The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill, which are not listed in the plan. For instance, students who are placed in the intermediate level, will start the language sequence in their second year. Course offerings may vary from year to year.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- School Core: SPAN 201 - INTERMEDIATE I - SPANISH or SPAN 301 - THE ART OF CONVERSATION IN SPANISH WI* (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS: SPAN 202 - INTERMEDIATE II - SPANISH or SPAN 303 - THE ART OF READING IN SPANISH* (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Major: SPAN 305 - SPANISH HISTORY, ART AND STORYTELLING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - VALUES AND ETHICS (outside of HGS) (HRS 4)
- Elective: COMM 234 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION WI ** (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY/Spanish Major Elective: LANG 270 - SECOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY (Required for Teaching Licensure) OR - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY/Spanish Major Elective: SPAN 395 - TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LITERATURE AND FILM (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: SPAN 307 - LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY (Online) (HRS 4)
- Spanish Major Elective Toward the Certificate in Spanish Health Care and Human Services Professionals: SPAN 311 - SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Elective: ANTH 314 - CROSSING BORDERS: GROWING UP LATINX** (HRS 4)
- Elective: MUSI 203 - MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICA** (HRS 4)
- Elective: INTL 337 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- STUDY ABROAD: Students should consult an advisor to select courses that fulfill the major’s requirements and/or related course electives (HRS 4)
- Spanish Major Elective (HRS 4)
- Spanish Major Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: SPAN 420 - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: ADVENTURES IN SPANISH IMMERSION WI (HRS 4)
- Major: SPAN 421 - REWRITING HISPANIC IDENTITY CONSTRUCTIONS WI (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Spanish Major Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 Credits
GPA: 2.0
$ Students should consult an advisor to select courses that fulfill the major’s requirements and/or related course electives
* The Spanish Language Studies major requirements assumes that students will have fluency beyond what is taught in Intermediate Spanish II. If you test below this level, you may be required to take Foundations of Spanish I-II and/or Intermediate Spanish I-II. If you test above Intermediate II, you may begin major courses starting with SPAN 301: The Art of Conversation. Completing language courses at the 200-level or above indicates fulfillment of HGS school core language requirement. Note that SPAN 301 has a prerequisite of CRWT 102, so faculty prerequisite override would be necessary.
Only Two GenEd courses may double count in the Major.
** Recommended Related courses
If a student has 8 or more elective courses, the student should consider a: minor, double major or Teacher Education Certification program.
Note: 3 upper level WIs are required. Consult your advisor.
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