Degree Plan

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Core - 43 total hours
Major -  33 total hours
Degree - 120 total hours

B.A. in Spanish 4-Year Degree Plan (PDF)

Fall of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 1311 Elementary Spanish I 3
ENGL 1311 Composition I 3
HIST CORE: Recommend HIST 1311 World History I OR HIST 1312 World History II 3
MATH 1308 Finite Math 3
PHIL 1381 Introduction to Philosophy 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 1312 Elementary Spanish II 3
ENGL 1312 Composition II 3
FINE ARTS CORE: Three hours of a performance or history course in Visual Art, Dance, Music, or Theatre 3
RELS CORE: Choose from RELS 1305 Introduction to Theology and Ethics, RELS 1315 Origins of Christianity, RELS 1325 The Religious Quest, RELS 1335 Spirituality and Prayer 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE CORE: Recommend PSYC 1301 Introduction to Psychology OR SOCI 1311 Introduction to Sociology 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I: Oral Communication 3
ENGL 2310 World Literature Studies 3
NATURAL SCIENCE w/ Lab: Recommend BIOL 1401 Diversity of Life and Lab OR METR 1430 Meteorology 4
RELS or PHIL CORE: Any 3-hour upper-division RELS or PHIL course 3
COURSE #1 in MINOR 3
Total Hours 16
Spring of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 2312 Intermediate Spanish II: Writing 3
DWHP 1200 or DWHP 3200 Dimensions of Wellness 2
1-hour Lifelong Physical Activity Course (PEHP) 1
COURSE #2 in MINOR 3
ELECTIVE #1 3
ELECTIVE #2 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 3321 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 3
SPAN 3331 Spanish Literature to 1700 3
SPAN 3342 Spanish-American Literature since Modernism 3
COURSE #3 in MINOR (upper division) 3
ELECTIVE #3 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 3301 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition 3
SPAN 3311 Culture and Civilization of Spain 3
SPAN 3335 Children’s Literature in Spanish OR SPAN 3343 The Literature of U.S. Hispanics 3
COURSE #4 in MINOR 3
ELECTIVE #4 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Senior Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 3341 Spanish-American Literature to Modernism 3
ELECTIVE #5 OR SPAN 3337 Applied Linguistics for Teaching–required for those seeking teacher certification 3
ELECTIVE #6 OR SPAN 3334 Spanish in the Media 3
COURSE #5 in MINOR (upper division) 3
ELECTIVE #7 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Senior Year
Course Hrs.
SPAN 3312 Culture and Civilization of Latin America 3
SPAN 3322 Spanish Phonetics and Oral Communication 3
SPAN 3332 Spanish Literature since 1700 3
COURSE #6 in MINOR 3
ELECTIVE #8 3
Total Hours 15