Spanish Studies Major

Required Courses for the Spanish Studies Major: 41 units

All courses required for the Minor, also known as Core Courses (18), plus 5 upper division courses in the department (15).

Students receive 8 Spanish language university units if they have a score of 4 or 5 in the College Board Spanish Language Advanced Placement Test.

Students who are Spanish speakers, and have been placed in SPA 3 or SPA 3A after taking the MSMU Spanish Placement test, need to take SPA 3A. Non-Spanish speakers should take SPA 3. No credit will be awarded as a result of Placement Examinations.

Majors and Minors must earn a grade of C or higher in the courses applied towards degree requirements. Grades of C- or lower must be repeated. Courses may be repeated one time.

Students are encouraged to do double Majors or combine a Major and a Minor. Students are also strongly encouraged to spend a Junior semester abroad, for a maximum of 12 transferable units.

Majors must take at least 18 units in the department. Minors must take at least 12 units in the department.

These courses can double count for both Spanish Studies and History degrees and can be taken interchangeably: SPA 44/SPA 144 and HIS 162, SPA 145 and HIS 165, and SPA 112 and HIS 113.

Prerequisites

SPA 1Elementary Spanish I

4

and

SPA 2Elementary Spanish II

4

or

Language Requirement Alternative

Core Courses required for all Spanish Studies Majors and Minors

SPA 3Intermediate Spanish III

3

or

SPA 3AAccelerated Spanish III/Spanish for Heritage Speakers

3

or

SPA 103Intermediate Spanish III

3

or

SPA 103AAccelerated Spanish III/Spanish for Heritage Speakers

3

 

SPA 4Intermediate Spanish IV

3

or

SPA 104Intermediate Spanish IV

3

 

CUL 107ATheory and Practice of Culture

3

or

CUL 107BIntercultural Communication

3

 

SPA 109Spanish Writing Lab

3

 

SPA 112Spanish/Colonial Civilization and Culture

3

or

SPA 44Spanish-speaking Civilizations and Cultures in the Americas and Spain

3

or

SPA 144Spanish-speaking Civilizations and Cultures in the Americas and Spain

3

 

SPA 1xx
Upper Division Elective Course

3


Additional courses required for the Spanish Studies Major

SPA 1xx
Upper Division Elective Course

3

SPA 1xx
Upper Division Elective Course

3

SPA 1xx
Upper Division Elective Course

3

SPA 1xx
Upper Division Elective Course

3

SPA 191Senior Thesis

3

Total Credit Hours: 41

Plus General Education requirements and electives totaling 124 semester units.

*SPA 191 fulfills the capstone requirement for Spanish.
Please note that all Spanish Studies courses are conducted in Spanish unless specified otherwise.