Spanish Major

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements

Additional Degree Requirements - Total Credits 12

Humanities - Total Credits: 6

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 6

General Spanish Requirements - Total Credits: 36

 (see note 2)

• Literature - Total Credits: 12-15

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• Composition and Conversation - Total Credits: 12

   

  Take four of the following courses. 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
• SPAN 401 - Reading Proficiency in Spanish
• SPAN 402 - Advanced Reading and Writing Techniques in Spanish

• (SPAN 302 is a prerequisite for all upper-division Spanish-for-the-Professions and General Track courses in Spanish)

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• Linguistics - Total Credits: 3-6

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• Culture Total Credits: 3-6

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• Spanish for the Professions - Total Credits: 3-6

  (see note 3)

   

Electives - Total Credits: 34-37

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

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• Spanish for the Professions - Total Credits: 12

   

  Take four of the following courses.

• SPAN 315 - Introduction to Translation
• SPAN 317 - Interpretation I
• SPAN 365 - Business Spanish I
• SPAN 366 - Business Spanish II
• SPAN 367 - Spanish for the Social Services
• SPAN 368 - Spanish for the Tourism Industry
• SPAN 369 - Spanish for the Legal Profession
• SPAN 370 - Spanish for the Medical Profession

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• Spanish Language - Total Credits: 12

   

  Take four of the following courses. 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
• SPAN 401 - Reading Proficiency in Spanish
• SPAN 402 - Advanced Reading and Writing Techniques in Spanish

• (SPAN 302 is a prerequisite for all upper-division Spanish-for-the-Professions and General Track courses in Spanish)

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• Culture - Total Credits: 3-6

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• Literature - Total Credits: 6

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• Linguistics - Total Credits: 3-6
  
  

Electives - Total Credits: 32-37

Total Credits: 120

Note:

1. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural and a three-credit international course. Course satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements, except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international. 
2. For both the Spanish major and Spanish for the Professions major, 30 of the 36 required major credits must be upper division (300-level or 400-level) and 21 of the 36 required major credits must be taken at UNLV.
3. Every Spanish major student must complete at least one 3-credit course in each of the following areas: Linguistics, Culture, and Spanish for the Professions, and must complete 6 credits in one of those areas.