Spanish Honors Program

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers both an Honors Major and Minor. If you have questions, please contact an academic advisor.

Honors Major

The Spanish major consists of a minimum of 50 credit hours distributed as indicated below. A minimum grade of “C-” in all courses comprising the major is required. Students must maintain a minimum CPHR of 3.4 throughout the honors program. IMPORTANT: All Honors students, regardless of their major, minor, or college of enrollment, are required to follow the Honors program for a major or minor in Spanish.

Graduation with Honors in the Liberal Arts with a major in Spanish

**Orientation (12 hours)**. *These 3 courses are required.*
Course Number	Course Title
(H) 401	Advanced Grammar (H-section recommended)
(H) 403	Intermediate Spanish Composition (H-section recommended)
H450	Introduction to the Study of Literature & Culture (H-section required)

Core (40 hours)

603 Advanced Spanish Composition – 5 hours
3 courses at the 500 and 600-level in primary concentration - 15 hours
2 courses at the 500- and 600-level in secondary concentration -10 hours
Two of these 5 courses must carry Honors status (EH = Embedded Honors available*)
2 Senior Seminars – 10 hours

**Courses in Linguistics Concentration:**
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
H530	Introduction to Linguistics (Required for concentration, 404 Pre-req)	5
536	Language Change in Spanish	5
(EH) 537	Hispanic Psycholinguistics * (HE option pending approval)	5
538	Language Variation in Spanish	5
601	Spanish Syntax	5
(EH) 604	Spanish Phonetics *	5
610	Contrastive Structures of English and Spanish	5

**Courses in Latin American Concentration:**
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
(EH) 555	Indigenous and Colonial Literature of Spanish America	5
556	Modern Spanish American Literature	5
557	Latino Literature	5
(H) 560	Spanish American Culture	5
H565	Latin American Indigenous Literatures & Cultures	5
580	Latin American Film	5
H590	Interdisciplinary Protocols (taught in English**)	5
640	Globalization & Latin America (taught in English**)	5

**Courses in Peninsular Concentration:**
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
(EH) 551	Classical Spanish Literature *	5
(H) 552	Modern Spanish Literature	5
(H) 561	The Culture of Spain	5
567	Mosaic Spain: Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia and Andalusia	5
581	Spanish Film	5

**Senior Seminars:** *Students may substitute graduate level (700-Level) courses for 600-level seminars*
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
H680 and	Honors Seminar (Required)	5-15
650 or	Senior Seminar in Spanish or Spanish American Literature	5-15
660 or	Senior Seminar in Hispanic Culture	5-15
630	Senior Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics	5-15

**Immersion Requirement:** An approved study-abroad program or credit for Spanish 689 is required to fulfill this feature of the program.
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
595	Special Topics—Foreign Study	1-15
693	Individual Studies (max. of 5 hrs. towards major)	1-30
H783	Honors Research	3-15

Graduation with Distinction in Spanish

Previously stated requirements listed under “Honors in the Liberal Arts with a major in Spanish”.
Honors Thesis (for 8 – 10 hours of H783 credit) under direction of a faculty member chosen by the student. Student will also choose another faculty member in the department as a committee member. The thesis will also have an outside committee member, who will be chosen by the student in consultation with the thesis director
One hour oral examination covering topic of thesis. All three committee members will participate in the exam
CPHR of 3.30 and PHR of 3.60 in Spanish

NOTE: Exceptions to the above requirements and distributions will be considered when they do not diminish the quality of the individual major program.

Honors Minor

Spanish 401 & 403; Honors sections are highly recommended, but not required
Spanish H450 + 2 courses at the 500 or 600-level (one of which must carry H-status)
Courses in English may not count toward the Honors minor program
Honors minor contracts will require a minimum of 22 hours

**Additional courses open to Honors Minors:**
Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
606	Business Culture & Communication II	5
689	Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential Course	5

*Only 2 Honors embedded courses may count toward the Major program
** Only one course in English may be counted toward the Spanish Major program.

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