Spanish Translation - B.S. Program Requirements

• Spanish Translation semester-by-semester 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*
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 REQUIREMENTS (84 credits)**  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	20002 30063	Introduction to Technical Writing (3) or Business and Professional Writing (3)	3
	MCLS	40420	Foreign Language and Culture Studies	3
	SPAN	38211	Spanish Grammar and Composition	3
		38213	Spanish Reading and Conversation	3
		38215	Spanish Phonetics and Diction	3
		38231	Translation Practice: Spanish	3
		38240	Conversation for Business and Special Purposes	3
		38421	Civilization of Spain	3
		38424	Culture and Civilization of Latin America	3
		48215	Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation	3
WIC		48230	Advanced Translation Practice***	3
		48240	Business and Special Texts	3
	TRST	20009	Multilingual Information Lifecycle	3
		30230	Approaches to Translation	3
		30330	Cross-Language Mediation	3
		38303	Medical Spanish Translation and Interpreting	3
	Subject Area Specialty****			27
	Choose from the following:***			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)
		3/4xxxx	Any SPAN 3/40000-level Literature course (3-9)
IV.	ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (50 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language or General Electives++			8
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)+			6-7
	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)+			6
	College General Requirement (taken from any Kent Core Categories or Foreign Language)			8
	General Electives Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			6
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*Many students begin their university studies with substantial proficiency in Spanish and therefore, should begin their program of study with the first course in the Spanish major, SPAN 38211. Other students may need to complete one or more of the prerequisite courses: SPAN 18201, SPAN 18202, SPAN 28201, SPAN 28202. Starting Spanish studies in the appropriate courses(s) is critical to on-time graduation. All students intending to major in Spanish should contact a Spanish faculty advisor in the department of Modern and Classical Language Studies for individualized placement and advising information prior to enrolling in their first Spanish course. Students entering the university with substantial knowledge of Spanish should consider taking the College-Level Examination Program (http://career.kent.edu/home/testing/t_clep.cfm ) through which they may receive up to 14 hours of university credit. Students wishing to earn credit through CLEP should take the exam several weeks prior to enrolling in their first Spanish course to ensure eligibility, timely granting of credits, and timely placement into the correct Spanish courses(s).

** All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

*** Student must earn a minimum C (2.0) grade in one of the following to fulfill the writing-intensive course requirement, SPAN 38330, 38331, 388334, 38335 or 48230.

**** The Subject Area Specialty is a departmentally approved coherent sequence of courses in one or more other disciplines (i.e., not in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies). In order to be approved, the Subject Area Specialty must include courses in an area or areas that are currently marketable, such as business, legal studies, international relations, political science, computer science, chemistry, physics or other "hard" sciences. The Subject Area Specialty may include up to 17 credit hours of a different language in the sequence through composition/conversation. It may also optionally include MCLS 28404 The Latin American Experience and MCLS 28405 The Spanish Experience. Total credits: 27. The recommended Kent Core courses (see Kent Core Summary) may be included within this area with advisor approval.

+ Recommended Kent Core Courses
Kent Core Basic Sciences:
BSCI 10001 Human Biology (3)
CHEM 10050 Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology (3)

Kent Core Social Sciences:
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

++ Students who fulfill the language requirement in fewer than 14 hours as a result of starting their Spanish studies in a course higher than SPAN 28202, will complete remaining hours with general electives.