Nov 22, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

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Spanish Major (BA)

Spanish Major - Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, World Languages and Cultures web page at liberalarts.unlv.edu/Foreign_Languages for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.

Please see advising information at the UNLV Wilson Advising Center at www.liberalarts.unlv.edu/WAC/.

Accreditation

Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate the ability to master advanced grammar items and lexicon in Spanish.
Need to prove a correct command of Spanish writing skills, with attention to stylistic detail in three modes: argumentative, narrative and descriptive
Read and write analytically on cultural topics in Spanish.

University Graduation Requirements

Please see Graduation Policies for complete information

Spanish Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits

General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 35-40 Credits

First-Year Seminar - Credits: 3

English Composition - Credits: 6

Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3

Constitutions - Credits: 3-6

Mathematics - Credits: 3

Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19

Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.

Humanities and Fine Arts:
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
Social Science - 9 credits
- One course each from three different fields
Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10 credits
- Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must have a lab.
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
  - PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

Multicultural and International

(see note 1 below)

Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required

These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students

Major Degree Requirements - BA in Spanish - Subtotal: 48 Credits

Additional Degree Requirements

Humanities - Credits: 6
Fine Arts - Credits: 6

General Spanish Major Requirements - Credits: 36

(see note 2 below)

Literature - Credits: minimum of 12
Composition and Conversation - Credits: up to 12, depending on placement

Take four of the following courses including SPAN 302 Third-Year Spanish: Grammar and Composition . See department for appropriate placement.
SPAN 213 - Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 214 - Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 226 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 227 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
SPAN 301 - Third-Year Spanish: Conversation and Composition
SPAN 302 - Third-Year Spanish: Grammar and Composition (see note 3 below)
SPAN 401 - Reading Proficiency in Spanish
SPAN 402 - Advanced Reading and Writing Techniques in Spanish
Linguistics - Credits: 3-6
Culture - Credits: 3-6 (must include SPAN 425 Topics in Hispanic Culture .)
Spanish for the Professions - Credits: 3-6

NOTE: To fulfill General Education Requirements all Spanish majors must complete SPAN 302 and SPAN 425 .

Electives - Credits: 26-27

Spanish-for-the-Professions Major Requirements - Credits: 36