Degree Requirements
Requirements for the BA degree in Spanish (30 hours):
Students are required to take or have credit for the following courses:
- SPAN 250
- SPAN 251
- SPAN 270
- SPAN 271 or SPAN 272
And any six courses at the SPAN 300-level, of which:
- one of which must be a Latin American topic course
- one of which must be an Iberian (Spain) topic course
(10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours)
Requirements for the MA degree in Spanish (30 hours)
Students are required to complete:
- ten graduate-level courses
- a two-part comprehensive exam, written and oral
- or nine graduate-level courses and a Masters thesis
The following exceptions apply, and are dependent upon approval of the Graduate Program Director:
- students may transfer up to two graduate-level classes (six credit hours) from another institution toward their LUC degree
- students may take up to two classes (six credit hours) of SPAN 300-level courses, given that the syllabus of each provides graduate level expectations for completing the course
- students may take up to two LUC graduate seminars (six credit hours) in another department
- students who have the Graduate Program Director’s permission to write a Masters thesis will complete nine courses, or 27 hours of course work, plus the credit-bearing thesis research course, SPAN 501, for three credit hours (please see the department's Thesis Guidelines)