Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

The Spanish Major Advising Worksheet (Starting Fall 2012)                Last updated (9/26/12)

Berry College Department of Foreign Languages
Evans School of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
This worksheet reflects the requirements for students who declare the Spanish major beginning in the Fall 2012. All students who have declared the major prior to the Fall 2012 semester are under the old requirements. 

Prerequisites (not part of the major requirements) Date planned/satisfied
SPA 101 Introduction to Spanish I 4
SPA 102 Introduction to Spanish II 4
SPA 200 Intermediate Spanish 4
           
Spanish Major Core (16 hours) Date planned/satisfied
SPA 290 Spanish in Context 4
SPA 301 Oral and Written Expression in Spanish 3
SPA 302 I Advanced Grammar and Composition in Spanish 3

SPA 310

or

SPA 311

Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis: Spain 

Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis: Latin America

3      

SPA 320

or

SPA 321

Histories and Cultures of the Hispanic World: Spain

Histories and Cultures of the Hispanic World: Latin America

3      
                                                                                               
Spanish Major Electives (9 hours): completion of nine hours of the following elective courses at the 400-level (of these electives, at least one should be a literature course*) Date planned/satisfied
Linguistic Studies
SPA 402 Introduction to Translation Studies 3
SPA 404 I Spanish Business Communication 3
SPA 406 I Spanish for Professionals 3
SPA 407 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 3
Literary Studies*
SPA 421 I Major Hispanic Writers and Their Worlds 3
SPA 422 I Seminar on Marginalized Voices in Hispanic Literature 3
SPA 424 Hispanic Theater and Performance Workshop 3
Culture Studies
SPA 430 Cultural Icons of the Hispanic World 3
SPA 432 I Seminar on Hispanic Visual Media 3
Special Topics and Directed Studies
SPA 405 Topics in Spanish 3
SPA 496 Academic Internship 3-12
SPA 498 Directed Study 3
Spanish Capstone Project (3 hours) This requirement is normally satisfied by a course taken abroad. A research project is required for graduation if the student cannot complete study abroad.
SPA 450 Hispanic Studies Abroad 3
Total 28 hours
B.A. requirement for language majors.  Majors in one of the foreign languages will take two additional courses of at least three credits each in a second foreign language (or waiver by examination) or three courses in the humanities approved by the major department, excluding courses counted toward the general-education requirements or additional courses in the major. Foreign language majors who complete a second major and/or an education minor are exempt from this requirement.
     

Spanish Minor (13 hours)

The minor requirements remain the same, besides the change from SPA 300 to SPA 290: SPA 290 plus 9 hours of electives at the 300 and/or 400 level.

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