Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
The Major and Minor in Spanish
The Major in Spanish
The Spanish major requires taking SPA 1311-1321 (Conversation & Composition I and II) and eight courses at the 2000 level including:
- at least one of SPA 2011-2021
- one course in Latin American literature or culture
- one course in Peninsular literature or culture
- one course in Spanish linguistics
For more information, contact Dr. Concha Alborg.
The Minor in Spanish
The Spanish minor requires completing six courses at the 1300 level and higher. For additional information, contact Dr. Jennifer Ewald.
There is also a proficiency assessment in the form of an oral interview of all Spanish majors and minors during their final semester.
Students in Spanish may also wish to pursue a minor or certificate in Latin American Studies.
Courses
| Course | Title | Credits |
| SPA 1011 | First Year Spanish I | 4 |
| SPA 1021 | First Year Spanish II | 4 |
| SPA 1031 | First Year Spanish III | 4 |
| SPA 1051 | First Year Spanish I (Non-Beginners) | 4 |
| SPA 1061 | First Year Spanish II (Non-Beginners) | 4 |
| SPA 1071 | First Year Spanish III (Non-Beginners) | 4 |
| SPA 1211 | Second Year Spanish I | 3 |
| SPA 1221 | Second Year Spanish II | 3 |
| SPA 1311 | Conversation and Composition I | 3 |
| SPA 1321 | Conversation and Composition II | 3 |
| SPA 2011 | From the Old World to the New in Hispanic Literature | 3 |
| SPA 2021 | From the Modern World to the Present in Hispanic Literature | 3 |
| SPA 2091 | Reading the Hispanic Press | 3 |
| SPA 2111 | Spanish for International Business | 3 |
| SPA 2121 | Spanish for Business | 3 |
| SPA 2151 | Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition | 3 |
| SPA 2161 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPA 2181 | Translation | 3 |
| SPA 2211 | Topics in Latin American Cultures | 3 |
| SPA 2221 | Narratives of European Exploration and Conquest in America | 3 |
| SPA 2231 | Major Latin American Authors | 3 |
| SPA 2241 | Latin American Modern Novel | 3 |
| SPA 2251 | Culture, Dictatorship, and Exile in the Latin-American Southern Cone, 1973-85 | 3 |
| SPA 2261 | Latin American Modern Short Story | 3 |
| SPA 2271 | The Discourse of Latin American Modernity (Poetry) | 3 |
| SPA 2281 | Visions of the Vanquished: Indigenous and Mestizo Perspectives of Colonization | 3 |
| SPA 2291 | Honors Readings on Identity and Power in the Americas, 1350-1650 | 3 |
| SPA 2311 | Love, Courtship, and Violence in Medieval Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPA 2321 | Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry | 3 |
| SPA 2331 | Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama | 3 |
| SPA 2341 | Cervantes | 3 |
| SPA 2351 | The Literary Spain of Ignatius of Loyola | 3 |
| SPA 2411 | Spanish Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| SPA 2421 | Romanticism and Realism | 3 |
| SPA 2431 | Major Spanish Authors | 3 |
| SPA 2441 | The Generation of 1898 and Modernismo | 3 |
| SPA 2451 | The Posguerra Generation | 3 |
| SPA 2461 | Spanish Literature and Film | 3 |
| SPA 2471 | Spain into the 21st Century | 3 |
| SPA 2511 | Women in Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPA 2521 | Honors Readings in Women's Voices in 20th-Century Spanish and Latin American Fiction | 3 |
| SPA 2611 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPA 2621 | A Linguistic Approach to Oral Communication: Analysis and Practice | 3 |
| SPA 2631 | Methods for Teaching Spanish | 3 |
| SPA 2641 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPA 2671 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| SPA 2691 | Topics in Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPA 2911 | Directed Readings in Spanish | 3 |
| SPA 2953 | Honors Reading and Research I | 3 |
| SPA 2963 | Honors Reading and Research II | 3 |
| SPA 1371-1381 | Course(s) taken abroad | |
| SPA 2711-2721 | Course(s) taken abroad |