Foreign Languages, Spanish Concentration, B.S.

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
615-898-2981
Luciana Prestes, program coordinator
Luciana.Prestes@mtsu.edu

A Foreign Languages major with a Spanish concentration consists of 39 semester hours (excluding 1010) and must include at least 20 hours of upper-division work. Before beginning the junior year, the student should file a degree plan with his or her advisor.

Academic Maps

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Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours
Minor 1	15-18 hours
Minor 2	15-18 hours
Electives	4-9 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

3 credit hours from foreign language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

Major Requirements (39 hours)

SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish II 3 credit hours OR
SPAN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Spanish 6 credit hours (only 3 credit hours counted toward degree)
SPAN 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 credit hours
SPAN 2020 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 credit hours
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3020 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3080 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 credit hours
SPAN 4000-level 6 credit hours
SPAN upper-division electives 11 credit hours
SPAN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours

Minor 1 (15-18 hours)

Minor 2 (15-18 hours)

Electives (4-9 hours)

Curriculum: Foreign Languages, Spanish

Freshman

FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication/Elective 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish I 3 credit hours AND
SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish II 3 credit hours OR
SPAN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Spanish 6 credit hours (Only 3 hours may be counted toward the degree.)

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours
SPAN 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 credit hours
SPAN 2020 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

SPAN 3010 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3020 - Advanced Spanish 3 credit hours
SPAN 3000 - Group Conversational Spanish 1 credit hour (2 credit hours) or an upper-division, 3 -hour Spanish elective
SPAN 3080 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 credit hours
Minor courses 12 credit hours
General electives 1 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

Senior

SPAN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
SPAN 4000-level electives 6 credit hours
SPAN 3000-4000 level electives 9 credit hours
Minor courses 15 credit hours