School of Liberal Arts: Spanish and Portuguese
2008-2009 Academic Year
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description. Successful completion of Spanish 203 or Portuguese 203 or
placement above the 203 level in one of those languages fulfills the foreign
language requirement for graduation. After completion of SPAN 203, all students
enroll in SPAN 204, which is the prerequisite for the sequence of courses
beginning at the 300 level. All students must follow the sequence of courses as
described below. Departmental placement can waive all prerequisites.
The major in Spanish consists of 33 credits (11 courses) to be distributed in the
following manner:
300 level (three courses, nine credits)
[1] SPAN 304 Grammar and Writing in Spanish (prerequisite SPAN 204
or special permission). SPAN 304 is a prerequisite for all other 300
level courses; it may be taken in the same semester as other 300 level
courses.
[2] One of the following:
SPAN 313 Introduction to Latin American Culture OR
SPAN 324 Introduction to Spanish Culture
[3] One of the following four courses: SPAN 327 Readings in Spanish and
Latin American Literature or SPAN 328 Film and Visual Culture in
Spanish, or one course in Spanish for the Professions: SPAN 329
Business and Legal Spanish or SPAN 330 Spanish for the Health
Sciences
400 level (five courses, 15 credits)
[4-5] SPAN 404 Early Readings in Spanish, 1000-1700 AND SPAN 405
Modern Readings in Spanish,1700-Present. 404 and 405 are
prerequisites for all other courses at the 400 level and above. These
two courses may be taken in any order or concurrently. Once you
have completed one you can register simultaneously for the second
required course and another 400 level course of your choice.
[6-8] Three of the following: SPAN 401, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416,
417, 418, 419, 420, 423, 425, 426, 427, 428, 435, 442, 443, 451, 452
600 level (three courses, nine credits)
[9-10] Two electives
[11-12] SPAN 685. Open only to graduating seniors.
All courses in the major must be taken in sequence, although two sequential
classes may be taken simultaneously. Students may not receive credit for courses
out of sequence. Two courses, one in numbers [6-8] and one in [9-10], must treat
pre-twentieth-century periods.
The following courses satisfy the pre-twentieth-century requirement:
400 level: 414, 423, 428, 442, 443