Spanish Concentration Major, Modern Language, BA, FL02

General Education Core 42 Requirements: 36 Credit Hours

• Area 1A     6 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - see below for options
• Area 1B     3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
• Area 2A     6 hours Written Communication - see below for options
• Area 2B     3 hours Oral Communication - see below for options
• Area 3       7 hours Natural Science 1 with and 1 without lab - see below for options
• Area 4       3 hours Mathematics - see below for options
• Area 5A     6 hours Humanities - fulfilled by 6 hours of modern language courses
• Area 5B     3 hours Fine Arts - see below for options
• Area 5C     3 hours Global Competencies - could be fulfilled by 3 hours of a modern language course
• Area 5D     2 hours Health and Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 MSSU-KCU Early Acceptance Program (MKEAP) students only
• IET 0105 - Professional Skills 3 This course is required for students in Engineering Technology and Logistics programs. Undecided majors welcome.

Spanish Requirements: 36 Hours

• SPAN 0102 - Beginning Spanish II 3
• SPAN 0203 - Intermediate Spanish I 3
• SPAN 0204 - Intermediate Spanish II 3
• SPAN 0300 - Grammar and Composition 3
• SPAN Electives (300 level or above)    24 hours

 

Additional Requirements

1. Proficiency examinations - Current Senior Proficiency Examinations (5 exams, candidate must pass 3 out of 5)
2. Immersion Experience (Internship) - use of language concentration is paramount and the immersion experience must be pre-approved by the department chair. There is a cap of 9 credit hours for internships. Study abroad or an immersion experience (internship) must be completed.

Electives: 47 Credit Hours

As needed to meet 120 total approved credit hours (including 39 upper division 300-400 level).

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Total Hours: 120

SPAN 0102   fulfills 3 of 6 hours of General Education Core 42 Requirement area 5A.

Institutional requirement UE 0100  may also be met by HNRS 0101  (2 credit hours).

SPAN 0300   must be taken at MSSU.

SPAN 102, 203, 204 must be taken OR a candidate must take a placement test and petition for retro-credit for lower division courses that were “skipped”.

A total of 27 credit hours of upper division (300-400 level) language courses of the same language prefix are required to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages with a concentration in either Spanish or French.