Spanish major
Honors program
The department gives seniors who do outstanding work in their majors the opportunity to pursue an individual research project on Spanish and/or Latin American literature and culture as the culmination of their intellectual work in the department. The approval and supervision of a faculty member is necessary. Since our faculty covers a diverse range of periods, geographies and theoretical approaches, students have a number of directions in which they can take their proposals.
The program is administered by the Department's Honors Committee which consists of the Honors Coordinator and two faculty appointed by the Chair. The research project culminates in an Honors thesis which together with the student's academic record, forms the basis for the committee's recommendation on awarding Honors. This recommendation is forwarded to WCAS and the final decision is made by the WCAS Committee on Superior Students and Honors.
Minimum Requirements for Participation in the Program
- Overall GPA of 3.3 or higher.
- GPA in Spanish of 3.5 or higher and no grade lower than A- in any of the following courses: 220, 250, 251, 260, 261.
- Completion by the end of the junior year of the following courses: 220; and any three from 250, 251, 260, 261, 302, 303, 323, 350, 351. Exceptions will be made at the discretion of the Department's Honors Committee.
- Completion by the end of the junior of at least four of the six elective courses (one may be at the 200 level) required for the major.
- Honors candidates must complete two additional independent study for honors courses beyond those required for the major. The Independent Study for Honors (399) courses are taken either during the Fall and Winter or during the Winter and Spring quarters of the senior year.
