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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Spanish, B.A.

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Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Note: A minimum of 90 credits in Liberal Arts is required.

1.0 Required Courses in Spanish

1.1 Foundations in Structure and Use of Spanish Language: 9 cr

Any three courses from:

1.2 Foundations in Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World: 9 cr

1.3 Literature and Film: 6 cr

And any one course from:

1.4 Applied Spanish courses: 9 cr

Any three courses from:
OR
Any three-credit combination from these courses:

1.5 Capping: 3 cr

Total Credit Requirement for a Major in Spanish: 36 cr

* All Foundation courses as well as SPAN 315L - The Experience of Hispanic Literature  and SPAN 477L - Capping Course  must be taken on campus.

** Only 3 cr of an internship will be counted towards the 9 cr required Applied Spanish courses. Students who wish to pursue internship combinations greater than 3 cr may count those credits as general electives.

*** If three variations of the one-credit courses is taken, they may fulfill a three-credit requirement towards the Spanish major or minor in the Applied Languages category. If only one or two of these one-credit units is taken, they can be used as enrichment electives in Spanish and as general electives towards the 120 cr. requirement of the BA. Or they may be combined with a one or two-credit internship.

2.0 Course Requirements in Related Fields: None

3.0 Core/Liberal Studies Requirements

3.1 Foundation: 7 cr

3.2 Distribution

Breadth: 21 cr
  • 3 Credit(s)
  • Ethics, Applied Ethics, or Religious Studies 3 Credit(s)
  • Fine Arts 3 Credit(s)
  • History 3 Credit(s)
  • Literature 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
  • Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
  • Natural Science 3 Credit(s)
  • Social Science 3 Credit(s)
Pathway: 12 cr

Breadth and Pathway courses may overlap, but all students must take a total of 36 distribution credits (including related field requirements). Students majoring in Breadth areas may apply a maximum of 6 credits to their distribution total. If applicable to a Pathway, 3 credits may come from disciplines outside of Core Breadth areas. Although foreign language and culture courses are not required within the Core, some courses in these fields may be used to fulfill distribution requirements. See the Core/LS Program website for a detailed list of all courses that satisfy distribution requirements.

  • Courses addressing an interdisciplinary topic.

Total Core/Liberal Studies Requirement: 40 cr

4.0 Electives: 44 cr

Total Credit Requirement for Graduation: 120 cr

5.0 Students are encouraged to pursue a minor in a different field to give structure and coherence to their programs.

STUDY ABROAD: While only 15 credits maximum from abroad are accepted in Spanish for the Major, students can still benefit from, and are encouraged to spend an entire year abroad, given the possibility of taking Core courses in certain Spanish programs.

Recommended Program Sequence for a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

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