ACADEMIC PROGRAM APPROVAL
CHECKLIST
This form is a routing document for the approval
of new and revised academic programs.
Page 2 will serve as an attachment to the Faculty Senate agenda. Proposing department should complete form,
attach as a cover page and forward to the college dean. Documentation should
include copy of curriculum as it is to appear in the Undergraduate and Graduate
Catalog. Proposals must arrive to the
Undergraduate/Graduate Committee by November in order to reach the Faculty
Senate by March 1. Proposals received
after this date cannot be implemented the following year nor included in the
catalog for that year.
1. Proposed change leads to the degree of
( x) Bachelor of Arts ( ) Master of Arts ( ) Doctor of Philosophy
( ) Bachelor of Science ( ) Master of Science ( ) Other ______________________________________
2. ( ) New major/curriculum Title to be entered in record of students who select this program
( ) New minor
( ) Change from provisional to permanent status.
3. (X ) Revision of existing: ( X ) major ( ) minor ( ) concentration
Present
title B.A. in Foreign
Languages and Literatures: Spanish Studies
Records
System Program Code
( X ) Add/delete required courses/credit hours Add required course SPAN 300 3 credits
( ) Add concentration Title
( ) Delete concentration Title
4. ( ) Deletion of existing/disestablish: ( ) major ( ) minor ( ) Other _______________________________
Title Code______________________
5. ( ) Policy Change_________________________________________________
a. Rationale for creation, revision, or deletion:
The Spanish Faculty is initiating a change in the requirements for the degree: B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures: Spanish Studies to add an additional required course: Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar I. Observation and testing of our Spanish Studies Majors has led us to the conclusion that nearly all students require further work to improve their basic skills in written and oral communication. Our goal is to graduate students with a high level of competence in the language. This course will improve the likelihood of our achieving this goal. The course will also enable students to improve their performance in other courses in their major at the 300 and 400 levels. This change in requirements will not add to the number of credits for the major because we are simply specifying another required course (3 credits) but we are reducing the student’s selection among various courses to complete the major from 3 courses for 9 credits to 2 courses for 6 credits. Thus, we have maintained the number of credits necessary for the Spanish Studies major at 39 to 42, depending upon the student’s option within the major.
b. Summary of program:
Bachelor of Arts
SPANISH STUDIES
Specific Requirements
Option I - Language and Literature (39 units)
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201 ( 6)
Three of: SPAN 301, 302, 303, 304, 35
( 9)
Four of: SPAN 4XX (Literature)
(12) One
of: SPAN 314, 401, 403 ( 3)
One of SPAN 300 (3)
Option II - Civilization & Culture (39 units)
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201 (6)
Three of: SPAN 301, 302, 303, 304, 355
(9)
Two of: SPAN 325 (or 308) and SPAN 326 (6)
One of SPAN 300 (3)
Two of: SPAN 4XX (Literature)
(6)
One of: SPAN 4XX (3)
(3)
Two of: SPAN 2XX, SPAN 207, SPAN
208, SPAN 3XX, SPAN 4XX
FLLT
202 or any FLLT course numbered 320 to 330
HIST 339, ARTH 339, POSC 441 (courses
offered abroad)
Extra-departmental courses listed on
reverse side. (6)
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Option III - Spanish Period Studies (42 units)
The Period Studies option is for students
who have a particular interest in a specific historical period (e.g. Middle
Ages, Renaissance, Twentieth Century, etc.). The Period Studies option
allows students to take several extra-departmental courses in one historical
period.
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201
(6)
One of SPAN 300 (3)
One of: SPAN 325 (or 308) or SPAN 326 (3)
Two of: SPAN 301, 302, 303, 304, 355
(6)
Two of: SPAN 4XX (Literature)
(6)
One of: SPAN 4XX
(3)
One of: SPAN 3XX or SPAN 4XX (3)
Four of:ENGL, FLLT, HIST, ARTH, PHIL, POSC, MUSC, SPAN 207, SPAN 208: all
courses whose principal coverage falls within the period chosen. (12)
Option IV - Spanish Area Studies (42 units)
For the Spanish Studies major, the primary
area
in which courses are available is Spain. Students
interested in Spain as well as in the Spanish
language may wish to select this option. The
Area Studies option allows students to take
several
extra-departmental courses which focus
on Spain,
such as those offered on the Fall
Semester
Program in Granada.
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201 (6)
One of: SPAN 300 (3)
One of: SPAN 325(or 308)
(3)
Two of: SPAN 301 and SPAN 302 (or 355) (6) (6)
Two of: SPAN 4XX (Literature) (6) (6)
One of: SPAN 4XX
(3) (3)
One of: SPAN 3XX or SPAN
4XX (3) (3)
Four of: HIST 339, ARTH 339, POSC 441,
SPAN 207, SPAN 208 (courses offered abroad).
Extra-departmental courses devoted to Spanish
history,
art, etc. (12)
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Option V - Latin American Area Studies (42 Units)
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201 (6)
One of : SPAN 300 (3)
One of: SPAN 326
(3)
Two of: SPAN 303 and SPAN 304 (6)
Two of: SPAN 4XX (Literature) (6)
One of: SPAN 4XX
(3)
One of: SPAN 3XX or SPAN 4XX
(3)
Four of: Extra-departmental courses devoted to
Latin
America (see reverse side) (12).
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Option
VI - Linguistics (42
Units)
Spanish
Two of: SPAN 200 and SPAN 201 (6)
One of: SPAN 300 (3)
One of: SPAN 325(or 308), SPAN 326 (3)
Two of: SPAN 3XX (Literature)
(6)
Two of: SPAN 4XX (Literature)
(6)
One of: SPAN 4XX
(3)
Linguistics
LING 101 *
(3) (3)
One of: LING2XX, LING3XX, LING4XX (3)
One of: LING2XX, LING3XX, LING4XX (3)
(3)
One of: LING2XX, LING3XX, LING4XX (3)
One of: LING 417, 476, 477, 491
(3) (3)
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Option VII - Spanish Film Studies (39 units)
One of: SPAN 201 (3) One
of: SPAN 4XX literature, civilization
One of: SPAN 300 (3) Or culture (3)
Two of: SPAN 3XX literature (6) One of SPAN 454 (3)
Two of: SPAN 4XX literature (6) One
of: FLLT 4XX film theory (3)
One of SPAN 2XX or 3XX or 4XX (3) Two
of: FLLT 3XX or 4XX or SPAN 3XX or 4XX
Or FREN , GERM, ITAL 3XX or 4XX film (6)
One of: SPAN, FLLT, or other
related course in
ARTH, ENGL, HIST, MUSC, POSC (3)
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* Requires Course Substitution Form.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Courses approved for credit towards Options I, II,
IV, and V of the Spanish Major are as follows:
POSC 426 Latin
American Political Systems
POSC 431 Latin
American Politics: Countries
POSC 450 Problems
of Latin American Politics
HIST 135 Introduction
to Latin American History
HIST 331 History of Caribbean I
HIST 332 History of Caribbean II
HIST 334 History
of Mexico
HIST 335 History of Colonial Latin America
HIST 348 History of Spain: 1479-Present
HIST 349 Hispanic Societies: 1492-Present
HIST 430 Twentieth-Century
Latin American Revolutions
HIST 477 Studies
in Latin American History
ANTH 265 High
Civilizations of the Americas
ANTH 327 Peoples
of the Caribbean
ANTH 337 South
American Indians
ANTH 375 Peoples
and Cultures of Modern Latin America
ANTH 380 Peoples
and Cultures of Mexico and Central America