Placement in language courses is based on one year of high school language being equivalent to one semester of college work. For example, four years of high school Spanish place the student in the first semester of the third year. Native Spanish speakers, nearnative Spanish speakers, or students who have received advanced education abroad must substitute select classes.
Admission Requirements
Degree Requirements
- 36 credits in Spanish must be taken at the 3XXX level or above.
- At least 6 of the 36 Spanish credits must be at the 4XXX level.
- At least 30 credit hours must be taken in Modern Language courses taught in Spanish.
- Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each upper division Spanish course.
- Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 18 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3XXX-4XXX level courses taken from the UCF Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
- Language credit by exam will not be given in courses lower in level than those in which students are presently enrolled. Native speakers will be allowed Credit by Examination in literature courses only.
- Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in this major.
- Students must see their departmental advisor to obtain proper counseling and have their schedule approved before registering for courses in their major.
- Courses designated in General Education Program and Common Program Prerequisites are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)
Communication Foundations (9 Credit Hours)
Cultural & Historical Foundations (9 Credit Hours)
Mathematical Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
Social Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
Science Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
Common Program Prerequisites (CPP)
See “Common Prerequisites” in the Transfer and Transitions Services section for more information.
- SPN 1120C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 4 1
- SPN 1121C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 4 1
- SPN 2200 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 3 1
- SPN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 3 1
- 1 May be met by proficiency test or completion of SPN 3234
Core Requirements: Basic Level
Core Requirements: Advanced Level (9 Credit Hours)
Take the following three courses: (9 Credit Hours)
- SPN 3300 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition Credit Hours: 3 1
- SPN 3420 - Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3 1
- SPN 3760 - Advanced Spanish Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3 1
- 1 A native or near-native Spanish speaker must substitute an alternate upper division Spanish course in consultation with a departmental advisor.
Restricted Electives (27 Credit Hours)
Courses are to be chosen from the following categories in accordance with the number of hours designated in each, based on the student’s specialization.
Linguistics and Cognitive Studies (27 Credit Hours)
Select two of the following survey of literature courses: (6 Credit Hours)
- SPW 3100 - Survey of Spanish Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3101 - Survey of Spanish Literature II Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3130 - Survey of Latin-American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3131 - Survey of Latin-American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Select three of the following linguistics courses: (9 Credit Hours)
- SPN 4780 - Spanish Phonetics Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4800 - The Syntax of Spanish Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4801 - Spanish Morphology Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4850 - Structure of the Spanish Language Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4852 - Bilinguismo Credit Hours: 3
Select one Culture and Civilization: (3 Credit Hours)
- SPN 4510 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4520 - Latin American Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
Additional Spanish electives: (9 Credit Hours)
- Select any three 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX SPN, SPW, SPT courses not already used in the major *Maximum of 9 hours of 5XXX level courses accepted
Literature and Cultural Studies (27 Credit Hours)
Select three of the following survey of literature courses: (9 Credit Hours)
- SPW 3100 - Survey of Spanish Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3101 - Survey of Spanish Literature II Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3130 - Survey of Latin-American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
- SPW 3131 - Survey of Latin-American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Spanish literature beyond the survey level: (6 Credit Hours)
- Any two 4XXX level SPW course not already used in the major
Select one linguistics course from the following (3 Credit Hours)
- SPN 4780 - Spanish Phonetics Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4800 - The Syntax of Spanish Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4801 - Spanish Morphology Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4850 - Structure of the Spanish Language Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4852 - Bilinguismo Credit Hours: 3
Select one Culture and Civilization (3 Credit Hours)
- SPN 4510 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 4520 - Latin American Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
Additional Spanish electives (6 Credit Hours)
- Select any 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX SPN, SPW, SPT courses not already used in the major *Maximum of 9 hours of 5XXX level courses accepted
Capstone Requirements
Electives
- Select primarily from upper level courses after meeting with a departmental advisor. Courses may be outside the department with the approval of the Spanish section director.
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- Met by Graduation requirements.
Graduation
- Met by Common Program Prerequisites.
Additional Requirements
- The Modern Languages and Literatures Department offers multiple opportunities to complete the signature experience requirement. Please consult the Undergraduate Advisor for a full listing.
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- Earn a grade of “C” (2.0) or higher in at least 36 credit hours of upper division Spanish courses.
- Students are required to satisfactorily complete a departmental exit exam, entirely in Spanish. The exam is offered each September and February and students need the approval of their advisor to take the exam. Students should discuss the optimal test date with their advisor and the Spanish Section Director. Students may take the Spanish Exit Exam up to a maximum of two times. Students are eligible to take the exam after they complete the literature survey sequence and the linguistics requirement. Exceptions must be approved by the student’s Spanish advisor and by the Spanish Section Director.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120
Additional Information
Honors In Major
- Students interested in completing Honors in the Major should contact their program advisor. More information about Honors in the Major can be found at http://research.honors.ucf.edu/honors-in-the-Major.
Related Programs
- French and Francophone Studies (B.A.)
Certificates
- Spanish for Health Professionals Certificate
- Spanish for the Legal World Certificate
- Spanish for Social Work Certificate
- Spanish for Tourism Certificate
- Spanish Translation and Interpretation Certificate
Related Minors
- French Minor
- Italian Minor
- Judaic Studies Minor
- Latin American Studies Minor
- Spanish Minor
Advising Notes
Transfer Notes
- Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
- Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated by the department chair for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.
- Native speakers, or students who have received advanced education in Spanish-speaking societies, may not take lower division Spanish courses. They must substitute Third-year level, composition, grammar and conversation courses.
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
Program Academic Learning Compacts
- Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm
Plan of Study
Linguistics and Cognitive Studies
Freshman Year - Fall (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 1120C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 4
Freshman Year - Spring (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 1121C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 4
Sophomore Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- SPN 2200 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- SPN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3300 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
- SPN 3420 - Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
- SPN 3760 - Advanced Spanish Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Survey Literature Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Survey Literature Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (13 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Culture and Civilization Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 4
- Complete Spanish Exit Exam
Literature and Cultural Studies
Freshman Year - Fall (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 1120C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 4
Freshman Year - Spring (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 1121C - Elementary Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 4
Sophomore Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- SPN 2200 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization I Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- SPN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Civilization II Credit Hours: 3
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- General Education Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- SPN 3300 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
- SPN 3420 - Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
- SPN 3760 - Advanced Spanish Oral Communication Credit Hours: 3
- *Native or near-native speaker must substitute an approved alternate upper level class; see advisor.
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Survey Literature Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Survey Literature Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Literature Beyond Survey Level Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Culture and Civilization Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (13 Credit Hours)
- Spanish Survey Literature Credit Hours: 3
- Spanish Literature Beyond Survey Level Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 4
- Complete Spanish Exit Exam
