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Spanish - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend:DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.
 DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II.
 PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS (14 credits)*
Type Course Title Credits
  SPAN 18201 Elementary Spanish I 4
    18202 Elementary Spanish II 4
    28201 Intermediate Spanish I 3
    28202 Intermediate Spanish II 3
III.
 MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  SPAN 38211 Spanish Grammar and Composition 3
    38213 Spanish Reading and Conversation 3
    38215 Spanish Phonetics and Diction 3
    38421 Civilization of Spain 3
    38424 Culture and Civilization of Latin America 3
    48215 Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation 3
  Choose from the following: Spanish Survey Literature** 9
WIC SPAN 38330 Early Spanish Literature (3)  
WIC   38331 Recent Spanish Literature (3)  
WIC   38334 Early Spanish-American Literature (3)  
WIC   38335 Recent Spanish-American Literature (3)  
  Choose from the following: Spanish Literature or Cultural Electives 6
  SPAN 48216 Contemporary Hispanic Culture (3)  
    48340 Medieval Spanish Poetry (3)  
    48350 Don Quixote (3)  
    48351 Minor Works of Cervantes (3)  
    48352 Medieval Spanish Prose (3)  
    48354 Neoclassicism and Romanticism (3)  
    48356 Golden Age Prose (3)  
    48358 Nineteenth-Century Novel (3)  
    48360 Twentieth-Century Spanish Drama (3)  
    48364 Generation of '98 and After (3)  
    48366 The Novel of the Mexican Revolution (3)  
    48370 Modernismo in Spanish-America (3)  
    48372 Spanish-American Novel I (3)  
    48373 Spanish-American Novel II (3)  
    48374 Modern Spanish-American Drama (3)  
    48376 Contemporary Spanish-American Short Story (3)  
    48378 U.S. Latina/o Writers (3)  
    48422 Early Spanish-American Discourse (3)  
    48423 Spanish-American Indian Discourse (3)  
IV.  ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (73 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 6
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 9-10
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
 9
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 9
  General Electives (minimum 10 upper-division credit hours) 31
MINIMUM TOTAL 
 121

*Students majoring in Spanish are expected to have some proficiency in Spanish through high-school study. Students with previous Spanish study should take the Spanish Placement Test and enroll in the correct course(s) based on their score. Students who have completed three or four years of high school Spanish should see a Spanish major advisor for placement. Student lacking in sufficient major-level proficiency to take the first two major courses (SPAN 38211 and SPAN 38213) can reach proficiency by taking courses in the prerequisite sequence (SPAN 18201, 18202, 28201 and 28202) based on their placement score and high school training. Students with sufficient French to place into higher semesters are not allowed to take Elementary Spanish I (SPAN 18202).

**One course must be earned with minimum C grade to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.