Degree Requirements

Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Spanish must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• General Education Core (30 cr.)
• Spanish Core (33 cr.)
• Concentration (18 cr.)
• Electives as needed to complete 120 total credit hours

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400 level
• Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher
• Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required

 Spanish Core (33 cr.)

• SPAN-S 200 Second-Year Spanish I
• SPAN-S 250 Second-Year Spanish II
• Complete one of the following
  • SPAN-S 275 Hispanic Culture and Conversation
  • SPAN-S 317 Spanish Conversation and Diction
• Complete one of the following
  
  • HISP-S 308 Composition and Conversation in Spanish
  • SPAN-S 311 Spanish Grammar
  • SPAN-S 313 Writing Spanish I
  • SPAN-S 312 Written Composition in Spanish
• Complete one of the following
  • SPAN-S 301 Hispanic World I
  • SPAN-S 302 Hispanic World II
  • SPAN-S 360 Introduction to Hispanic Lit
• Complete 15 credit hours from the following
  • SPAN-S 319 Spanish for Healthcare Personnel
  • SPAN-S 429 Medical Interpreting
  • SPAN-S 315 Spanish in the Business World
  • SPAN-S 323 Introduction to Translation
  • SPAN-S 423 The Craft of Translation
  • SPAN-S 326 Intro to Spanish Linguistics
  • SPAN-S 426 Intro to Spanish Linguistics
  • SPAN-S 468 Varieties of Spanish
  • SPAN-S 363 Intro a la Cultura Hispanica
  • SPAN-S 370 Service Learning in the Dominican Republic
  • SPAN-S 381 Hispanic Civilization I
  • SPAN-S 382 Hispanic Civilization II
  • SPAN-S 383 Hispanic Civilization III
  • SPAN-S 384 Hispanic Civilization IV
  • SPAN-S 411 Spanish Culture and Civilization
  • SPAN-S 412 Latin American Culture and Civilization
  • SPAN-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the U.S.
  • SPAN-S 490 Special Topics in Spanish
  • SPAN-S 493 Internship Program in Spanish
  • SPAN-S 495 Hispanic Colloquium
• SPAN-S 498 Spanish Capstone

Concentration

Complete requirements for one of the offered concentrations.

• Medical Communication
• Spanish for Business
• Hispanic Cultures for Travel and Tourism
• Hispanic Cultures in the U.S.

Medical Communication (18 cr.)

• SPAN-S 319 Spanish for Healthcare Personnel
• SPAN-S 429 Medical Interpreting
• AHLT-R/HIM-M 195 Medical Terminology
• AHLT-B 311/BUS-H 320 Systems of Healthcare Delivery
• SPCH-S/CMCL-C 427 Cross Cultural Communication
• SPEA-H 452 Health Disparities

Spanish for Business (18 cr.)

• SPAN-S 315 Spanish in the Business World
• Complete one of the following
  • SPAN-S 323 Introduction to Translation
  • SPAN-S 410 Contemporary Hispanic Culture and Conversation
• BUS-D 300/D301 International Business Administration
• SPCH-S 333 Public Relations
• SPCH-S 335 Presentation in Professions
• SPCH-S/CMCL-C 427 Cross Cultural Communication

Hispanic Cultures for Travel and Tourism (18 cr.)

• Complete two of the following
  
  • SPAN-S 363 Intro a la Cultura Hispanica
  • SPAN-S 390 Special Topics in Spanish
  • SPAN-S 370 Service Learning in the Dominican Republic
  • SPAN-S 495 Hispanic Colloquium
• SPCH-S/CMCL-C 427 Cross Cultural Communication
• TESM-T 107 Tourism Planning and Development
• TESM-T 207 Tourism, Policy, and Sustainability
• TESM-T 234 Cultural Heritage Tourism

Hispanic Cultures in the U.S. (18 cr.)

• Complete two of the following
  
  • SPAN-S 363 Intro a la Cultural Hispanica
  • SPAN-S 318 Writing Spanish for Heritage Speakers
  • SPAN-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the U.S.
  • SPAN-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
  • SPAN-S 440 Hispanic Sociolinguistics
  • SPAN-S 468 Varieties of Spanish
• Complete two of the following
  • LATS-S 350 Contemporary Issues in Latino Studies
  • LATS-L 396 Topics in Latino Studies
  • LATS-L 228 U.S. Latino/a Identities
  • SPAN-S 284 Women in Hispanic Culture
  • SPAN-S 290 Topics in Hispanic Culture
  • SPAN-S 303 The Hispanic World
  • SPAN-S 390 Special Topics in Spanish
  • SPAN-S 260 Introduction to Hispanic Film
  • SPAN-S 231 Spanish-American Fiction in Translation
• Complete two additional courses from either list