Required Courses All students who major in Spanish will take a minimum of 24 credits in this field. Students who have had three or more years of Spanish in high school or the equivalent may start their electives immediately. Those who are not sufficiently proficient in the aural-oral use of the language are advised to take SPA 4000 Advanced Oral Communication I early in their programs.
All students who major in Spanish are required to take the following courses: |
| Advanced Written Communication | 4 credits |
| Introduction to Hispanic Literature (formerly Introduction to Literary Theory) | 3 credits |
As part of the 24-credit requirement, majors will take at least one course from each of the following groups: |
| Group 1: Language and Linguistics |
| Advanced Oral Communication II | 4 credits |
| Translation Workshop: Spanish to English | 3 credits |
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| The History of Translation in the Hispanic/Latino World | 3 credits |
| Structures of Modern Spanish | 3 credits |
| Phonetics effective spring 2023 course title changes to:Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics | 3 credits |
| Hispanic Bilingualism | 3 credits |
| History of the Spanish Language | 3 credits |
| Group 2: Latin American Literature |
| Contemporary Latin-American Theatre | 3 credits |
| Contemporary Latin-American Novel | 3 credits |
| Contemporary Latin-American Short Story | 3 credits |
| Afro-Caribbean Literature | 3 credits |
| Latin American Women's Literature: Twentieth -Century Women’s Writing in Latin Americaand Twenty-First Centuries | 3 credits |
| The Literature of Latin America I | 3 credits |
| The Literature of Latin America II | 3 credits |
| Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean I | 3 credits |
| Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean II | 3 credits |
| Group 3: Peninsular Literature |
| Spanish Medieval Literature | 3 credits |
| Spanish Literature of the Golden Age | 3 credits |
| Neoclassicism to Romanticism | 3 credits |
| Modern Spanish Drama | 3 credits |
| The Generation of 98 | 3 credits |
| Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature effective spring 2023 course title changes to:20th- and 21st-Century Spanish Literature | 3 credits |
| Modern Spanish Short Story effective spring 2023 course title changes to: Modern and Contemporary Spanish Short Story | 3 credits |
| Cervantes | 3 credits |
| History of Spanish Literature I | 3 credits |
| History of Spanish Literature II | 3 credits |
| Group 4: Culture and Civilization |
| Images of Women in Spanish Culture | 3 credits |
| Civilization and Culture of Spain | 3 credits |
| Spanish Film: Cinematic Representation of the Spanish Artistic Tradition | 3 credits |
| Civilization and Culture of Latin America | 3 credits |
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| Latin American Cinema effective spring 2023 | 3 credits |
| Special Studies in Spanish | 3 credits |
| Independent Study | variable |
| Honors Seminars | variable |
Electives
The remaining credits will be chosen from the following list of advanced course offerings in Spanish: |
| Advanced Oral Communication I | 4 credits |
| Advanced Oral Communication II | 4 credits |
| Translation Workshop: Spanish to English | 3 credits |
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| The History of Translation in the Hispanic/Latino World | 3 credits |
| Structures of Modern Spanish | 3 credits |
| Phonetics effective spring 2023 course title changes to:Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics | 3 credits |
| Hispanic Bilingualism | 3 credits |
| History of the Spanish Language | 3 credits |
| Spanish Medieval Literature | 3 credits |
| Spanish Literature of the Renaissance | 3 credits |
| Spanish Literature of the Golden Age | 3 credits |
| Neoclassicism to Romanticism | 3 credits |
| Modern Poetry | 3 credits |
| Modern Spanish Drama | 3 credits |
| The Modern Novel | 3 credits |
| The Generation of 98 | 3 credits |
| Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature effective spring 2023 course title changes to:20th- and 21st-Century Spanish Literature | 3 credits |
| Modern Spanish Short Story effective spring 2023 course title changes to: Modern and Contemporary Spanish Short Story | 3 credits |
| Cervantes | 3 credits |
| Civilization and Culture of Spain | 3 credits |
| History of Spanish Literature I | 3 credits |
| History of Spanish Literature II | 3 credits |
| Spanish Film: Cinematic Representations of the Spanish Artistic Tradition | 3 credits |
| Nineteenth-Century Latin-American Literature Prior to Modernismo | 3 credits |
| Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Latin-American Poetry | 3 credits |
| Contemporary Latin-American Theatre | 3 credits |
| Contemporary Latin-American Novel | 3 credits |
| Modernismo in Latin-America | 3 credits |
| Contemporary Latin-American Short Story | 3 credits |
| Afro-Caribbean Literature | 3 credits |
| Latin American Women's Literature: Twentieth -Century Womens Writing in Latin Americaand Twenty-First Centuries | 3 credits |
| Civilizations and Cultures of Latin America | 3 credits |
| The Literature of Latin America I | 3 credits |
| The Literature of Latin America II | 3 credits |
| Survey of Puerto Rican Literature I | 3 credits |
| Survey of Puerto Rican Literature II | 3 credits |
| Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean I | 3 credits |
| Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean II | 3 credits |
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| Cuban Literature in the United States: From the 1960s to the Present | 3 credits |
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| Contemporary Mexican Literature | 3 credits |
| Spanish for Global Markets I | 3 credits |
| Spanish for Global Markets II | 3 credits |
| Special Studies in Spanish | 3 credits |
| Independent Study | variable |
| Honors Seminars | variable |
