or its approved equivalent taken from any of the required areas, on campus or abroad.
Majors are strongly advised to take at least two advanced (400-level) courses in their fourth year, again from any of the areas below.
Areas
Majors must take one course from each of the eight areas below, plus two or more elective courses.
Spanish 301 Spanish Composition and Conversation"
Spanish 302 Espa簽ol para hispanohablantes
Spanish 312 Filmmaking in Spanish
Spanish 314 Spanish for Business
Spanish 319 Advanced Oral Expression
Spanish 320 Spanish Grammar through Translation
Spanish 366 Creative Writing in Spanish
Spanish 303 Aspects of Spanish Culture
Spanish 304 Aspects of Latin American Culture
Spanish 420 Latin American Film
Spanish 421 Spanish Film and Literature
Spanish 318 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
Spanish 413 Spanish in the US
Spanish 414 Second Language Acquisition and Spanish
Spanish 415 Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World
Spanish 422 Cultural History of the Spanish Language
Spanish 305 Introduction to Textual Analysis
Spanish 308 Readings in Latin American Literature
Spanish 309 Readings in Spanish Literature"
Spanish 400 Medieval Spanish Literature
Spanish 401 Early Modern Spanish Literature
Spanish 402 Don Quixote
Spanish 409 Colonial Spanish-American Literature
Spanish 403 Depicting Spanish Modernity
Spanish 405 Modern Spanish-American Narrative
Spanish 406 Staging Spain
Spanish 407 "Modern Spanish and Spanish-American 捩棗梗喧娶聆
Spanish 416 Body and Text: Gender in Modern Spanish Literature
Spanish 421 "Spanish Film and Literature"
Spanish 436 "Federico Garc穩a Lorca
Spanish 450 Latinidades in Literature and Pop Culture
Spanish 461 Female Voices in Modern and Contemporary Spain
Two courses from any of the areas above, or by approval of the chair.
Note: One course from outside the regular program offerings of the Spanish department that is directly relevant to the Spanish major may be counted as an elective, subject to approval by the department chair. Eligible courses may include one of the following:
a) Montserrat or Honors courses taught by faculty members affiliated with the Spanish department, or
b) courses taught in Spanish in other departments at 17勛圖厙, such as history or religious studies or
c) four-week summer courses taught in Spanish, such as Maymesters.
Study Abroad for Spanish Majors
Note: Students who begin their study of Spanish above SPAN 301 or 302 do not need to satisfy area 1. Instead they should take a third elective to complete the ten-course minimum requirement. Spanish majors are strongly encouraged to at one of the Colleges programs in Latin America (; ; or ) or Spain (, , or
Planning Considerations for Study Abroad Students
- Up to four Spanish major requirements can be met by a year of study in an approved program abroad, or up to two in a semester. Students who started Spanish at 17勛圖厙 with a course lower than SPAN 301 or 302 may ask the department chair to count an additional study abroad course towards their Spanish major.
- A yearlong course at a study abroad site counts as two courses at 17勛圖厙. One of four courses taken abroad each semester is a required 17勛圖厙 language course. For yearlong programs, this course can fulfill two major requirements, normally Focused Language (Area 2), Culture and Cinema (Area 3), or an elective. For semester programs, the course may be used for Area 2, Area 3 or an elective.
- Students planning to study abroad should prioritize taking Introduction to Textual Analysis (Area 5) and a Readings course (Area 6) at 17勛圖厙. Students should also consider studying Linguistics (Area 4) at 17勛圖厙 either before or after their time abroad.
- Study abroad allows students to explore their academic interests in local culture, literatures, and arts through direct enrollment in university classes abroad, alongside native students and taught by native professors. Students are encouraged to seek classes similar in scope to offerings at 17勛圖厙 in order to receive major, minor (concentration) or common area credit. Remember that Spanish majors are strongly advised to take two 400-level classes in their senior year.
- If you declare a Spanish major while studying abroad, please notify your class dean and the registrar, who will help with course approvals and advising contacts.