MAJOR IN SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES
NOTE: With advisor approval, courses in both the Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures and the Columbia Department of Spanish and Portuguese numbered 3000 and above will count toward the majors or minors--with the exception of intensive Portuguese and Catalan language courses, which may be counted as electives “outside’ the Departments, as explained below.
Required Introductory courses:
SPAN W3300 Advanced Spanish Language
SPAN W3330 Introduction to Hispanic Cultures
SPAN W3349 Hispanic Cultures I
SPAN W3350 Hispanic Cultures II
Eleven courses (minimum 33 credits): SPAN 3300, 3330, 3349, 3350, six elective courses and a Senior Seminar (3990, 3991, 3992 or 3993). A minimum of three electives must be chosen from the Departments´ 3000- or 4000-level* offerings. Up to three electives may be taken outside the Departments, provided they address Hispanic topics. Coursework completed in other departments requires the approval of the major advisor; students should therefore not wait until their senior year to find out whether courses they have taken will apply to the major. All students should seek chronological and geographic breadth in their coursework, enrolling in diverse classes on both Latin American and Iberian topics, something that is essential for those planning future graduate work in Hispanic Studies. Such students should consult especially closely with their advisor to plan their program. Students are also encouraged to study at least a year in another language, enrolling in intensive courses whenever possible. (Language courses, including Portuguese and Catalan, may count as outside electives, but language courses in the Departments must be intensive to satisfy this requirement: PORT 1120, 1220 and 1320 and CATL 1120 and 1220.)
*4000-level courses, offered only at Columbia, are joint graduate-undergraduate courses.