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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Spanish Studies - Brazilian Portuguese Concentration (BA)
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Program Educational Goals
A. Linguistic Proficiency / Communication Skills: Students will function in Spanish (speaking, writing, listening, and reading) and Brazilian Portuguese (speaking, listening, and informational reading). - Students will be able to read and summarize in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of extended speech in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, and follow more complex lines of argument when the topic is reasonably familiar.
- Students will be able to function in interactions where they may need to request resources where Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese is spoken.
B. Cultural Understanding / International Experience: Students will demonstrate understanding of cultural practices, products, and perspectives in Spanish-speaking culture(s) and in Brazil. - To the extent that it is practical, students will be able to reflect on their experience with Spanish- and Brazilian Portuguese-speaking cultures, thus gaining new perspectives on their own culture as well. This will ideally occur through study abroad and/or community engagement.
- Students will be able to interact in most Spanish-speaking cultures, and in Brazil, in a socially appropriate register in a variety of settings: with a host family, peers, as a traveler.
- Students will demonstrate understanding of cultural and social norms in Spanish-speaking culture/s and in Brazil.
C. Appreciation of World Literatures: Students will analyze and interpret literature, film, or other sources in Spanish, and understand functional texts in Brazilian Portuguese. - Students will be able to read longer texts like short stories and simple novels and understand most of the main ideas, guessing the meaning of new words from context.
- Students will be able to briefly summarize a text/source, describe important themes, and explain the role and meaning of music, literature, art and other artistic expressions in Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Students will relate textual elements to relevant cultural, historical, ideological, and aesthetic contexts in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Students will demonstrate comprehension of diverse non-fictional and informational texts (instructions, signage, news items, menus, social media) in Brazilian Portuguese.
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College Requirements:
College Breadth Requirements:
The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth. *If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement. Second Language:
- Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in a language other than English with minimum grades of D-.
- Languages offered include American Sign Language (ASLC), Ancient Greek (GREK), Arabic (ARAB), Brazilian Portuguese (PORT), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GRMN), Hebrew (HEBR), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KORE), Latin (LATN), Russian (RUSS), and Spanish (SPAN).
- Students with four or more years of high school work in a second language, or who have proficiency in a language other than English, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Mathematics:
The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters. Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-): Option Two:
One of the following: Option Four:
- Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).
Second Writing Requirement:
A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed. Major Requirements:
Fourteen courses (40 cr) as follows. Minimum grade of C- required. Core (15 cr):
Five Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese language courses: Conversation and communication (3 cr):
One of the following: Cultures (3 cr):
One of the following: Literature (3 cr):
One of the following: Spanish electives (15 cr):
- One SPAN 3xx (3 cr)
- Two SPAN 4xx numbered 415 or higher (6 cr)
- Two SPAN 4xx (6 cr)
Electives:
After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree. Credits to Total a Minimum of 124
Last Revised for 2025-2026 Academic Year
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