Spanish Bachelor of Arts
The information on this page pertains to requirements for students who matriculated in the current academic year. Students who matriculated in a prior year should view historical catalog information here.
Program Overview
The Spanish major equips students for a large variety of positions in industry, social work, medical institutions, and government where advanced proficiency in the Spanish language is required. Students will also be prepared to continue the study of Spanish or a related field in graduate school. They will develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish, as well as knowledge and appreciation for the rich heritage of the cultures of Latin America and Spain.
B.A. Degree Requirements
Students choose a minimum of 30 total hours(the capstone will not be required of incoming students). Twenty-four of them must come from the following list below, be Spanish courses taken abroad, or be credits earned from AP, IB, CLEP, or the Seal of Biliteracy. Students may opt to complete all 30 from this list. Each course is a three-credit-hour course.
SPAN 003 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I, SPAN 004 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II, and SPAN 140 SPANISH PRACTICAL SPEAKING AND WRITING are language courses; 140 is the prerequisite for all courses numbered above 140.
Students must earn a minimum 2.67 cumulative GPA in Spanish courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 003 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I | 3 |
| SPAN 004 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | 3 |
| SPAN 135 | SPANISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 3 |
| SPAN 136 | BASIC METHODS OF BILINGUAL MEDICAL INTERPRETING | 3 |
| SPAN 139 | APPLIED SPANISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | 3 |
| SPAN 140 | SPANISH PRACTICAL SPEAKING AND WRITING | 3 |
| SPAN 141 | SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | 3 |
| SPAN 150 | SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | 3 |
| SPAN 151 | NATIONAL IDENTITY 2 | 3 |
| SPAN 152 | FILM 2 | 3 |
| SPAN 153 | CULTURE AND SOCIETY 2 | 3 |
| SPAN 154 | CULTURAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES | 3 |
| SPAN 155 | SPANISH FOR BUSINESS | 3 |
| SPAN 156 | WOMEN OF INFLUENCE | 3 |
| SPAN 157 | LEGENDS AND MYTHS | 3 |
| SPAN 160 | LITERATURE 2 | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select six hours from the following: 1 | 6 | |
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES | ||
| DEVELOPING ECONOMIES | ||
| URBAN EDUCATION IMMIGRATION | ||
| GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: CULTURE OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA | ||
| LATINO/A LITERATURE | ||
| MODERN MEXICO | ||
| AZTECS INCAS MAYAS | ||
| COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | ||
| MODERN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| SEX, POWER, AND WAR: THE AZTEC EMPIRE | ||
| US-MEXICO BORDERLANDS | ||
| US LATINO LANGUAGE & CULTURES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (Global South) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (Detention and Deportation Systems ) | ||
| COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| TRAVEL STUDY SEMINAR (Contemporary Urban Mexico) | ||
| LATINO/A LITERATURE | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS 2 | ||
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Students may earn six hours of coursework toward the major that are taught in English and that are related to the cultures of Spain and/or Latin America. Approved courses include the following, but others may be approved by a WLC advisor.
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Additional courses may be approved by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, if at least one-third of the course content focuses on the culture(s) and / or region(s) of the studied language. Individual advisors may also approve other relevant courses not listed, if warranted. Please contact your academic advisor for more details
Students may earn up to six credits in Spanish and apply them as electives to the major requirements through AP, CLEP, or IB taken while in high school. More specifically, students earn:
- 3 credits for an AP placement of 4 on the language exam
- 6 credits for an AP placement of 5 on the language exam
- 6 credits for an AP placement of 4 or 5 on the literature exam
- 3 credits for a CLEP placement over 50 for the Level One exam
- 6 credits for a CLEP placement over 50 on the Level Two exam
- 6 credits for having completed an IB program and successfully passed the exam
- 3 credits for having completed The Seal of Biliteracy
A minimum of 21 credits must be earned at Drake or at other institutions that are approved by the Office of Global Engagement.
Students must have a minimum 2.67 GPA in all Spanish courses.
The major in Spanish may be earned in conjunction with the Minor in Spanish for the Medical and Health Professions, but no more than 12 credit hours may be counted toward both programs.
In addition to programmatic requirements, students are responsible for satisfying all requirements of the Drake Curriculum, including Areas of Inquiry (AOI).
Student must also satisfy university graduation requirements for all undergraduate students.