Undergraduate Programs: Spanish Major and Minor

For information and advising on a Spanish major or minor, contact the undergraduate advisor for World Languages.

Kasandrea Sereno
Telephone: (813) 974-2699
Email: ksereno@usf.edu
Office: Cooper Hall 371

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Download the handbook for students seeking a major or minor in Spanish.
Click here to see a list of all undergraduate courses in Spanish.
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Required Courses

Spanish Major (33 semester hours)

Language (6 credit hours)
SPN 3300 Advanced Grammar & Composition (3 credits)*
SPN 4301 Expository Writing (3 credits)

Literature (9 credit hours)
SPW 3030 Introduction to Hispanic Literature (3 credits)
One of:
SPW 4100 Survey of Spanish Literature I (3 credits)
SPW 4101 Survey of Spanish Literature II (3 credits)
One of:
SPW 4130 Survey of Spanish American Literature I (3 credits)
SPW 4131 Survey of Spanish American Literature II (3 credits)

Civilization (6 credit hours)
SPN 3500 Spanish Civilization (3 credits)
SPN 3520 Spanish American Civilization (3 credits)

Electives (12 credit hours)
Electives are selected from 3000-4000 level courses with SPN or SPW prefix and may include one course (3 credit hours) of Spanish or Spanish American literature in translation. Two of these electives must be at the 4000 level. All electives must be approved by department advisor prior to enrollment.

*SPN 3300 may be substituted for native speakers by SPN 2340 Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers I or SPN 2341 Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers II.

Spanish Minor (18 semester hours)

Language (6 credit hours)
SPN 3300 Advanced Grammar & Composition (3 credits)*
SPN 4301 Expository Writing (3 credits)

Electives (12 credit hours)
Electives are selected from 3000-4000 level courses with SPN or SPW prefix and may include one course (3 credit hours) of Spanish or Spanish American literature in translation. Two of these electives must be at the 4000 level. All electives must be approved by department advisor prior to enrollment.

*SPN 3300 may be substituted for native speakers by SPN 2340 Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers I or SPN 2341 Advanced Spanish for Native Speakers II.

Spanish (SPA) with an International Studies and Business Concentration

Required courses in Spanish for the major (18 credit hours)
SPN 3440 (3)            SPN 3520 (3)
SPN 3441 (3)            SPN 4301 (3)
SPN 3500 (3)            SPN 4410 (3)

Supporting courses in Spanish required for the major (6 credit hours)
Choose from the list below:
SPN 4700 (3)            SPW 4101 (3)
SPW 3030 (3)            SPW 4130 (3)
SPW 4100 (3)            SPW 4131 (3)

Required courses in International Studies (9 credit hours)
CPO 2002 (3)            INR 1015 (3)
CPO 4930 Comparative Government & Politics (3)

Required courses in Business (18 credit hours)
ACG 3074 (3)            ECO 1000 (3)
MAN 3025 (3)            MAR 3023 (3)
FIN 3403 (3)             Capstone Course (3)

Supporting courses in Business for the major (6 credit hours)
Choose any 2 upper-level international business courses.

Required overseas study courses and/or area studies courses (6 credit hours)
Select 6 overseas study credit hours or 3 credit hours overseas study plus 3 credit hours area studies courses planned with the advisor.

Track in International Studies (Latin America) with a Language (Spanish) and Business Concentration

Required International Studies courses (15 credit hours)
CPO 2002 (3)             INR 1015 (3)
CPO 4930 (3)             INR 3038 (3)
INR 2002 (3)

International Studies electives (3 credit hours)
Choose from the list below:
INR 3018 (3)             POT 4109 (3)
INR 3202 (3)

Required courses in Spanish (12 credit hours)
SPN 3440 (3)             SPN 3500 (3)
or                            SPN 3520 (3)
SPN 3341 (3)             SPN 4301 (3)

Required courses in Business for the major (18 credit hours)
ACG 3074 (3)             FIN 3403 (3)
ECO 1000 (3)             MAR 3023 (3)
MAN 3025 (3)             Capstone Course (3)

Supporting courses in Business for the major (6 credit hours)
Choose any two upper-level international business courses

Required overseas study courses & area studies courses (9 credit hours)
Select 3 overseas study credit hours or 3 credit hours overseas plus 6 credits area studies planned with an advisor (2 courses from International Studies or other departments).

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