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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.

Core courses (12 semester hours)

  • 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)

Twelve semester hours in Spanish literature, from the following (12)

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 I: Medieval, Early Modern, and American Colonial (4)

  • SPAN353 Peninsular Literature II: Modern and Contemporary (4)

  • SPAN355 Latin American Literature I: Conquest to Independence (4)

  • SPAN356 Latin American Literature II: 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)

Eight additional semester hours in Spanish (8)

Numbered 300 or above

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