Majors & Minors

Both of the following¹:

• SPAN 20103 Intermediate Spanish 1 (or SPAN 20113 Intensive Intermediate Spanish 1)  
• SPAN 20203 Intermediate Spanish 2 (or SPAN 20213 Intensive Intermediate Spanish 2)

¹ No credit given to native speakers for 20000-level Spanish; heritage speakers may only receive credit with permission of the department chair. A native speaker is considered to be someone who completed his or her primary and secondary education in a Spanish-speaking country. A heritage speaker is someone who was primarily educated in U.S. schools but who speaks Spanish in the home and with friends and co-workers. Native speakers and heritage speakers not eligible to take these courses must take additional upper-level Spanish electives instead unless these credits are awarded as transfer credit or Advanced Placement Credit.

Choose two (2) of the following²:

• SPAN 30503 Advanced Spanish: From Personal to Public
• SPAN 30603 Advanced Spanish: From Local to Global
• SPAN 31703 Spanish for Heritage Speakers

² Native speakers will not receive credit for SPAN 30503, 30603, and 31703 unless special permission is granted by department chair. A native speaker is considered to be someone who completed his or her primary and secondary education in a Spanish-speaking country. Native speakers and heritage speakers not eligible to take these courses must take additional upper-level Spanish electives instead. Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SPAN 31703. A heritage speaker is someone who was primarily educated in U.S. schools but who speaks Spanish in the home and with friends and co-workers. Non-heritage speakers should not take SPAN 31703.

• SPAN 30803 Introduction to Literature

Choose one (1) of the following:

• SPAN 32003 Culture of Spain
• SPAN 32103 Culture of Latin America
• SPAN 32203 Pop Cultures of Spanish-speaking Countries
• SPAN 33103 Culture of Brazil

• One 40000-level literature course or Cultural Studies course (3 credits)³
• Three additional electives (9 credits) at the 30000- or 40000-level OR two electives (6 credits) at the 30000- or 40000-level AND PORT 20503 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (3 credits)^{4 5}

³ SPAN 43103 Senior Honors Thesis may be used as an elective, but honors students must still take one 40000-level literature course.
 
⁴ One SPAN-designated course taught in English and taken on the TCU campus may be applied toward the major requirements.
 
⁵ PORT 20503 is open to anyone with at least an Intermediate level of Spanish (SPAN 20203). Portuguese heritage speakers and any other interested students that have not completed SPAN 20203 should contact the department Chair to request special permission to enroll.

• SPAN 43203 Senior Seminar

Both of the following¹:

• SPAN 20103 Intermediate Spanish 1 (or SPAN 20113 Intensive Intermediate Spanish 1)
• SPAN 20203 Intermediate Spanish 2 (or SPAN 20213 Intensive Intermediate Spanish 2)

¹ No credit given to native speakers for 20000-level Spanish; heritage speakers may only receive credit with permission of the department chair. A native speaker is considered to be someone who completed his or her primary and secondary education in a Spanish-speaking country. A heritage speaker is someone who was primarily educated in U.S. schools but who speaks Spanish in the home and with friends and co-workers. Native speakers and heritage speakers not eligible to take these courses must take additional upper-level Spanish electives instead unless these credits are awarded as transfer credit or Advanced Placement Credit.

• PORT 20503 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers²
• PORT 30503 Advanced Brazilian Portuguese 

 
² PORT 20503 is open to anyone with at least an Intermediate level of Spanish (SPAN 20203). Portuguese heritage speakers and any other interested students that have not completed SPAN 20203 should contact the department Chair to request special permission to enroll.

Choose one (1) of the following³:

• SPAN 30503 Advanced Spanish: From Personal to Public
• SPAN 30603 Advanced Spanish: From Local to Global
• SPAN 31703 Spanish for Heritage Speakers

³ Native speakers will not receive credit for SPAN 30503, 30603, and 31703 unless special permission is granted by department chair. A native speaker is considered to be someone who completed his or her primary and secondary education in a Spanish-speaking country. Native speakers and heritage speakers not eligible to take these courses must take additional upper-level Spanish electives instead. Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SPAN 31703. A heritage speaker is someone who was primarily educated in U.S. schools but who speaks Spanish in the home and with friends and co-workers. Non-heritage speakers should not take SPAN 31703.

Choose two (2) of the following:

•  SPAN 32003 Culture of Spain
• SPAN 32103 Culture of Latin America
• SPAN 32203 Pop Cultures of Spanish-speaking Countries
• SPAN 33103 Culture of Brazil
• SPAN 30803 Introduction to literature
• SPAN 32403 Cinema of Latin America

Upper-division electives from another department/other departments from the approved list of courses:

*When the topic of the course focuses on Latin America