Spanish (BA)
Description
The study of Spanish provides students with the practical instruction in a second language required to function in a nonnative environment, as well as the cultural awareness and intellectual strategies necessary to successfully navigate a foreign landscape.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
or WRIT 1010 | First-Year Writing I | |
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First-Year Writing II | ||
or LIBA 1020 | First Year Seminar | |
| Select six hours of literature survey from the following: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| Select six hours at the 2000 level or above in one modern or ancient language 1 | 6 | |
| Select six hours in History (HIST) 2 | 6 | |
| Select three hours of humanities courses from the following areas: 3 | 3 | |
African American Studies | ||
Classical Civilization | ||
Gender Studies 1 | ||
| Humanities and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
| Topics in Gender and Culture | ||
| Women, Gender & the Environment | ||
| Theories in Gender | ||
| Men, Women, and Greek Life | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Cinema | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the Media | ||
| Advanced Queer Studies | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
Southern Studies (any 1000 level course only) | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Select three hours of Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Art History | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Select three hours of Math at the 1000 level or above | 3 | |
| Select six hours of social science from the following areas: | 6 | |
Anthropology | ||
Economics | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
| 3 science courses, of which 2 must have labs 5 | 9-11 | |
Astronomy OR Physics (must be 2 courses in Astronomy or 2 courses in Physics) | ||
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
| Integrated Science I | ||
| Integrated Science II | ||
| Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences | ||
| Total Hours | 48-50 | |
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Modern Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, & Swahili.
Classics: Ancient Greek and Latin.
Communication Sciences & Disorders: American Sign Language
Philosophy and Religion: Hebrew
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Freshmen may not register for 3000 level courses.
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In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion curses will satisfy this requirement.
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Except for MATH 2451 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and MATH 2452 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II.
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Courses may be chosen from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, LIBA 2050 Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 2051 Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences, LIBA 1500 Integrated Science I, LIBA 1510 Integrated Science II, LIBA 3150 Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 3151 Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences and physics. Two semesters of coursework in one subject and one semester in a subject from another department are required. Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours. At least two of the courses taken must include laboratories. For some classes, the required laboratory will be an additional 1-hour course. For example, a student might take two 3-hour lecture courses in chemistry along with the two associated 1-hour laboratory courses, and one 3-hour course in biology without laboratory. As a second example, a student might take two 4-hour lecture/laboratory courses in geology and one 3-hour course in astronomy. As a third example, a student might take two chemistry courses, one with lab and one without, and a geology course with lab. Note that a student taking the required 6 hours of one subject (astronomy or physics) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy must take the remaining 3 hours from another department. ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy does not include laboratory work; ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System and ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies include laboratory work and satisfy the requirements for lab-based science credits. A student may not receive credit for taking ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy with either ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System or ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 3031 & SPAN 3032 | Conversation and Composition I and Conversation and Composition II | 6 |
| or SPAN 3050 | Intensive Conversation and Composition | |
| or SPAN 3061 | Spanish for Heritage Learner I | |
| SPAN 3310 | Intro to Lit and Literary Analysis | 3 |
| SPAN 3300 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| Select 18 hours of SPAN electives 1 | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
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9 hours of Spanish electives must be at the 5000-level. One of these 5000-level courses must be a literature course, and one must be a linguistics course.
SPAN Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 5230 | Spanish Morphology and Syntax | 3 |
| SPAN 5220 | Spanish Phonetics & Phonology | 3 |
| SPAN 5240 | The History of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 5250 | Topics in Applied Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 5320 | Cervantes | 3 |
| SPAN 5150 | Spanish American Women Writers | 3 |
| SPAN 5370 | Spanish American Short Story | 3 |
| SPAN 5291 | Survey of Spanish American Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 5350 | 18th and 19th Century Spanish Lit | 3 |
| SPAN 5380 | Spanish American Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 5271 | Survey of Spanish Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 5360 | Modern Spanish Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5292 | Survey of Spanish American Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 5330 | Golden Age Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5272 | Survey of Spanish Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 5310 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5430 | Topics in Cultural Studies | 3 |
| SPAN 5330 | Golden Age Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5272 | Survey of Spanish Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 3220 | Spanish American Culture/Civilization | 3 |
| SPAN 5499A | Span St Special Topics | 3 |
| SPAN 3980 | Upper-Level Spanish Study Abroad | 1-12 |
| SPAN 5292 | Survey of Spanish American Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 3970 | Conversation for Upper-Level Spanish | 1 |
| SPAN 5320 | Cervantes | 3 |
| SPAN 3300 | Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 5370 | Spanish American Short Story | 3 |
| SPAN 3061 | Spanish for Heritage Learner I | 3 |
| SPAN 5250 | Topics in Applied Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 5110 | Advanced Topics in Cinema in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 5380 | Spanish American Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 3210 | Spanish Culture and Civilization | 3 |
| SPAN 3710 | Spanish Grammar for Oral Communication | 3 |
| SPAN 5240 | The History of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 3930 | Cultural Studies | 3 |
| SPAN 5291 | Survey of Spanish American Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 5350 | 18th and 19th Century Spanish Lit | 3 |
| SPAN 3410 | Spanish in the U.S. | 3 |
| SPAN 5220 | Spanish Phonetics & Phonology | 3 |
| SPAN 3062 | Spanish for Heritage Learners II | 3 |
| SPAN 5150 | Spanish American Women Writers | 3 |
| SPAN 5480 | Advanced Spanish Study Abroad | 1-12 |
| SPAN 3110 | Business Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 5230 | Spanish Morphology and Syntax | 3 |
| SPAN 5271 | Survey of Spanish Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 3610 | Spanish Cinema | 3 |
| SPAN 3960 | Intensive Spanish Grammar Review | 1 |
| SPAN 5480 | Advanced Spanish Study Abroad | 1-12 |
| SPAN 5240 | The History of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 5330 | Golden Age Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5291 | Survey of Spanish American Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 5271 | Survey of Spanish Literature I | 3 |
| SPAN 5110 | Advanced Topics in Cinema in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 5370 | Spanish American Short Story | 3 |
| SPAN 5320 | Cervantes | 3 |
| SPAN 5220 | Spanish Phonetics & Phonology | 3 |
| SPAN 5292 | Survey of Spanish American Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 5430 | Topics in Cultural Studies | 3 |
| SPAN 5310 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 5250 | Topics in Applied Spanish Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN 5230 | Spanish Morphology and Syntax | 3 |
| SPAN 5272 | Survey of Spanish Literature II | 3 |
| SPAN 5290 | Contemporary Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 5350 | 18th and 19th Century Spanish Lit | 3 |
| SPAN 5150 | Spanish American Women Writers | 3 |
| SPAN 5380 | Spanish American Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN 5360 | Modern Spanish Literature | 3 |
Spanish Residency Hours
Students must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence with a grade of C or better. Students must complete a minimum of 9 upper-division credits in residence on the University of Mississippi campus at Oxford, Tupelo, or Southaven.
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Other Academic Requirements
Grades lower than C in modern languages courses will not be counted toward the major or minor in modern languages. A maximum of 15 of the 30 upper-division credits for the major may be taken through an approved study abroad program.