Spanish Honors Program (BA)

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Foreign Languages and Literatures Department

Prospective Honors Program students are urged to acquaint themselves as early as possible with the requirements above as well as with the particular procedures for acceptance into the Foreign Language Department’s Honors Program in Spanish. See the departmental honors advisor or the Honors Program Director for this information.

Students in this program are strongly encouraged to study in a Spanish-speaking country. See faculty advisors for recommendations of foreign study programs.

Prerequisite

Honors election of:

SPN 212 - Intermediate Spanish II (4)
Students selecting an Honors Program in Spanish are expected to have completed the equivalent of SPN 112 in high school. If not, they must go beyond the 120 credits normally needed to graduate.

Requirements

A. (18 credits)

SPN 301 - Conversation and Composition I (3).
SPN 303 - Conversation and Composition II (3).
SPN 309 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar (3)
One from:
SPN 310 - Understanding the Spanish-Speaking World: Spain (3)
SPN 319 - Understanding the Spanish World: Latin America (3)
One from:
SPN 311 - Survey of Spanish Literature: Middle Ages to 1700 (3)
SPN 314 - Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700 to Present (3)
One from:
SPN 318 - Survey of Spanish American Literature: Spanish Colony to Modernismo (3).
SPN 320 - Survey of Spanish American Literature: Twentieth Century (3).

B.

Nine additional credits in Spanish language or literature.

C.

SPN 494 - “Off Campus” Study Preparation (1-3). to be selected in the junior year.

D.

SPN 495 - Honors Thesis I (4).
or
HON 495 - Honors Thesis I (Off-Campus Study) (4). with permission of the Honors Program advisor.
SPN 496 - Honors Thesis II (4).

E.

At least one term or semester of residence or study in a Spanish-speaking country.

F.

Honors reading proficiency in a second foreign language.

G.

Two western civilization or equivalent history courses approved by the advisor, and an additional course in history or culture pertinent to the Spanish-speaking world.

H.

LIN 200 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
ENG 204 - Literature of Greece and Rome (3)
Additional courses in linguistics and anthropology strongly recommended.

I.

All requirements of the University Honors Program.

J.

All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements.

Minimum Credits For the Degree: 120 credits