Spanish and Portuguese Major
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The Undergraduate Program of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts with a major in Spanish and Portuguese. Within the Spanish Major, students may choose from the following concentrations: Language Teaching, Hispanic Linguistics, Hispanic Literature, and Hispanic Studies. Under the Portuguese major, students may choose a combined concentration of Spanish and Portuguese.
The major requires 30 upper-division semester hours of Spanish or Portuguese coursework, of which at least 18 hours must be upper-division. Each course may only be used once toward the following requirements unless otherwise specified. The thirty hours of coursework must include:
Part 1
Any of the courses in Part I may also count toward the requirements in Part 2 below as applicable.
- Six semester hours upper-division Spanish and Portuguese grammar, composition or language (SPN 327 or 346; POR 326K or 362)
- Nine upper-division semester hours Spanish literature (SPN 325K or 325L, SPN 326K or 326L, SPN 351 or a course above 351)
- Nine upper-division semester hours in Luso-Brazilian Literature
- Three upper-division semester hours in Spanish Civilization (SPN 322K or 328)
- Three upper-division semester hours in Luso-Brazilian Civilization (POR 341)
Spanish Minor
Twelve semester hours, including six hours of upper-division coursework, in any one other field of study at The University. OR nine hours past 507 (including three upper-division) in a foreign language NOT USED in Area A.
Additional Degree Information
Sample four-year degree plans are available for the following majors under the 2008-2010 catalog:
- Spanish with Credit By Examination (CBE) (PDF 157K)
- Spanish without CBE (PDF 156K)
- Portuguese with CBE (PDF 157K)
- Portuguese without CBE (PDF 156K)
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