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Requirements

Requirements for the Spanish Major (32 semester hours)

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: SPAN 497W 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)

  • SPAN 331W Spanish Composition and Discussion (4)
  • SPAN 333 Hispanic Civilization (4) or
  • SPAN 335 Cultural Institutions of Spain (4)
  • SPAN 497W 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

  • SPAN 340 Introduction to Spanish Literature (4)
  • SPAN 352 Peninsular Literature I: Medieval, Early Modern, and American Colonial (4)
  • SPAN 353 Peninsular Literature II: Modern and Contemporary (4)
  • SPAN 355 Latin American Literature I: Conquest to Independence (4)
  • SPAN 356 Latin American Literature II: Modernismo to the Present (4)
  • SPAN 380 Latin American Cinema (4)
  • SPAN 391 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)
  • SPAN 427 Topics in Latin American Literature (4)
  • SPAN 428 Contemporary Mexican Literature (4)
  • SPAN 430 History of Hispanic Thought (4)
  • SPAN 431 Contemporary Novel and Short Story of Latin America (4)
  • SPAN 435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)
  • SPAN 438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4)
  • SPAN 445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (4)
  • SPAN 446 Topics in Modern and Contemporary Peninsular Literature (4)

Eight additional semester hours in Spanish (8)

Numbered 300 or above

Requirements for the Spanish Minor (20 semester hours)

  • SPAN 331W Spanish Composition and Discussion (4)
  • SPAN 333 Hispanic Civilization (4) or
  • SPAN 335 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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