Spanish, BA

39 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in Spanish provides students the education and training necessary for students to meet the certification qualifications to teach Spanish in the State of Missouri as well as the content and experience in the language, culture, and literature necessary for graduate study and to work in a wide variety of other-than-academic fields such as government, arts/ media/entertainment, industry and commerce, travel and tourism, interpretation or translation, educational (aside from teaching) and other social occupations, and health services, as well as the unexpected professional opportunities that sometimes arise.

A major in Spanish requires 39 credit hours of coursework beyond the Intermediate Spanish II (SPA 20200) level or equivalent proficiency. Of these 39 credit hours, 15 will be taken in Costa Rica or Spain.

Requirements

Six required courses at the St. Charles campus:

SPA 31100Advanced Oral Expression

3

SPA 31200Advanced Written Expression

3

SPA 33500Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 33600Latin American Culture and Civilization

3

SPA 35000Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature

3

SPA 35100Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature

3

Two courses at the St. Charles campus selected from the following options:

SPA 40000-40099Seminar on Selected Authors and Genres of Spanish and Spanish-American Literatures

3

SPA 41200Spanish Romanticism

3

SPA 41300Major Movements in the 19th-Century Spanish Novel

3

SPA 41500The 20th-Century Spanish Novel

3

SPA 41600The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies

3

SPA 41800The Spanish-American Short Story

3

SPA 42100The Spanish-American Regional Novel

3

Costa Rica Option:

Three required courses in Costa Rica

SPA 31300Advanced Spanish Composition Workshop

3

SPA 31400Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

3

SPA 33700Costa Rica: History and Society of 19th and 20th Centuries

3

Two courses in Costa Rica selected from the following options:

SPA 32121Literature of Costa Rica

3

SPA 32122Latin American Theater

3

SPA 32123Literature of the Spanish Conquest Period

3

SPA 32124Literature of the Spanish Language: Open Topics

3

Spain Option:

One required course in Spain:

SPA 32100Practical Oral/Written Expression

3-6

Twelve credit hours in Spain selected from the following options:

SPA 32101Advanced Spanish Grammar

3

SPA 32102Business Spanish

3

SPA 32103English-Spanish Translation

3-6

SPA 32104Islamic Culture in Spain

3

SPA 32105Jewish Culture in Spain

3

SPA 32106Selected Periods in the History of Spain

3-6

SPA 32107Selected Periods in the History of Latin America

3

SPA 32108Geography of Spain

3

SPA 32109Society and Politics in Modern Spain

3

SPA 32110The Political System of the European Union

3

SPA 32111Economy and Business in Spain and Latin America

3

SPA 32112The Spanish and Latin American Economies

3

SPA 32113History of Art in Spain

3

SPA 32114Selected Periods of the History of Art in Spain

3

SPA 32115History of Spanish Cinema

3

SPA 32116Health, Ecology, and the Environment in Spain

3

SPA 32117Special Topics: Culture

3

SPA 32118Selected Authors, Works, & Themes in Spanish Literature

3-6

SPA 32119Selected Authors, Works, and Themes in Latin American Literature

3

SPA 32120Spanish Theater

3

Note: All 30000- and 40000-level culture and literature courses are conducted in Spanish.