Offered by Department of Modern Languages

Spanish Major

Spanish Translation and Interpretation Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  
• including General Studies coursework required by major
• Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
• Portal = 3
• Distribution = 27
  • Aesthetics minimum = 3
  • Humanities minimum = 9 including:
  • SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
  • SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
  • Social Sciences minimum = 6
  • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
  • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
  • Wellness minimum = 0
• Capstone = 3
• BS Science - related course requirements = 0
• Major Option = 51
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 96
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 24
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Spanish Translation and Interpretation Comprehensive = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

1. Spanish Core Requirements (18 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • SPAN 205GS, Culture, Conversation, and Composition - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 201GS or equivalent or department permission)
     • SPAN 308, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 205GS or equivalent)
     • SPAN 309, Foundations of Literacy - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 205GS or equivalent)
     • SPAN 310, Cultural History of Spain and Latin America I - 3 hours (Prereq or Coreq: SPAN 308 or SPAN 309)
     • SPAN 311, Cultural History of Spain and Latin America II - 3 hours (Prereq or Coreq: SPAN 308 or SPAN 309)
     • FORL 480, Modern Languages Seminar - 3 hours (Prereq: Senior standing or consent of department)
2. Spanish Translation and Interpretation Requirements (21 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
   • Minimum grade of C+ required for the following courses.
   • SPAN 333, Commercial Spanish - 3 hours
   • SPAN 408, Comparative Grammar - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 308 or permission of instructor)
   • FORL 308, Seminar in Translation I - 3 hours (Prereq: a 300-level course in French or German or Spanish or equivalent)
   • FORL 309, Seminar in Translation II - 3 hours (Prereq: a 300-level course in French or German or Spanish literature)
   • FORL 409, Interpretation I - 3 hours (Prereq: FORL 308 and FORL 309 OR equivalent AND demonstrable knowledge)
   • FORL 410, Interpretation II - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 309 and FORL 409 or permission of the instructor)
   • FORL 411, Translation/Interpretation Internship - 3 hours (Prereq: FORL 410)
3. Spanish Translation and Interpretation Electives (12 hours required)*
   • Take 12 hours from:
     • SPAN 275-SPAN 276
     • SPAN 300-SPAN 499 (Except SPAN 302 and SPAN 388)
*No more than 6 credits may be taken from Study Abroad, which are SPAN 275, SPAN 276, SPAN 375, SPAN 376, SPAN 475, SPAN 476