Hispanic Studies - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
This major is offered through the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Students who place out of one of the language courses (SPAN 104, SPAN 111, SPAN 203, SPAN 204, SPAN 210, SPAN 211) will enroll in additional elective courses. No more than two electives can be taught in English.
Hispanic Studies Majors are required to spend a semester studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. All credits earned abroad are eligible for transfer if the student is enrolled in affiliated programs. SPAN 489 must be taken at Catholic University. Under special circumstances may students petition that the study abroad requirement be waived.
Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One
| SPAN 104 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
| SPAN 111 | Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 |
Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One
| SPAN 203 | Love, Power, and Death in Literature and Film | 3 |
| SPAN 210 | Spanish for Heritage Speakers I | 3 |
Required Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One
| SPAN 204 | Spanish through Film and Literature: Gender, Morality and, History | 3 |
| SPAN 211 | Spanish for Heritage Speakers II | 3 |
Gateway Seminars - Take All
| SPAN 300 | Thinking Critically: Literature, Film, and Media in the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 301 | Society and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 |
Practical Skills Course - Take One
| SPAN 401 | Spanish for Business | 3 |
| SPAN 402 | Translation in International Affairs | 3 |
| SPAN 485 | Legal Translation and Interpretation | 3 |
| ML 495 | Modern Languages and Literatures Internship | 3 |
Content Research Seminars - Take Two
| SPAN 407/SPAN 607 | Melodrama! or the Mode of Excess in the Span-Speaking World | 3 |
| SPAN 412 | Encounters: Exploration and Conquest of Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 435 | Religion in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Fiction | 3.00 |
| SPAN 436/SPAN 636 | Memory of the Spanish Civil War | 3 |
Senior Thesis Seminar - Take All
Elective Courses - Take Three
| SPAN 3XX | 300-Level Spanish Course | |
| SPAN 4XX | 400-Level Spanish Course | |
| SPAN 5XX | 500-Level Spanish Course | |