Hispanic Studies - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This major is offered through the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Students who place out of one of the language courses (SPAN 104, SPAN 111, SPAN 203, SPAN 204, SPAN 210, SPAN 211) will enroll in additional elective courses. No more than two electives can be taught in English.

Hispanic Studies Majors are required to spend a semester studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. All credits earned abroad are eligible for transfer if the student is enrolled in affiliated programs. SPAN 489 must be taken at Catholic University. Under special circumstances may students petition that the study abroad requirement be waived.

Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 104Intermediate Spanish II

3

SPAN 111Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers

3

Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 203Love, Power, and Death in Literature and Film

3

SPAN 210Spanish for Heritage Speakers I

3

Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 204Spanish through Film and Literature: Gender, Morality and, History

3

SPAN 211Spanish for Heritage Speakers II

3

Gateway Seminars - Take All

SPAN 300Thinking Critically: Literature, Film, and Media in the Spanish-Speaking World

3

SPAN 301Society and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World

3

Practical Skills Course - Take One

SPAN 401Spanish for Business

3

SPAN 402Translation in International Affairs

3

SPAN 485Legal Translation and Interpretation

3

ML 495Modern Languages and Literatures Internship

3

Content Research Seminars - Take Two

SPAN 407/SPAN 607Melodrama! or the Mode of Excess in the Span-Speaking World

3

SPAN 412Encounters: Exploration and Conquest of Latin America

3

SPAN 435Religion in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Fiction

3.00

SPAN 436/SPAN 636Memory of the Spanish Civil War

3

Senior Thesis Seminar - Take All

SPAN 489Research Seminar

3

Elective Courses - Take Three

SPAN 3XX
300-Level Spanish Course

SPAN 4XX
400-Level Spanish Course

SPAN 5XX
500-Level Spanish Course