If you have no background in Spanish, you must complete the series Spanish 101/102/201 before entering the major. A grade of at least a C- in SP 201 must be earned in order to take SP 202, which is the first course that counts toward the major. If you have previous knowledge of Spanish, you will be placed according to your performance on the Spanish placement inventory.
In the Spanish major, you will ordinarily complete 50 percent of the required courses at and beyond the 200 level at Arcadia University. The senior seminar and the thesis must be developed under the supervision of an Arcadia University faculty member.
Courses taken abroad as part of an international educational experience will be recognized and accepted for transfer credit provided they are not a repetition of similar courses taken at Arcadia University. Consult with your advisers before departing and engaging in courses abroad.
We encourage you to spend one full semester or at least one summer session in one of the programs organized and coordinated by Arcadia’s College of Global Studies.
You may take up to two bilingual courses with a Spanish or Latin American content to be counted toward the Spanish major plus one departmental course in linguistics taught in English only.
Requirements
Required Courses
- One departmental class concerning Latin America
- One departmental class concerning Spanish history and culture
- SP 202 Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture
- SP 203 Spanish Conversation I or
- SP 204 Spanish Conversation II
- SP 490 Senior Thesis (Fall)
- SP 491 Senior Thesis II (4 credits) (Spring)
Elective Courses
- ML 370 Career Internship in Modern Languages
- SP 235 Spanish through Translation
- SP 240 Spanish for Medical Careers
- SP 241 Spanish for Social Services
- SP 242 Spanish for Business
- SP 270 The Hispanic Experience in Philadelphia
- SP 285 Selected Topics in Spanish (3 - 4 credits)
- SP 305 Spanish Culture and Civilization
- SP 306 Latin American Culture and Civilization
- SP 314 Contemporary Spanish Literature
- SP 315 Contemporary Latin American Literature
- SP 324 Survey of Spanish Literature
- SP 325 Survey of Latin American Literature
- SP 326 The Hispanic World Through Film
- SP 327 Iconic Women of Spain
- SP 333 Advanced Spanish Composition
- SP 385 Special Topics in Spanish
- SP 389 Independent Study: Spanish (2 - 4 credits)
- US 234 Representations of the Spanish Civil War
- US 236 Christian, Jewish and Muslim Spain: From Eden to Exile
