Spanish, BA
39-48 credit hours
(15 credit hours may be waived. See note in the required courses table).
The Bachelor of Arts in Spanish provides students the education and training necessary for students to meet the certification qualifications to teach Spanish in the state of Missouri as well as the content and experience in the language, culture, and literature necessary for graduate study and to work in a wide variety of other-than-academic fields such as government, arts/media/entertainment, industry and commerce, travel and tourism, a basis for interpretation or translation, educational (aside from teaching) and other social occupations, and health services, as well as the unexpected professional opportunities that sometimes arise.
Requirements
Required courses include the following (33 credit hours):
Regardless of the classes taken abroad, students must always complete the above requirements for the Spanish degree at the St. Charles campus.
Native speakers of Spanish and highly competent students may be waived up to 15 credit hours of required courses in the language sequence: SPA 10100, SPA 10200, SPA 20100, SPA 20200, and SPA 30500. Such students must take as many upper-level courses as needed to complete the 39 credit hours required for the major and consult with Spanish faculty.
One of the following options:
Option One:
Option Two:
This option is unavailable to native speakers of Spanish.
One course from the following during Summer Study Abroad in Costa Rica or Spain:
Option Three (either in Costa Rica or Spain):
This option is unavailable to native speakers of Spanish. Prerequisite for semester-long study abroad: SPA 31000 and SPA 32500 with a C or better, or permission of the dean.
Costa Rica
15 credit hours
Two required courses:
| SPA 31300 | Advanced Spanish Composition Workshop | 3 |
| SPA 33700 | Costa Rica: History and Society of 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 |
Three courses selected from the following options:
Spain
15 credit hours
One required course (three credit hours):
| SPA 32100 | Practical Oral/Written Expression | 3-6 |
Twelve credit hours selected from the following options:
| SPA 32101 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 |
| SPA 32102 | Business Spanish | 3 |
| SPA 32103 | English-Spanish Translation | 3-6 |
| SPA 32104 | Islamic Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32105 | Jewish Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32106 | Selected Periods in the History of Spain | 3-6 |
| SPA 32107 | Selected Periods in the History of Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 32108 | Geography of Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32109 | Society and Politics in Modern Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32110 | The Political System of the European Union | 3 |
| SPA 32111 | Economy and Business in Spain and Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 32112 | The Spanish and Latin American Economies | 3 |
| SPA 32113 | History of Art in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32114 | Selected Periods of the History of Art in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32115 | History of Spanish Cinema | 3 |
| SPA 32116 | Health, Ecology, and the Environment in Spain | 3 |
| SPA 32117 | Special Topics: Culture | 3 |
| SPA 32118 | Selected Authors, Works, and Themes in Spanish Literature | 3-6 |
| SPA 32119 | Selected Authors, Works, and Themes in Latin American Literature | 3 |
| SPA 32120 | Spanish Theater | 3 |