Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Spanish (Hispanic Literature and Culture Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
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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.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 40000 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 must complete the following SPAN required courses: SPAN 3307 or SPAN 3308, SPAN 3309, and SPAN 3340.
- Three hours must be chosen from the following SPAN Advanced Electives: SPAN 3301, SPAN 3302, SPAN 3305, SPAN 3306.
- Three hours must be chosen from the following SPAN Advanced Electives: SPAN 3370 or SPAN 3371.
- Six hours must be chosen from the following SPAN Advanced Electives: SPAN 4302, SPAN 4330, SPAN 4341, SPAN 4342, SPAN 4350, SPAN 4361, SPAN 4362, SPAN 4370, SPAN 4380A, SPAN 4380F, SPAN 4380G, SPAN 4380H.
- Three hours must be chosen from the following SPAN Advanced Electives: SPAN 3301, SPAN 3302, SPAN 3305, SPAN 3306, SPAN 3310, SPAN 3311, SPAN 3312, SPAN 3313, SPAN 3314, SPAN 3315, SPAN 3370, SPAN 3371, SPAN 4300, SPAN 4302, SPAN 4311, SPAN 4312, SPAN 4330, SPAN 4341, SPAN 4342, SPAN 4350, SPAN 4361, SPAN 4362, SPAN 4370, SPAN 4380A, SPAN 4380F, SPAN 4380G, SPAN 4380H, SPAN 4390.
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 3301, 3302, 3305, or 3306 | 3 |
| Minor | 6 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| SPAN 3370 or 3371 | 3 | SPAN Advanced Electives | 6 |
| SPAN Advanced Elective | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 9 |
| Minor | 3 | ||
| Electives (as needed) | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371
SPAN Advanced Electives
Group A: Hispanic Literature and Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 3301 | Literatures of Spain I | 3 |
| SPAN 3302 | Literatures of Spain II | 3 |
| SPAN 3305 | Latin American Literatures I | 3 |
| SPAN 3306 | Latin American Literatures II | 3 |
| SPAN 3370 | Spanish Civilization | 3 |
| SPAN 3371 | Latin American Civilization | 3 |
| SPAN 4302 | The Spanish Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 4330 | The Latin American Novel | 3 |
| SPAN 4341 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 3 |
| SPAN 4342 | Don Quijote | 3 |
| SPAN 4350 | Hispanic Film | 3 |
| SPAN 4361 | Hispanic Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 4362 | Hispanic Drama | 3 |
| SPAN 4370 | Hispanic Literature of the Southwest | 3 |
| SPAN 4380A | Hispanic Nobel Prizes in Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4380F | Mexican Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4380G | Women, Minorities and Marginal Groups in Medieval Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4380H | Nature and Nation in Latin American Literature | 3 |
Group B: Spanish Linguistics
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 3310 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonemics | 3 |
| SPAN 3314 | Translation Practice and Theory | 3 |
| SPAN 4311 | Historical Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 4312 | Contemporary Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics | 3 |
Group C: Spanish for the Professions
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 3311 | Business Spanish I | 3 |
| SPAN 3312 | Business Spanish II | 3 |
| SPAN 3313 | Spanish and Media | 3 |
| SPAN 3314 | Translation Practice and Theory | 3 |
| SPAN 3315 | Spanish for Health Professions | 3 |
| SPAN 4300 | Professional Internship in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 4600 | Professional Internship in Spanish (No more than 6 hours of Internship may be counted toward the Spanish major or minor) | 6 |
