Degree Requirements
Total program: 40 semester hours
Prerequisite Requirements
8 semester hours
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 210 | Intermediate Spanish I: Short Stories | 4 |
| SPAN 211 | Intermediate Spanish II: Short Films | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 8 | |
Core Requirements
25-28 semester hours
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 240 | Language and Culture | 4 |
| or ENG 270 | The Foundations of Linguistics | |
| SPAN 414 | Spanish Composition & Advanced Grammar | 4 |
| SPAN 320 | Hispanic Civilization and Culture I | 4 |
| or SPAN 321 | Hispanic Civilization and Culture II | |
| SPAN 330 | Second Language Teaching | 4 |
| SPAN 350 | The Indigenous Writer-Translator | 4 |
| SPAN 499 | Senior Project | 1-4 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
SPAN 430 | Caribbean Literature | |
SPAN 431 | Word & Image: Mexico 1920-1940 | |
SPAN 432 | Hispanic Reading III | |
SPAN 433 | Hispanic Reading IV | |
| Total Semester Hours | 25-28 | |
Electives
Additional upper division Spanish courses to complete a total of 40 semester hours, many of which may be taken abroad. Literature in translation courses do not apply toward the major, with the exception of SPAN 386 Chicana/o Movement through Literature.
Study Abroad
Spanish majors are strongly encouraged to supplement their La Verne language program with study in an approved program in a Spanish-speaking country.