Spanish Major Requirements:

1. A formal application through the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
2. Completion of 55 credits in Spanish, including: SPAN 215-SPAN 400. This Major requires a learning program in a Spanish-speaking country. An acceptable study abroad program will normally encompass 30 quarter credits of work, but no less than 20 credits in Spanish.
3. Several Spanish courses have been identified as satisfying the senior synthesis and the core interdisciplinary requirements. Those courses may be used to fill major requirements or major electives while also fulfilling university core requirements. The credit for each course completed is counted only once.
4. If your native language is Spanish you may not receive a Major in Spanish.

Spanish Minor Requirements:

1. A formal application through the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
2. Completion of 35 credits in Spanish including SPAN 135-SPAN 300.
3. A learning program in a Spanish-speaking country for the equivalent of 15 quarter credits.
4. If your native language is Spanish you may not receive a Minor in Spanish.

Course Descriptions:

• SPAN 115- Spanish Language I (5 credits)
• SPAN 125- Spanish Language II (5 credits)
• SPAN 135- Spanish Language III (5 credits)
• The first year of Spanish is an introduction to essentials of the Spanish language: comprehension, reading, speaking and writing with emphasis on culture through language.
• SPAN 215- Spanish Language IV (5 credits)
• SPAN 225- Spanish Language V (5 credits)
• SPAN 235- Spanish Language VI (5 credits)
• The second year of Spanish provides students with a more advanced foundation in the basic skills. It stresses the use of language through conversation, composition and readings.
• SPAN 291-293 Special Topics (1 to 3 credits)
• SPAN 300-305 Variable Topics (1 to 3 credits)
• SPAN 315 Latin American and Spanish Culture and Society (5 credits)
  • Studies the history of Spain and Latin America as well as the fusion of the two cultures and societies. With a socio-historical approach, strong emphasis is placed on cross-cultural differences and contemporary customs and lifestyles.
   
• SPAN 325 Introduction to Latin American and Spanish Literature (5 credits)
  • Introduces the student to a literary and critical analysis of readings of Latin American and Spanish authors. This course also provides the student with a theoretical, historical and cultural framework for more advanced study.
   
• SPAN 416 Latin American and Spanish Literature and Culture 19th C. (5 credits)
  • A study of 19th Century literary movements in Latin America and Spain. A historical approach to major works in Spanish.
   
• SPAN 420 Literature and Revolution (5 credits)
  • Studies the impact of social, political and cultural revolutions upon the literary works of Latin American writers such as Alejo Carpentier, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Mariano Azuela and Omar Cabezas.
   
• SPAN 426 Latin American Literature and Culture, 20th Century (5 credits)
  • A study of 20th Century Latin American literary movements: from the creative work of the “Novela del campo”- Gallegos, Rivera, Guiraldes - through the innovative expression of the “Vanguardia”- Asturias, Borges, Carpentier, Neruda, Rulfo, Vallejo and the explosion of “Realismo Mágico”, Márquez, Cortázar, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, to present works.
   
• SPAN 450 Methodology of Teaching Spanish (5 credits)
  • An overview of the various methods and approaches being used to teach Spanish.
   
• SPAN 463 Contemporary Spanish Literature and Culture (5 credits)
  • A study of major literary works of Spanish literature of the 20th century.
   
• SPAN 480-483 Interdisciplinary Core Course (3 to 5 credits)
  • Title and content vary.
   
• SPAN 491-493 Special Topics (1 to 5 credits)
• SPAN 496 Independent Study (1 to 5 credits)