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Quick Advising Recommendations for Undergraduates in Spanish

This flow chart will give you an idea of the sequence of courses to be followed in the major and may help you to plan your schedule as a Spanish major, or even if you are only interested in taking Spanish to a certain level. We still recommend that you see an advisor, but hope you will use this to think about things before or as you consult with an advisor.

Remember: you need a total of 29 credits above the general prerequisites in Spanish (which include SPAN 324 and 328) to graduate.

After you have completed the basic language series, that is, completed Spanish 216 with a grade that indicates that you have mastered the material, you normally would enroll in:

SPAN 324 Intermediate Composition and Grammar (3cr) and SPAN 328 Intermediate Conversation I (2cr). These classes are designed to improve your writing and speaking skills.

If you complete SPAN 324, you are eligible to continue on to SPAN 340 Textual Analysis (3cr). This class is an introduction to literary genres and styles and how to analyze texts. It is a prerequisite for all of the upper division literature classes.

We advise student to take no more than 9 credits of Spanish/semester in order to follow the planned sequence of classes. After completing SPAN 340, you have more choices; if you plan to study abroad, the following may be good classes to consider taking during your time outside of the U.S. You need to take these classes in more or less this recommended order:

  • 424 Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar (3 cr) with concurrent enrollment in 428 Advanced Conversation (2 cr)
  • One 400- 500 level Spanish language or linguistics course (3 cr)
  • One 500-level linguistics course (SPAN 520, 522, 570), or Portuguese 212 or higher* (3 cr) *(except Port 300 and Port 611)
  • Two elective courses at the 400 or 500 level(literature, linguistics or culture), or SPAN 346
  • One 400-level Peninsular Spanish literature (3 cr) (SPAN 450, 451, 452, 453 or 440, depending on the topic)
  • One 400-level Spanish American literature (3 cr) (SPAN 460, 461, 462, 463 or 440, depending on the topic)
  • One 500-level literature course (3 cr) (on campus, this is SPAN 540: Colloquium on Hispanic Studies, SPAN 550: Colloquium on Spanish Film, SPAN 560 Colloquium on Latin American Film)

Please note that the prerequisite for SPAN 540, SPAN 550, and SPAN 560 is two 400-level literature courses so you must plan ahead in order to complete these classes before you register for 540, 550, or 560. SPAN 540, 550, and 560 are intensive, capstone courses designed to be taken at the end of the Spanish major. The Department seldom grants transfer credit from Study Abroad for this 500-level.

 

 

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Updated on January 9, 2008 .

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