Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 36 SPAN credit hours.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 36 upper division (3000-level and above) credit hours in the major.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C-(1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.5. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
4. Students must complete a minimum of 18 SPAN credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. Spanish majors are advised to take MATH 1010 or 2830 for their CU Denver Core Curriculum Mathematics requirement.
2. Courses taken at other institutions while a student is enrolled at CU Denver may be applied to the major only with departmental approval before enrollment in those courses.
3. Before enrolling in their final semester in the language, Spanish majors must be evaluated by the faculty in oral and written skills. Students must see their Spanish advisor for specific information.
4. Students must complete at least 12 SPAN credit hours at the 4000 level.
5. Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in courses taught in Spanish.
6. Up to 6 credit hours of the 36 upper division level credit hours may be taken in related fields.

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  Take the following required courses:

• SPAN 3101 - Introduction to the Study of Literature
• SPAN 3060 - Hispanic Phonetics: Theory and Practice

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  Take at least one Spanish Literature course

• SPAN 3199 - Topics in Spanish Literature
• SPAN 3400 - Survey of Spanish Literature I
• SPAN 3410 - Survey of Spanish Literature II
• SPAN 4110 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
• SPAN 4130 - Medieval Spanish Literature
• SPAN 4150 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
• SPAN 4300 - Generation of 1898
• SPAN 4340 - Race, Class, and Gender in Spanish Golden Age Literature
• SPAN 4380 - Romanticism in Spain
• SPAN 4399 - Special Topics: Spanish Peninsular Literature

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  Take at least one Spanish-American literature course:

• SPAN 3510 - Survey of Spanish American Literature II
• SPAN 4180 - Modernism
• SPAN 4401 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature I: Pre-1898
• SPAN 4450 - Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature

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  Take two additional courses on Language Skills and Theory:

• SPAN 3010 - Spanish Composition I
• SPAN 3020 - Spanish Composition II
• SPAN 3030 - Spanish Oral Proficiency
• SPAN 3050 - Advanced Spanish Grammar

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  Take two of the following Culture and Civilizations of Spain or Spanish America courses:

• SPAN 3212 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization
• SPAN 3213 - Contemporary Latin American Culture and Institutions
• SPAN 3221 - Culture and Civilization of Spain I
• SPAN 3222 - Culture and Civilization of Spain II
• SPAN 3223 - Contemporary Spanish Culture and Institutions
• SPAN 3225 - Special Topics In Hispanic Culture
• SPAN 3230 - Ibero-American Cultures through Film
• SPAN 3240 - Food Metaphors: Ibero-American Cuisine and Culture
• SPAN 3270 - Bilingual Communities: Spanish as a Language of Contact
• SPAN 4330 - Modern Culture of Spain through Film and Narrative

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  Take four upper division (3000-level and above) electives. Up to two of these electives may be taken outside the SPAN subject code

• ANTH 3121 - Language, Culture, and Communication
• ANTH 4320 - Archaeology of Mexico and Central America
• CHIN 3— Any upper-division course in Chinese
• CHIN 4— Any upper-division course in Chinese
• ENGL 3160 - Language Theory
• ENGL 3798 - International Perspectives in Literature and Film
• ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition
• ENGL 4460 - Contemporary World Literature
• ETST 3108 - Chicano/a and Latino/a History
• ETST 3350 - Colonial Latin America
• ETST 3408 - Social Psychology of Latinos/as
• ETST 3838 - History of the Mexican American in Colorado
• ETST 4616 - Selected Topics: Chicanos/as and Latinos/as
• ETST 4768 - Chicano/Chicana Narrative and Social History
• FREN 3— Any upper-division course in French
• FREN 4— Any upper-division course in French
• GEOG 3130 - Central America and the Caribbean
• GEOG 3140 - Geography of South America
• GRMN 3— Any upper-division course in German
• GRMN 4— Any upper-division course in German
• HIST 3345 - Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
• HIST 3350 - Colonial Latin America
• HIST 3365 - Aztlan in the United States: Chicano History from 1821
• HIST 3460 - Modern Latin American History
• HIST 4411 - Modern Mexico
• HIST 4412 - Mexico and the United States: People and Politics on the Border
• HIST 4415 - Social Revolutions in Latin America
• HIST 4417 - Commodities and Globalization
• LING 3100 - Language in Society
• MLNG 4690 - Methods of Teaching Modern Languages
• MLNG 4691 - Methods of Teaching Modern Languages II
• PSCI 4235 - Politics and Markets in Latin America
• PSCI 4545 - Immigration Politics
• PSCI 4554 - Chicano and Latino Politics