The courses taken will depend in large part on the student s initiative to pursue particular interests or areas of concentration within a framework of simple rules and subject to the approval of an advisor. Students who study Spanish are also encouraged to study Portuguese. The major in Spanish requires fourteen courses in Spanish and four related courses in other areas. Each student, in consultation with an advisor, designs a concentration that represents a coherent pattern of study. Students may choose to concentrate on either the Literature and Culture of Latin America or on the Literature and Culture of Spain, or on an appropriate combination of courses from both areas.
Many students fulfill some of their requirements through courses taken abroad.
One elective course in Spanish at the 200 or 300 level Four related courses outside of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, approved by an advisor, that constitute a coherent pattern of study in areas such as, but not limited to, anthropology, art history, comparative literary studies, history, political science, sociology. The Teaching of Spanish Weinberg students pursuing a major in Spanish who also wish to be certified for secondary teaching are urged to contact the Office of Student Affairs in the School of Education and Social Policy as early as possible in their academic careers to begin this process. The research project culminates in a senior thesis, which, together with the student's academic record, forms the basis for faculty decisions on the award of departmental honors. The award of honors is made by a committee of Weinberg College on the recommendation of the department. In the 399 taken in the Fall, students work with a professor in the department to prepare a bibliography and conduct research for an honors paper.