Spanish Major Requirements
The Spanish major at Spelman requires:
- Nine courses above the 202 level for 36 credits
- Service Learning while abroad or at Spelman for 2 credits
- Capstone Project/Thesis Portfolio for 2 credits
Courses
Core Required Courses (ALL REQUIRED)
SPA 303 Conversation
SPA 306 Advanced Grammar and Composition
SPA 308 Intro to Literary and Cultural Studies
Major Required Courses (ALL REQUIRED)
SPA 351 Intellectual Traditions of Women
SPA 352 National and Traditional Identities
SPA 353 Linguistics, Professional, Cultural, and Artistic Expressions
SPA 354 Dynamic Relations of Political Power
Major Required Courses (CHOOSE 2)
SPA 451, 452, 453, 454
Other Required Credits
SPA 300 and 301 – Service Learning Abroad or at Spelman
(1 credit each summer abroad or service learning associated with a course)
SPA 440 and 441 – Capstone
(1 credit each semester of the Senior year)
Study Abroad
Spanish major students may complete the Service Learning while abroad or at Spelman requirement with summer or semester abroad programs:
- First summer abroad: 303 or 306 (+1 credit for service learning)
- Second summer abroad: 351 or 352 or 353 or 354 (+1 credit for service learning)
(5 credits each Summer)
- Semester abroad: 2 courses at 350 or 450 level
(language courses 303, 306, 306 must be taken at Spelman)
(8 Credits Total)
Thematic Areas
351/451 | Intellectual Traditions of Women: Representation, Voices, Silence, Collective Memory, Oral Traditions, Femininities and Queer Identities
352/452 | National and Transnational Identities: Migration; Negrismo, Indigenismo, Indianismo; Negritude, Créolité, Négritude, Antillanité; (Neo) Colonialism; Diasporas and Latinx
353/453 | Linguistics, Professional, Cultural, and Artistic Expressions: Visual Arts, Film, Music, Museum, Cartography, News, Mass Media and Social Media
354/454 | Dynamic Relations of Political Power: Imperialism, Dictatorships, (Neo)Colonialism, Democracies and Civic Society (Social Movements, NGOs)