Required Courses (12 Credits)

Students take the following four required courses. Students are encouraged to take SPAN 230, SPAN 235 and SPAN 236 before continuing with the course categories and electives.

course - Spanish Grammar in Context (WBE)
course - Spanish Culture
course - Latin American Cultures* (CC)
course - Spanish Capstone

Course Categories (12 Credits)

Students take one course from each of the following four course categories.

Foundational Texts & Contexts

course - Culture of the Spanish Golden Age
course - Cervantes & His World
course - The Golden Age
course - 19th Century Spanish Literature
course - Modernismo in Spain/Latin America
course - The Generation of 1898
course - The Generation of Ortega y Gasset/García Lorca

Identity, Regional & Transnational Literatures

course - Aspects of Caribbean Culture
course - Puerto Rico Inside and Out
course - The Latin American Short Story
course - Latin American Literature in Translation
course - Topics in Literature & Linguistics
course - Masterworks of the Spanish Language
course - Contemporary Spanish Literature
course - Afro-Hispanic Literature
course - Latin American Women Writers & Revolutionaries
course - Magic and Madness in Latin American Literature
course - Comparative Romance Literature

Media & Cultural Production

course - Latin America Through Film
course - From Self to Selfie
course - Latin American Culture on Screen
course - Spain Today
course - Latin America Today
course - Hispanic Caribbean Literature & Film

Theory, Methods & Practice

Major Electives (12 Credits)

Students take four additional courses from the four course categories above. Up to two Latin American history courses may be included in these electives.

Spanish and Latin American Studies, B.A.

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Please review the specific requirements for each major in the Majors section.