Spanish for International Service - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This major is offered through the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in the School of Arts and Sciences.

SPAN 203 and SPAN 204 can be taken out of sequence. The gateway seminars can be taken out of sequence. The elective course should be pre-approved by the advisor. The elective course can be taught in English.

SIS 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.

SIS Majors are strongly advised to complete the course work for the Certificate in European Studies, the Certificate in Latin American and Latino Studies, or to consider a minor or a second major in a related discipline, such as Art, Drama, History, International Business, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, or Politics.

Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 104Intermediate Spanish II

3

SPAN 111Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers

3

Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 203Love, Power, and Death in Literature and Film

3

SPAN 210Spanish for Heritage Speakers I

3

Intermediate and Advanced Language Courses - Take One

SPAN 204Spanish through Film and Literature: Gender, Morality and, History

3

SPAN 211Spanish for Heritage Speakers II

3

Gateway Seminars - Take All

SPAN 300Thinking Critically: Literature, Film, and Media in the Spanish-Speaking World

3

SPAN 301Society and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World

3

SPAN 302Intro to Spanish for International Service

3

Practical Skills Courses - Take Two

SPAN 401Spanish for Business

3

SPAN 402Translation in International Affairs

3

SPAN 485Legal Translation and Interpretation

3

Content Research Seminar - Take One

SPAN 407/SPAN 607Melodrama! or the Mode of Excess in the Span-Speaking World

3

SPAN 412Encounters: Exploration and Conquest of Latin America

3

SPAN 435Religion in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Fiction

3.00

SPAN 436/SPAN 636Memory of the Spanish Civil War

3

Senior Thesis Seminar - Take All

SPAN 489Research Seminar

3

Internship - Take All

ML 495Modern Languages and Literatures Internship

3

Elective Course - Take One

SPAN 3XX300-Level Spanish Course

SPAN 4XX400-Level Spanish Course

SPAN 5XX500-Level Spanish Course