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    Spanish Major (B.A.) - B.A. Major Requirements Revised 2/6/08

    Major Program | B.A. Major Requirements

     

    Required Units

    Lower Division - Preparatory Subject Matter

    4-37

    Spanish 1 or 1S, 2, 2V or 2S, 3, 3V or 3S, 21 or 21S, 22 or 22S, 23 or 23S, 24 or 24S OR
    Spanish 31, 32, 33
    0-15
    Linguistics 1
    Note: In consultation with a departmental adviser and with the consent of the department chairperson, Linguistics 1 may be taken concurrently with upper division courses.
    4

    Upper Division - Depth Subject Matter

    45-48

    One course in each of the following five areas:

    19-20

    Spanish 100, 100S, 141, 141S, 170, or 170S
    4
    Note: Students planning to take Spanish 110 should do so at the beginning of the upper division sequence or concurrently with Spanish 100.
     
    Spanish 111N, 115, 115S, or 116 3-4
    Spanish 130, 131N, 134A, or 142
    4
    Spanish 150N, 151N, 157, 159 or 159S
    4
    Spanish 117, 174, 176, or 177
    4

    Seven elective courses to be chosen in consultation with the student's major adviser:

    26-28

    No more than seven electives may be taken with EAP, preferably concentrated in two of the following areas. Other combinations are possible with the approval of the major adviser:

    • Spanish literature
    • Latin American literature
    • Chicano/Latino literature
    • Spanish linguistics
     

    Students may, with the approval of their adviser, take up to TWO elective courses outside the Spanish department in such programs as:

    • African American Studies (e.g. AAS 107A, 180)
    • Art History (e.g. AHI 151)
    • Anthropology (e.g., ANT 144, 146)
    • Chicana/o Studies (e.g., CHI 154, 155, 156, 160, 170, 171)
    • Comparative Literature (e.g., COM 152, 165)
    • Education (e.g., EDU 151, 152)
    • History (e.g., HIS 159, 160,164, 165, 166A, 166B, 167, 168, 169A, 169B)
    • Linguistics (e.g., LIN 166)
    • Native American Studies (e.g. NAS 120, 133, 184)
     
    Note: A maximum of six units of course 199 may be counted toward the major. Course 199 cannot be used to replace regular departmental courses.  

    Total Units for the Major

    49-85

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