Spanish and Linguistics Program (BA) (Currently on Moratorium)

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The Spanish and Linguistics Program (BA) has been placed on moratorium status and is not currently accepting new students. Students who have already declared this major will be allowed to complete their program.

Foreign Languages and Literatures Department

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

Prerequisites

ANT 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
LIN 200 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
SPN 212 - Intermediate Spanish II (4) , or equivalent proficiency

Requirements

A. (6 credits)

TEL 313 - Second Language Acquisition (3)
LIN 346 - Linguistic Analysis (3)

B. (6 credits)

SPN 360 - Comparative Phonetics/The World’s Major Languages (3)
Three additiional credits in Spanish language

C. (9 credits)

D. (6 credits)

One course from the following:
SPN 310 - Understanding the Spanish-Speaking World: Spain (3)
SPN 319 - Understanding the Spanish World: Latin America (3)
One course from the following:
SPN 311 - Survey of Spanish Literature: Middle Ages to 1700 (3)
SPN 314 - Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700 to Present (3)
SPN 318 - Survey of Spanish American Literature: Spanish Colony to Modernismo (3)
SPN 320 - Survey of Spanish American Literature: Twentieth Century (3)

E.

All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements (for which the foreign language requirement must be completed in a second foreign language).

Required Cognates

A. (6 credits)

A course in western civilization or equivalent history course approved by the advisor;
An additional course pertinent to the history or culture of the Spanish-speaking world.

B. (3 credits)

One from:
LIN 244 - The Structure of English (3)
A course in English or comparative literature approved by the advisor.

C. (3 credits)

One from:
LIN 290 - Language and Culture (3)
or
ANT 290 - Language and Culture (3)
ANT 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
or
LIN 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
Minimum Credits For the Degree: 120 credits