Advising Information

Tips

Always bring Control Sheet to your advising session.
Meet with your Modern Languages Advisor before signing up for classes each semester!
Begin NOW to plan to go overseas. MOST STRONGLY RECOMMENDED: Full Semester Overseas (Lat. Amer.=Fall; Spain=Spring) Additional possibilities: Summer Program in Madrid Global Student Teaching
Graduation requires a GPA of 2.0 in courses for the program and a minimum grade of C- in all Spanish courses.

Spanish Major Track (12 courses required)

Students must take one optional 300 level course; Spanish/Education students must take MDL 390 as optional course.
Students must take either 203 or 210 AND 216 or 217
Required courses are in boldface

Course #	Topic	Prerequisites	Offered	Minimal Grade
203	Intermediate Oral Proficiency	103/test in (no heritage spkrs)	Every semester	B- to transfer in
210	Heritage Speakers	Heritage speakers only	Annually	*B- to transfer in*
211	Writing Proficiency	103/test in	Every semester	*B- transfer/retention*
215	Spanish Phonetics	203 or 210 strongly recommended for majors[1]	Every semester
216	Current Events	203/210 AND 211	Annually
217	Intro Hispanic Culture	203/210 AND 211	Annually
241	Intro Hispanic Lit	203/210 AND 211	Every semester	B- retention
301	Adv Spanish Grammar	FOUR courses at 200 level	Fall	C+ retention
302	Advanced Oral Proficiency	2 courses above 210 and ACTFL Interm Rating	Annually
303	Culture/Society Spain	216 or 217	Spring
304	Culture/Society Lat Am	216 or 217	Fall
311	Survey Spanish Lit	241	Spring
312	Survey Lat Am Lit	241	Fall
314-349	Literature Seminars (except*)	241	Periodically
*333	Puerto Rican Lit	ONE 300 level course	Periodically
351	20^th Cent Span Lit	ONE 300 level course	Periodically
353	Contemporary Lit-Spain	241	Periodically
355	Romanticism-Spain	ONE 300 level course	Periodically
350	Intro Spanish Linguistics	203, 211, 215	Periodically
360-367	Literature Seminars	241	Periodically
372	History Span Lang	215 and recommended 350	Periodically
373	Intro Spanish BilingualismUS	2 courses at 200 level	Periodically
MDL 390	Second Lang Acquisition	241	Every semester
489/490	Student Teaching	MDLA 390 and JPE	Every semester
497	Spanish Senior Seminar	THREE 300 level courses	Every semester

497 should be taken by SENIORS and is offered each semester if there is a sufficient number of SENIORS to fill the course.

SPANISH/SEC EDUCATION MAJORS MUST TAKE MDL 390 (as their optional course) AND SPAN 489/90.

IMPORTANT: The state of NJ now requires as a minimum an OPI rating of ACTFL Adv Low AND a state-approved course in second language acquisition (MDL 390) for ANY CERTIFICATION to teach Spanish (Pre-K, Elementary, Middle or Secondary.)

[1] If entering freshmen take 203/210 and 215 during their first semester, they will not be able to register for more than one course (211) the following semester because of the prerequisites listed above for 216, 217 and 241.

[2] (211) the following semester because of the prerequisites listed above for 216, 217 and 241.