Typical course of study for the Madrid Campus Spanish major. This sample program illustrates only the most general four-year course of study for students intending to major in Spanish (with a Philosophy minor), and who enter with little or no background in Spanish. It is intended to serve as a model and may vary according to course offerings and students' proficiency levels.
FRESHMAN YEAR
Semester I
Semester II
SPAN-110/115 Communicating in Spanish I and II (6 credits)
SOC-324 Introduction to World Archaeology (3)
HIST-111 Origins of the Modern World to 1600 (3)
ENGL-190 Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research (3)
SPAN-210/310 Intermediate Spanish (6)
ART-220 Painting I (3)
HIST-112 Origins of the Modern World: 1600 to the Present (3)
THEO-100 Theological Foundations (3)
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Semester I
Semester II
SPAN-315 Oral Communication (3)
SPAN-320 Spanish Phonetics (3)
PHIL-105 Historical Introduction to Philosophy: Self and Reality (3)
ENGL-230 Introduction to the Novel (3)
CMM-140 Film Criticism (3)
SPAN-410 Advanced Written Communication (3)
SPAN-415 Advanced Oral Communication (3)
PHIL-205 Ethics (3)
MATH-120 College Algebra (3)
THEO-210 Old Testament (3)
JUNIOR YEAR
Semester I
Semester II
SPAN-424 Contemporary Latin American Short Story (3)
POLS-160 Introduction to International Politics (3)
PHYS-113 Introduction to Astronomy (3)
PHIL-336 Medical Ethics (3)
PHIL-493 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life (3)
SPAN-428 Early Latin American Novel (3)
SPAN-427 Contemporary Latin American Poetry (3)
SPAN-436 Women’s Literature in Latin America (3)
THEO-361 Social Justice (3)
PHYL-474 Philosophy of Karl Marx (3)
SENIOR YEAR
Semester I
Semester II
SPAN-437 Latin American Literature and Film (3)
SPAN-493 Hispanic Literature in the United States (3)
PHIL-475 Latin American Philosophy (3)
ARTH-320 History of Spanish Art I (3)
HIST-333 Modern History of Spain: 1808 to the Present (3)
