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 1 | Elementary Spanish I | 4 |
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| SPA 2 | Elementary Spanish II | 4 |
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Core Courses required for all Spanish Studies Majors and Minors
| SPA 3 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
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| SPA 3A | Accelerated Spanish III/Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 |
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| SPA 103 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
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| SPA 103A | Accelerated Spanish III/Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 |
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| SPA 4 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
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| SPA 104 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
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| CUL 107A | Theory and Practice of Culture | 3 |
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| CUL 107B | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
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| SPA 109 | Spanish Writing Lab | 3 |
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| SPA 112 | Spanish/Colonial Civilization and Culture | 3 |
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| SPA 44 | Spanish-speaking Civilizations and Cultures in the Americas and Spain | 3 |
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| SPA 144 | Spanish-speaking Civilizations and Cultures in the Americas and Spain | 3 |
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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 191 | Senior 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.