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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the hours in the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level. Prerequisites for most upper-division Spanish courses may include SPN 3063, the appropriate proficiency or placement test score, or consent of instructor.

Students seeking teacher certification should consult the College of Education and Human Development Advising and Certification Center for information.

All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Spanish must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV:World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
SPN 2003, 2013, 2023, 2103, 2513, or 2523 will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

A. 39 semester credit hours in the major, all of which must be at the upper-division level, as follows:

1. 12 semester credit hours of required language courses (recommended for early completion):

SPN 3033 Oral Communication Skills
or
SPN 4003 Advanced Language Skills (with oral communication topic)
SPN 3043 Advanced Reading
SPN 3063 Grammar and Composition
or
SPN 4003 Advanced Language Skills (with written communication topic)

An additional 3 semester credit hours in SPN 4003 Advanced Language Skills

2. 3 semester credit hours selected from the following:

SPN 3013 Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation
SPN 3113 Linguistic Structures of Spanish

3. 9 semester credit hours selected from the following:

SPN 3413 The Literature of Spain from the Middle Ages to 1700
SPN 3423 The Literature of Spain from 1700 to the present
SPN 3463 Latin American Literature to Modernism
SPN 3473 Latin American Literature since Modernism
SPN 4203 Topics in Hispanic Literatures

4. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

SPN 3613 Spanish Culture and Civilization
SPN 3623 Latin American Culture and Civilization
SPN 4303 Topics in Hispanic Cultures

5. 9 semester credit hours of Spanish electives, 3 semester credit hours of which must be at the 4000 level

B. 12 additional semester credit hours of coursework in a single area or a combination, selected from the following in consultation with the undergraduate advisor: literature, culture, linguistics, comparative studies in the humanities, foreign language (FL: translation, cross-cultural communication, study abroad etc.), another foreign language, history, anthropology, art, or other related areas.

C. 27 semester credit hours of electives

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