DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026 
    
    Jul 10, 2025  
DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026

Spanish


Spanish
World Languages and Cultures  General Information
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Languages, Literature, and Culture
Programs: Major and Minor
Department: World Languages and Cultures

 

  • Major Advisor: Students may ask any World Languages and Cultures (Spanish) faculty member.
  • Junior Seminar: Students should plan to take their Junior Seminar in their Senior Year Fall semester (for most students, this is when they have reached the necessary level. Some may be able to take it sooner.). There is generally only one section per semester.
  • Senior Comp: A 2 Semester Comp Fall and Spring is required. For enrollment reasons, the Junior/Senior seminar is sometiems “stacked” with the 300-level course given in the same semester – has occasionally happened in Spanish. In that situation, students cannot register for both the seminar and the 300-level course, so should plan their path through the major accordingly.


Here is an example schedule for Spanish Majors placing in Spanish 110:

  1st Semester 2nd Semester Either Semester
First-Year SWS 105
Spanish 110
 
Spanish 120
Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
Sophomore Spanish 215
SWS 205
Spanish 230/220
or SWS 205
 
Junior Spanish 220/230
Spanish 225
  300-level Spanish Courses
Senior Spanish 600 (2 cr.)
Spanish 580
Spanish 610 1 400-level Spanish


Here is an example schedule for Spanish Majors placing in Spanish 215:

  1st Semester 2nd Semester Either Semester
First-year SWS 105
Spanish 215
 
Spanish 220/230
Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
Sophomore Spanish 225 Spanish 300-level Spanish 220/230
Junior     2 courses 300-level
1 course 400-level
Senior Spanish 600 (2 cr.)
Spanish 580
Spanish 610
1 400-level Spanish
 

 

Spanish Minor Requirements: A minor in Spanish requires the completion of a minimum 20 semester credit hours in Spanish, including Spanish 220, 230, and 225 and one course at the 300-level. Students who test into the program at a higher level must complete 20 credits at the appropriate level for them. If student places above this level have them contact the Spanish Section head to chart out their minor. See also the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor listed in the “Interdivisional Minor Program” section.

Here is an example schedule for a student who minors in Spanish beginning in Spanish 110:

  1st Semester 2d Semester Either Semester
First-Year SWS 105 
Spanish 120
Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
Sophomore Spanish 215 Spanish 220/230  
Junior Spanish 220/230 Spanish 225 Possible study abroad?
Senior     300-level Spanish course