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Major Requirements
A major in Spanish is a program of study of Hispanic language and literature. It consists of a minimum of eight courses at the 300 and 400 levels. It must include SPAN 361, and five 400-level literature courses. The 400-level courses are divided into the following categories: Spanish: Pre-1900 (category 1) and Post-1900 (category 2).
Independent study courses are permitted only when the above distribution requirements are met. SPAN 490Â is open only to candidates who are studying independently for honors. Majors who qualify are strongly encouraged to participate in the Madrid Study Group.
Pre-1900 (category 1)
Spanish majors must take at least two courses from category 1.
- SPAN 459Â -Â 'Nuns Having Fun' in Colonial Latin America
- SPAN 460Â -Â Spanish Renaissance and Baroque Poetry
- SPAN 461Â -Â Theater of the Golden Age
- SPAN 462Â -Â Cervantes' Don Quijote
- SPAN 467Â -Â Latin American Romanticism
- SPAN 468Â -Â Visions and Re-visions of the Spanish Conquest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- SPAN 476Â -Â Linguistic History of Spain
- SPAN 481Â -Â Major Hispanic Authors
- SPAN 483Â -Â Spanish American Modernismo: Spleen, Femme Fatales, Artificial Paradises
Post-1900 (category 2)
- SPAN 470Â -Â Subject and the City: Imagined and Real
- SPAN 473Â -Â Women and Censorship in Contemporary Spanish Novels
- SPAN 474Â -Â Short Fiction in Contemporary Spain
- SPAN 475Â -Â Spanish as a Global Language
- SPAN 478Â -Â Literature of the Caribbean
- SPAN 479Â -Â Contemporary Latin American Literature
- SPAN 482Â -Â Major Hispanic Authors
- SPAN 483Â -Â Spanish American Modernismo: Spleen, Femme Fatales, Artificial Paradises
- SPAN 485Â -Â Latin American Novels Before the Boom (1910-1950)
- SPAN 486Â -Â Latin American Dictatorship Theater
- SPAN 487Â -Â Postdictatorial Transatlantic Theater
- SPAN 488Â -Â Latin American Women Dramatists
Regulations
The following regulations apply:
- With some restrictions, only 300- and 400-level courses in language and literature may be counted.
- SPAN 361 may be taken for major credit on campus only. An exception is made for students who have received credit for these courses by scoring 5 on the AP language exam.
- A student who has completed a 400-level course may not take a 300-level course.
- No course with a grade of less than C– is credited toward a major. For graduation, the minimum GPA required in courses counting toward a major is 2.00 (C); all departmental courses taken in the major are used to calculate this average.
- No more than two departmental courses counting toward a major may be taken in any one term.
Honors and High Honors
Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the Romance Languages and LiteraturesÌý»å±ð±è²¹°ù³Ù³¾±ð²Ô³ÙÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.
Romance Languages and Literatures Department
For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Romance Language and Literatures departmentÌý³¦²¹³Ù²¹±ô´Ç²µÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.