Spanish, B.A.
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | ||
| Core 1: Critical Thinking | ||
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| MTH 121 | Concepts and Applications (CT) | 3 |
| Critical Thinking Course | 3 | |
| Core 2 | ||
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| CMM 103 | Fund Speech-Communication | 3 |
| MTH 121 | Concepts and Applications (CT) | 3 |
| Core II Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| Core II Humanities (WI) | 3 | |
| Core II Social Science | 3 | |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Additional University Requirements | ||
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| Multicultural or International | 3 | |
| SPN 490 | Spanish Capstone Experience | 3 |
| College-Specific | ||
| SPN 101 | Introductory Spanish | 3 |
| SPN 102 | Introductory Spanish II | 3 |
| SPN 203 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
| SPN 204 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
| 300/400 COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| 300/400 COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| 300/400 COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| COLA Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| Major-Specific | ||
| SPN 102 | Introductory Spanish II | 3 |
| SPN 203 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
| SPN 204 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| Spanish Capstone | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
Major Information
- The total number of free electives will depend on the amount of double and triple counting of requirements.
- See course attributes each semester for courses that meet multiple requirements.
- Questions about requirements should be directed to the College of Liberal Arts (304-696-2350). Core II and COLA requirements may not be double counted.
- Forty-eight credit hours (sixteen 3-hour courses) must be at the 300/400 level.
- Students must earn a C or better in ENG 201 Advanced Composition and all foreign language courses.
- Minimum of 120 hours to graduate.
- A major in one of the modern foreign languages consists of ten courses, typically thirty semester hours, in the same language. Courses taken at Marshall are three credit hours each. Courses that transfer from study abroad may transfer as four credit hours, but each of these courses is to be considered equivalent to one three-hour Marshall course. Courses numbered 101 do not count toward the major.
Semester Plan
The study of foreign languages emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills—increased powers of observation, analysis, logical reasoning, memory, and adaptability—that are immediately transferable to other areas of higher education and to a diversity of careers. In learning to understand, speak, read, and write a foreign language a student acquires direct access to another view of the world at a time when intercultural understanding, at both the national and international levels, has become an urgent priority.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| SPN 101 | Introductory Spanish | 3 |
| CMM 103 | Fund Speech-Communication | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Core II Social Science | 3 | |
| UNI 100 | Freshman First Class | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| SPN 102 | Introductory Spanish II | 3 |
| Core II Physical/Natural Science | 4 | |
| MTH 121 | Concepts and Applications (CT) | 3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| SPN 203 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| SPN 204 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Core II Humanities | 3 | |
| COLA Physical/Natural Science | 4 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| 300/400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 400 SPN Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| SPN 490 | Spanish Capstone Experience | 3 |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |