Major Required Courses
200-Level World Languages and Cultures Core
Prerequisites for Upper-Level Spanish Courses (up to 12)
Students must either take the prerequisite courses for upper-level courses in Spanish or place out of them by examination.
Secondary Language Courses (up to 12)
Students must attain elementary proficiency in a second non-English language either by taking classes through the fourth level or by placing out of them by examination.
Other Suggested Courses (up to 18)
Students who place out of required language courses by examination may fulfill the requirements of this area with the following courses if they are not used to fulfill general education core requirements.
Proficiency in Spanish (Domain One)
Spanish Cultural Knowledge: Literature (Domain Two)
Spanish Cultural Knowledge: Other (Domain Two)
Secondary Language Cultural Knowledge or Internship
General Electives
All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in the School of Arts and Humanities must present at least 42 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level for graduation. These courses may be taken to satisfy major, minor, general education, and/or elective requirements.
Cultural Praxis:
For graduation, students should demonstrate close familiarity with the culture and daily lives of people who speak the primary target language. This familiarity should be fulfilled by participating in a study- abroad program for at least one semester.
However, students who are unable to spend a semester abroad may substitute one of the following experiences to fulfill the cultural praxis requirement:
- Having lived as an adult over an extended period of time in a country whose primary language and culture are those being emphasized by the primary target language track.
- Living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time.
- Participating in and completing significant cultural learning scenarios (service learning projects, international experiences of duration less than a semester, local heritage community experiences of short duration, or Internet and mass media projects).
In all cases, the substitution must be approved by the Dean of Arts and Humanities.
Other Graduation Requirements:
- As part of the senior capstone course, the student should present a portfolio of representative work from all upper-level classes required for the major; artifacts, reflections, and illustrations from the cultural praxis; a reflective essay; and a revised and enlarged research paper from a previous class. One copy of the portfolio will remain in program files.
- Each graduating student will be required to undergo a senior exit interview conducted primarily in the primary target language (Spanish), but part will be conducted in the secondary target language (French). Topics for the interview may include the student’s coursework, cultural praxis, portfolio, and career plans. The interview will be conducted by the capstone instructor and one other competent faculty member.
- Each graduating student will take a comprehensive examination that tests reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the primary target language and general cultural knowledge associated with the speakers of that language.