Program: Romance Languages Major - (BA) - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Apr 04, 2025

2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

Romance Languages 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

Students will be able to narrate in the past using the preterit and the imperfect with greater precision.
They also will be able to make descriptions using with more accurately the verbs ser and estar.
Additionally, the students will be prepared to use properly subjunctive and indicative moods.
Finally, they will improve their ability to argue using the appropriate logical connectors.

University Graduation Requirements

Please see Graduation Policies for complete information.

Romance Language 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 Requirement for more information.

Humanities and Social Science
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirement
Social Science: 9 Credits
Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10 Credits
- and two courses from life & physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.

Multicultural and International

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

Electives - Credits: 14-19

Total Credits: 120

Major Requirement - BA in Romance Language - Subtotal: 66 Credits

Humanities - Credits: 6

Fine Arts Credits: 6

Primary Language Concentration (French, Italian, Spanish) Requirement - Credits 36

Literature - Credits: 6

Language, Composition and Conversation - Credits: 12

Select four courses from your primary language. See Department for appropriate placement
FREN 213 - Intermediate French I
ITAL 213 - Intermediate Italian I
SPAN 213 - Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 214 - Intermediate Spanish II
ITAL 214 - Intermediate Italian II
SPAN 226 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 227 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
FREN 300 - French Grammar Review
ITAL 300 - Italian: Advanced Conversation
FREN 301 - Third-Year French: Composition and Conversation I
ITAL 301 - Third-Year Italian: Composition and Conversation
SPAN 301 - Third-Year Spanish: Conversation and Composition
FREN 302 - Third-Year French: Composition and Conversation II
ITAL 302 - Third-Year Italian: Composition and Conversation
SPAN 302 - Third-Year Spanish: Grammar and Composition
ITAL 303 - Third-Year Readings in Italian: Subtitle Varies
FREN 401 - Advanced French Composition and Conversation I
ITAL 401 - Advanced Italian Grammar and Composition I
SPAN 401 - Reading Proficiency in Spanish
ITAL 402 - Advanced Italian Grammar and Composition II
FREN 402 - Advanced French Composition and Conversation II
ITAL 403 - Advanced Reading Proficiency in Italian
Linguistics - Credits: 3

Culture - Credits: 3

Other Upper-division Courses in Primary Language - Credits: 12

Secondary Language Concentration (French, Italian, Spanish) Requirement - Credits: 18

Language, Composition and Conversation - Credits: 12

Select four courses from you secondary language. See department for appropriate placement

(See Primary Language Concentration (French, Italian, Spanish) Requirement for the list of classes)

Additional upper-division courses in secondary language - Credits: 6

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