Major Requirements—27 credit hours
Includes 6 credit hours study abroad in Latin America.
Prerequisite: HST 254 or HST 256
Students select one of the following two options in consultation with the Spanish program.
Option 1
SPN 301 | Adv Sp: Art and Soc in Latin Am and Spain I | 3 |
SPN 302 | Adv Sp: Art and Soc in Latin Am and Spain II | 3 |
| Two additional Spanish electives with content on Latin America | 6 |
| One additional Spanish elective | 3 |
Option 2
SPN 308 | Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 |
| Two additional Spanish electives with content on Latin America | 6 |
| Two additional Spanish electives | 6 |
Culture/Literature of Spain - 3 credit hours
Select one course from the following:
SPN 330 | Together and Apart: Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain | 3 |
SPN 331 | Faith, Fervor, and Fear in Golden Age Spain | 3 |
SPN 340 | Donjuans and Domineering Mothers in Contemporary Spanish Theatre | 3 |
SPN 440 | Young Survivors in Spanish Civil War Fiction and Film | 3 |
Culture/Literature of Latin America - 3 credit hours
Select one course from the following:
SPN 350 | Latin American Women's Voices | 3 |
SPN 351 | Latin American Cinema | 3 |
SPN 361 | Latin America through its Story Tellers | 3 |
SPN 450 | Special Topics in Latin American Studies | 3 |
SPN 451 | Latin American Culture through Literature | 3 |
Two non-Spanish-language courses (6 credit hours) from the following list may be counted towards the 27 upper-division credit hours needed to complete the Latin American studies track of the Spanish major.
CST 431 | Intercultural Communication and Identity | 3 |
HST 357 | Environmental History of the Americas and the World | 3 |
HST 354 | History of Modern Cuba | 3 |
HST 355 | History of Mexico | 3 |
HST 356 | Latin American History Through Popular Culture | 3 |
HST 450 | Seminar in Non-Western History | 3 |
PHL 336 | Metaphysics: Native American Philosophy | 3 |
PHL 408 | Race, Gender, and Colonialism | 3 |
SW 343 | Human Behavior in the Social Environment | 3 |
Students are allowed to count no more than one intercultural course such as CST 431 and SW 343 towards this track.
Students can replace study abroad with an immersive experience in a Latin American country and/or a significant immersive experience within a Latino community in the U.S. Steps for requesting a study abroad replacement are listed in the description of the Spanish B.A.
Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours