Degree Requirements | Romance Languages, Spanish (B.A.)
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Degree Requirements
College of Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages (Spanish)
| General Education Requirements | |||
| Course Name/ # | Credit Hours | Course Name/# | Credit Hours |
| English | Humanities | ||
| ENGL 1157 | 3 | SPAN 1001 | 3 |
| ENGL 1158 or 11591 | 3 | SPAN 1002 | 3 |
| Mathematics | 6* |
Any 2 ENGL 2000+ courses |
6 |
| Social Sciences | |||
| Social Sciences2 | 6 | ||
| Science | Arts | ||
| BIOS3 | 3 | Arts Elective4 | 3 |
| BIOS or Physical Science3 | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||
| Other Requirements | |||
| Course Name/ # | Credit Hours | Course Name/# | Credit Hours |
| Social Science 2000+ | 6 | HIST 1002 | 3 |
| Electives outside of major 3000+ | 6 | History-European or Latin American 2000+ | 6 |
| Electives | 16 | SPAN 2001 | 3 |
| ENGL 2342 | 3 | SPAN 2002 | 3 |
| HIST 1001 | 3 | ||
| Total | 46 | ||
| Course Requirements for Major | |||
| Course Name/ # | Credit Hours | Course Name/# | Credit Hours |
| Hispanic Culture Courses 3000+ | 6 | SPAN 3500 | 1 |
| SPAN 3031, 3041, 3042, 3002 | 12 | SPAN Electives 4000+ | 6 |
| SPAN 3197 | 1 | SPAN Literature 3000+ | 6 |
| Total | 32 | ||
| Total Credit Hours Required | Credit Hours |
| 120 |
* See General Course Requirements and Approved Electives in the Liberal Arts Section.
- "C" or better required
- Must include courses from two different fields (ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLI, PSYC, SOC, or URBN) and at least 6 hours at 2000-level or higher. Check General Education Courses to confirm what courses fulfill this requirement
- 6 hour sequence in one science. Select from BIOS, CHEM, EES, PHYS. 3 hours must be BIOS. Check General Education Courses to confirm what courses fulfill this requirement
- From FA, MUS, theater or film/video-related FTA. Check General Education Courses to confirm what courses fulfill this requirement
In all cases college subject requirements should be completed before taking electives. Refer to the university and college requirements for particulars. In conference with a language advisor, each student will plan a balanced and coherent program designed for the student's particular needs and interests. Through choice of electives the student may wish to combine the Major program with another field of study: a second language and literature, linguistics, the civilization of an area, an allied subject within the humanities, an allied field within the social sciences, sciences, or business administration.