major requirements
Students may major in French or Spanish.
Lower Division
Courses 1, 2, 3, 4, 9/10, 11 (or their equivalents). Students intending to major in the department must present evidence by examination or otherwise that their preparation includes the equivalent of the courses enumerated above. Courses 1, 2, 3, 4, 9/10, 11 normally consist of four one-hour class meetings per week.
Upper Division
The course listings are alternated regularly so as to furnish the major with the widest coverage in his/her field. Except for modern languages in translation courses, all upper division courses are conducted in the foreign language. Courses in translation are not normally taken for credit towards the major.
For the French and the Spanish major, there are two options for upper division coursework. Option A requires 9 upper division courses and is a program of study for students who wish to study Spanish or French whether or not they plan to continue their studies in graduate school. This option allows French or Spanihs as a second major. Option B requires 10.25 upper division courses and is an honors major program for students intending to continue the study of Spanish or French at the graduate school level. This major requires the student to maintain a GPA of at least 3.5 in the major and be recommended in writing by two professors in the language of study. This option must be declared by the end of the sophomore year. See course listings for the relevant lists of courses.
The split major in which Spanish is the predominant field of study requires a minimum of seven courses: Spanish 9 or 10 and Spanish 11, and six upper division courses which must include Spanish 101, 102, 120, 121, and two electives. A student exempted from the lower division requirement must include another upper division elective. The split
major in which Spanish is not the predominant field requires Spanish 9 or 10, and Spanish 11, and three upper division courses, one of which must be Spanish 101 or 102. A student exempted from the lower division requirement must include another upper division elective.
An interdisciplinary major in Latin American Studies is available to students of Spanish.
