Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Spanish
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor.
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
- Students in the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a major in Spanish must complete 24 advanced hours in Spanish and maintain a GPA of at least 2.50 in all advanced Spanish course work to meet graduation requirements. Students should complete the following advanced Spanish courses:
Course List Code Title Hours SPAN 3307 Advanced Composition for Spanish Heritage Speakers 1 3 or SPAN 3308 Advanced Composition SPAN 3309 Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis 2 3 SPAN 3340 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Stylistics 3 Select three of the following: 9 Literatures of Spain I Literatures of Spain II Latin American Literatures I Latin American Literatures II Spanish Phonetics and Phonemics Business Spanish I Business Spanish II Spanish and Media Translation Practice and Theory Spanish for Health Professions Spanish Civilization Latin American Civilization Select two of the following: 6 Professional Internship in Spanish The Spanish Novel Historical Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics Contemporary Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics The Latin American Novel Gabriel Garcia Marquez Don Quijote Hispanic Film Hispanic Poetry Hispanic Drama Hispanic Literature of the Southwest Hispanic Nobel Prizes in Literature Mexican Literature Women, Minorities and Marginal Groups in Medieval Spanish Literature Nature and Nation in Latin American Literature Total Hours 24
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| SPAN 1410 (TCCN SPAN 1411) | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | SPAN 1420 (TCCN SPAN 1412) | 4 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 |
| ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)1 | 3 | SPAN 2320 (TCCN SPAN 2312) | 3 |
| SPAN 2310 (TCCN SPAN 2311) | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic | 3 | BA English Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 3307 or 3308 | 3 | SPAN 3340 | 3 |
| SPAN 3309 | 3 | SPAN Advanced Elective | 3 |
| Minor | 6 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| SPAN Advanced Electives | 6 | SPAN Advanced Electives | 6 |
| Minor | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 9 |
| Electives (as needed) | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
