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)

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)

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