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The Division of Spanish and Portuguese offers the Bachelor's degree in Spanish. The program is designed to lead students from oral and written competence in Spanish to a critical engagement with Hispanic language, culture, and literature. In order to be prepared for future careers in areas such as teaching, the arts, government, international relations, or publishing, undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in a study abroad program in their junior year.

Students may pursue a co-major in Spanish and another Division, comprising French, German, Italian, linguistics, or Slavic. The Division also offers a minor in Spanish, and language courses in Spanish and Portuguese.

What Can You Do with a Degree in Modern Languages?

• Translation/interpretation
• Diplomacy
• Civil service
• Foreign service
• Armed Forces
• Engineering
• Publishing/editing
• Sales/customer services
• Manufacturing
• Market research
• Consulting
• Social work

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• Teaching
• Advertising
• Immigration/naturalization
• Customs
• Journalism/broadcast
• Airline services
• Import/export
• Medicine
• Law
• Computer science
• Hospitality industry
• Library science

Major Requirements -

Effective Fall 2005

Required coursework for the major:

1.      SPN 2240

2.    18 credit-hours at the 3000-level
            a.    SPN 3332-3333 Communication in Language and Culture (2 semesters)
            b.    SPW 3030 Approaching Hispanic Literature
            c.    One additional 3000-level literature course
            d.    Either SPN 3510 or SPN 3520
            e.    LIN 3041 or any other departmental linguistics course (not 4700)

3.    15 credit-hours at the 4000-level (including one seminar in either SPN 4930 Studies in Hispanic Language, SPW 4930 Studies in Hispanic Literature, or SPW 4540 Regional Cultural Studies)

***As part of their elective courses, students may apply toward the major up to six credits of an Applied Internship (SPN 4942). Internships may include work using Spanish in a government or community agency.

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Minor Requirements

Required coursework for the minor (catalog year Fall 2005 or later):

The minor consist of 15 credit hours of course work above the 2220 level, including one 3-hour course in Spanish literature.

*Students with catalog year before this date will continue the same major/minor program requirements unchanged as described in the FSU Bulletin of their catalog year.

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SPN 2240

Intermediate Spanish II

SPN 2220

SPN 3332

Communication in Language & Culture I

SPN 2240

SPN 3333

Communication in Language & Culture II

SPN 3332

SPN 3350

Spanish For Heritage Speakers

none

SPN 3440

Language & Culture in Business

SPN 3333 (corequisite)

SPN 3510

Cultures of Iberia

SPN 3333 (corequisite)

SPN 3520

Cultures of Latin America

SPN 3333 (corequisite)

SPN 4420

Advanced Spanish Comp. & Trans.

SPN 3333

SPN 4440

Business Writing in Spanish

SPN 3440

SPN 4540r

Regional Cultural Studies

2 SPN 3000 courses

SPN 4740

Hispanic Sociolinguistics

SPN 3333

SPN 4780

Spanish Phonetics

SPN 3333

SPN 4930r

Studies in Hispanic Language

2 SPN 3000 courses

SPW 3030

Approaching Hispanic Literature

SPN 3332 (corequisite)

SPN 3103

Readings from Early Iberia

SPW 3030

SPW 3104

Readings from Modern Spain

SPW 3030

SPW 3132

Readings from Early Spanish America

SPW 3030

SPW 3493

Readings from Modern Spanish America

SPW 3030

SPW 4140r

Poetics of Hispanic Love & Violence

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4150r

Transatlantic Encounters

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4190r

Special Topics of Hispanic Lang & Lit.

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4301r

Hispanic Culture & Performance

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4481

Contemporary Spanish Women Writers

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4491

Spanish American Women Writers

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4770

Caribbean Literature

2 SPW 3000 courses

SPW 4930r

Studies in Hispanic Literature

2 SPW 3000 courses

Cinema Course:

SPT 3391r

Hispanic Cinema

none

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Co-Major

A co-major in two languages, or language with an emphasis in business, or in bilingual/multilingual education does not require a minor. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

The satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading option may not be used in earning a minor. A "C-" must be earned in all courses that are used to satisfy the minor. Declare your minor in the Department of Modern Languages (Rm. 364 Diffenbaugh - not in the Dean's office). A certificate suitable for framing is issued by the department upon completion of the minor requirements.

The co-major is a single major with a choice of two languages. Each of the languages is taken for 21 hours of credit above the 1999 level. Courses to be selected in consultation with the languages' advisor. One second year course must be used to satisfy the Arts and Sciences' language requirement and is therefore not used as part of the major.

No minor is required with the co-major.

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Teacher Certification

For certification to teach Spanish in the state of Florida , students are not required to complete any education courses, just  your major in Spanish (plus the required minor) through the College of Arts and Sciences.  You can then qualify for a Temporary Florida Educator's Certificate.  While teaching, you can learn the professional educational competencies to qualify for a Professional Educator's Certificate.  See complete information  online at the Department of Education's website:  www.fldoe.org/edcert

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Need Major or Minor Checks?

You will need to leave your name, social security number, major or minor and whether you are graduating with a BA or BS degree. The check may be mailed or faxed to you if you so desire.

Contact Mary J. Le Poer 644-2606.

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Language Requirements

A. University requirement: The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree requires completion of a classical or modern foreign language through the 2000 level (2220 or equivalent).

B. College of Arts and Sciences Requirement: The College of Arts and Sciences requires that BA and BS students complete course work through the 2000 level (2220 or equivalent) of a classical or modern foreign language.

C. Other colleges and schools within the University may also have a foreign language requirement. Students should check with their program advisor to clarify any questions.

All students graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences, or who have elected to graduate with a BA degree, must complete the Intermediate level or equivalent of a foreign language. For students who have no previous experience with the language selected, the coursework required will included the 1120, 1121 (or 1124) and 2220. Experience in a language may mean that coursework may begin above the elementary level as indicated in the questions below.

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Exemption and Placement

A student who has taken any college level language at another institution must continue the sequence at Florida State University at the nearest equivalent level. A student who has taken a language in high school but who has never enrolled in any college level language class may exempt the first levels of college language through  the placement (without credit), or CLEP (College Level Placement Program) exams (with up to 12 hours credit earned). A student only has to complete the 2220 level of a language to satisfy the language requirement. This means that s/he may not necessarily need to complete all three courses in the beginning series. 

Contact 644-2606 for further information.

CLEP EXAMS: These are nationwide exams in French, German and Spanish, offered throughout the year at FSU as well as other colleges and universities throughout the country.  Up to 12 hours may be earned. The cost is currently $85.

Contact 644-3017 for further information.

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Native Speakers

Native speakers of Spanish may not need to take any college level language course. They may be exempted through the placement or CLEP  exams.

Note: Native speakers will be tested on their written as well as verbal ability in the language. Spanish speakers who have limited ability in written skills have the option of taking SPN 3350 (Spanish for Heritage Speakers). This one course will satisfy the total Arts and Sciences language requirement.

Call 644-2606 for further information.

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Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Grading Option

The last day of the seventh week of classes in each semester is the deadline to petition to take a class S/U (Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory). In this case, the student may elect not to receive a letter grade for the course, but to receive instead an S or U, a grade for which a student will receive the credit hours for the course toward his graduation, but that will not be figured into his or her grade point average.

Apply at the Office of the Registrar.

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Drop/Add

The students should be aware that enrollment in many of our languages sections may become impossible by the end of the registration period. Effective Fall 2004, the deadline for students to drop courses without their academic dean’s permission or grade liability has been moved from the end of the 4th week of the semester to the end of the 7th week of the semester. Courses may be dropped through the end of the 7th week of classes with the exception of mandated college-preparatory courses, freshman composition courses and courses involved in allegations of academic dishonesty.
Approval of the Academic Dean is required if you are dropping your course load below 12 hours or increasing your course load to over 18 hours.

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Tutors

The department maintains an up-to-date list of tutors in Spanish. Call 644-2606 for further information, or visit Rm. 364 Diffenbaugh to pick up a copy.

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