Spanish majors are required to complete thirty-two semester hours of coursework beyond the intermediate-level language courses, including Composition and Discussion, at least four semester hours in Civilization, twelve semester hours in Literature and a Senior Year Experience. Of the semester hours listed above, at least sixteen semester hours must be earned in residence at Willamette University, to include at least one 400 level Spanish Literature course and the Spanish Senior Experience: SPAN497W Research and Discussion of Selected Topics in Literature. For honors in the Spanish major, graduating seniors must have a minimum gpa of 3.85 in the Spanish major and a minimum 3.80 cumulative gpa.
SPAN331W Spanish Composition and Discussion (4)
SPAN333 Hispanic Civilization (4) or
SPAN335 Cultural Institutions of Spain (4)
SPAN497W Research and Discussion of Selected Topics in Literature (4)
To include at least one 400 level Spanish Literature course to be taken at Willamette University
SPAN340 Introduction to Spanish Literature (4)
SPAN345 Spanish Cinema (4)
SPAN352 Peninsular Literature 1: Medieval, Early Modern, and American Colonial (4)
SPAN353 Peninsular Literature 2: Modern and Contemporary (4)
SPAN355 Latin American Literature 1: Conquest to Independence (4)
SPAN356 Latin American Literature 2: Modernismo to the Present (4)
SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)
SPAN391 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)
SPAN427 Topics in Latin American Literature (4)
SPAN428 Contemporary Mexican Literature (4)
SPAN430 History of Hispanic Thought (4)
SPAN431 Contemporary Novel and Short Story of Latin America (4)
SPAN435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)
SPAN438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4)
SPAN445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (4)
SPAN446 Topics in Modern and Contemporary Peninsular Literature (4)
Numbered 300 or above
SPAN331W Spanish Composition and Discussion (4)
SPAN333 Hispanic Civilization (4) or
SPAN335 Cultural Institutions of Spain (4)
Eight semester hours in Spanish numbered 300 or above (8)
Four semester hours in Spanish at the 400 level to be taken at Willamette University (4)
The department faculty strongly urges its students to improve their language competency and broaden their education through off-campus study in approved programs. Of special interest to students of Spanish are the Willamette semesters abroad in Spain, Ecuador, and Chile, as well as a post-session program in Ecuador.
Credits earned in Willamette University's off-campus study programs, or in other preapproved foreign study programs, may be substituted for required courses in the Spanish Department.
Language students enjoy the use of a state-of-the-art Language Learning Center featuring multimedia stations, foreign language word processing software, foreign television programs transmitted by satellite, and up-to-date communication technology.
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