University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Modern Languages:

Spanish Translation and Interpretation Major -
Bachelor of Arts

FAH BA 3707

General Studies = 45

BA Language requirement = 0

Students majoring in Spanish Translation and Interpretation meet this requirement with the courses listed for the major.

Major (in addition to SPAN 100-101) = 35

Minor or 2nd Major = 24

Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 104

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 21

Minimum total hours required for BA in Spanish Translation and Interpretation Major = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 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.

A. Spanish Translation and Interpretation Requirements

Take all of the following:

FORL 308, Seminar in Translation I - 3 hours

FORL 309, Seminar in Translation II - 3 hours

FORL 409, Interpretation - 3 hours (Prereq: Advanced conversation course)

SPAN 100GS*, Beginning Spanish I - 5 hours

SPAN 101GS*, Beginning Spanish II - 5 hours

SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours

SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours

SPAN 204GS, Spanish Conversation - 2 hours

SPAN 303, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours

SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours

SPAN 333, Commercial Spanish - 3 hours

SPAN 408, Comparative Grammar - 3 hours

*Students with high school preparation or native competencies may enter the program at a higher level, reducing total hours for the program. Students beginning a major in Spanish Translation and Interpretation in the Fall of 1997 or thereafter may not include SPAN 100/101 in the hours for the major. See advisor for equivalency.

Take 1 course from:

SPAN 305, Spanish Civilization - 3 hours

SPAN 360, Latin American Civilization - 3 hours

Take 3 hours from:

SPAN 275, Spanish Study Abroad II - 3 hours

SPAN 276, Spanish Study Abroad II - 3 hours

SPAN 300-499