World Languages and Cultures, Spanish Concentration, B.A.

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

A degree from from the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers preparation for a very wide range of careers. Many corporate and non-profit employers consider intercultural team-building skills and proficiency in world languages centrally important critical job skills.

A major in World Languages and Cultures 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, students should file a degree plan with their advisor.

Academic Maps

Following are printable, suggested four-year schedules of courses:

World Languages and Cultures, Spanish, B.A., Academic Map

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Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours*
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	22-31 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of electives may increase.

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:

FL 1000 (CCE)
3 credit hours from SPAN 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 major)
FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours (CCE)
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

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (22-31 hours)

Curriculum: World Languages and Cultures, Spanish

Freshman

FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours (CCE)
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 (NWC) AND
SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish II 3 credit hours OR
SPAN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Spanish 6 credit hours

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
Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours
Minor courses 6 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 2 credit hours or an upper-division, 3-hour Spanish elective
Minor courses 9 credit hours
General electives 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 29 Hours

Senior

SPAN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
SPAN 3080 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 credit hours
SPAN 4000-level electives 6 credit hours
SPAN 3000-4000 level electives 9 credit hours
Minor courses 3 credit hours
General electives 7 credit hours