Spanish & Portuguese

 

Tatjana Pavlovic is the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

All students who choose to major or minor in Spanish will be assigned an advisor based on last name. Please complete the Major and Minor Declaration form, the Major and Minor information form and see make an appointment with a departmental advisor for Spring 2012. 

You will likely have questions about courses and requirements as the semester progresses, so please check the degree requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog. Any further questions may be directed to your major or minor adviser according to your last name.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE:

STUDENTS RETURNING FROM STUDYING ABROAD SHOULD CONTACT THEIR MAJOR/MINOR ADVISERS IN ORDER TO GET TULANE EQUIVALENCES FOR THE CLASSES TAKEN ABROAD.

Please refer to the Study Abroad Guidelines 2010-2011 for general questions about selecting courses and transferring credits from abroad

If you have questions about first and second year courses please contact the Language Program Director Amy George-Hirons ageorge@tulane.edu

We are now offering a new Joint Major in Spanish and Portuguese. Please see below for more details.

All students who wish to take courses in Spanish must follow the sequence of classes, whether majors, minors, or not. Please choose the link below to read about an area of interest:

MAJOR IN SPANISH

MINOR IN SPANISH

MAJOR IN PORTUGUESE

JOINT MAJOR IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE

MINOR IN PORTUGUESE

MINOR IN BRAZILIAN STUDIES

STUDY ABROAD GUIDELINES

SPANISH MAJOR

The major in Spanish consists of 33 credits (11 courses) to be distributed in the following manner:

3000 level (three courses, 9 credits)

1. SPAN 3040 Grammar and Writing in Spanish

(prerequisite: SPAN 2040 or special permission)

SPAN 3040 is a prerequisite for all other 3000 level courses; it may be taken in the same semester as other 3000 level courses.

2. One of the following four courses:

    SPAN 3130 Introduction to Latin American Culture OR 

    SPAN 3150 Introduction to Latino Studies OR
    SPAN 3240 Introduction to Spanish Culture OR

    SPAN 3310 Jewish Latin American Cultural Expressions

 

3. One of the following four courses:

    SPAN 3270 Readings in Spanish and Latin American Literature OR

    SPAN 3280 Film and Visual Culture in Spanish OR

One course in Spanish for the Professions:

    SPAN 3290 Business and Legal Spanish OR

    SPAN 3300 Spanish for the Health Sciences

4000 level (five courses, 15 credits)

4-5.  SPAN 4040 Early Readings in Spanish (1000-1700) AND

         SPAN 4050 Modern Readings in Spanish (1700-Present)

4040 and 4050 are prerequisites for all other courses at the 4000 level and above. These two courses may be taken in any order or concurrently. Once you have completed one you can register simultaneously for the second required course and another 400 level course of your choice.

6-8. Choose any three courses (4100, 4110, 4120, 4130, 4140, 4150, 4160, 4170, 4180, 4190, 4200, 4230, 4260, 4270, 4280, 4350, 4420, 4430, 4510, 4520)

6000 level (three courses, 9 credits)

9-10. Any two 6000 level courses.

11. SPAN 6850 Senior Seminar

All courses in the major must be taken in sequence, although two sequential classes may be taken simultaneously.  Students may not receive credit for courses taken out of sequence.  Two courses, one in numbers 6-8 and one in 9-11, will treat pre-twentieth-century periods.

The following courses satisfy the pre-twentieth-century requirement:

4000 level: 4140, 4230, 4280, 4420, 4430

6000 level: 6090, 6220, 6230, 6250, 6260, 6270, 6330, 6410, 6430, 6440, 6510, 6720, 6810

Other courses may also apply with departmental approval.

Students with a double major in another department complete 30 credits or ten courses in the major, with a reduction of one 6000 level course in 9-10.  Majors may receive credit for one course taught in English taken in the department (SPAN 3070, 3450, 4610, 4830). SPAN 6850 must be taken in the department.

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JOINT MAJOR IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE

Students pursuing the joint major in Spanish and Portuguese must complete 33 credits (eleven courses) to be distributed as follows: at the 3000 level, two courses in Spanish and two in Portuguese; at the 4000 level, two courses in Spanish (at least one must be from the SPAN 4040-4050 sequence) and two in Portuguese; and at the 6000 level, SPAN 6850 and two other courses in the department, at least one of which must be a 6000-level class in Portuguese.

SPANISH MINOR

The Spanish minor consists of 18 credits (6 classes), which are constituted by numbers 1-3 above, plus any other three 4000 level courses.  Students are encouraged to take 4040 and 4050.  Minors may not receive credit for courses taught in English.

NATIVE AND HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Native speakers of Spanish begin the major with numbers 4 and 5 above.  Additionally, they complete any six courses at the 4000 level, as well as the three requirements at the 6000 level.  Native speakers complete the minor with numbers 4 and 5 above, plus four additional 4000 level courses.  Native speakers may not enroll in courses at the 3000 level.  Heritage speakers of Spanish must meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies to determine their placement in the program.

4+1 M.A. IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE

The aim of this new program is to permit undergraduates to obtain an M.A. in one year, by applying three graduate level courses (9 credit hours) toward the M.A. and taking a fifth year of studies.  The 4+1 M.A. asks the student to take 4 graduate courses in the fall semester of the fifth year, and 3 graduate courses in the spring semester of their fifth year, for a total of seven graduate courses (21 credit hours).

PORTUGUESE MAJOR

Students majoring in Portuguese must complete ten courses (30 credits) beyond the 2000 level. All majors must take at least three 6000 level courses except for Junior Year Abroad students, who are required to take two 6000 level courses in the department.

PORTUGUESE MINOR

A minor in Portuguese consists of 15 credits above the 2000 level, at least one of which must be at the 6000 level The courses should be selected in consultation with the major adviser and according to the interest of the student, whether in language, literature and culture, or a combination.

 

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MINOR IN BRAZILIAN STUDIES

A minor in Brazilian Studies consists of a minimum of 15 credits.  This will include BRAZ 2010: Introduction to Brazilian Studies (offered in the spring) plus two additional electives at the 3000 level or above, and at least two 6000 level.   Of these four electives, students must choose at least one from the humanities and at least one from the social sciences.  Furthermore, students must take at least three Portuguese language courses, which do not count as electives.  This requirement will be waived if at least two of the electives are taught in the Portuguese language, relate to Brazil and are at the 3000 level or higher.

STUDY ABROAD GUIDELINES

All majors and minors in Spanish are strongly encouraged to participate in Tulane’s language-intensive Study Abroad Programs.  Prior to their participation, majors and minors must complete at least SPAN 3040, although the ideal study abroad candidate will have fulfilled the three major and minor requirements at the 3000 level. Students returning from international programs should contact their major/minor advisors in order to get equivalent Tulane credit for classes taken abroad. Please see additional information on specific study abroad programs below.

 

For Spanish majors who study abroad:

Two out of three 6000 level courses must be taken on campus.

For Spanish minors who study abroad:

6 credits (2 classes) must be taken on campus in the department.

In addition, keep in mind the following guidelines:

1. Credit from courses taken abroad is applied toward courses in the Spanish curriculum at Tulane after students return to New Orleans.

2. Students are responsible for meeting with the Director of Undergraduate Study (DUS) prior to going abroad in order to discuss the substitution of possible courses. Furthermore, upon their return to Tulane, students must turn in to the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) course descriptions, syllabi, and work completed, such as exams and papers for the courses they wish to substitute in the Spanish curriculum.

Additionally, students will turn in to the DUS the course substitution form from the Office of International Programs or from Tulane Academic Advising Center.  DUS will keep copies of all the substitution forms. DUS will also place the substitution forms in student file.

3. Courses that apply to the Spanish curriculum from abroad must resemble courses taught in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, which are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. As a general rule, the Department recognizes courses in culture, literature, theater, poetry, and film. The Department does not approve credit for courses in other disciplines, including political science, economics, biology, and sociology. Students must seek that credit from the appropriate department at Tulane. Students are also responsible for choosing courses that match the curriculum in Spanish as much as possible.

4. Students may not receive credit for courses taken abroad if they took a similar course at Tulane. For example, if students take a course abroad called “Spanish Grammar and Composition,” they may not apply it toward SPAN 3040, which they took prior to participating in study abroad.

5. SPAN 6850 Senior Seminar may not be substituted with a course from abroad, and must be taken in the Department.

6. 4040/4050 requirement: for Spanish majors who study abroad:

If there are no courses equivalent to Tulane’s 4040 and 4050 students should take some sort of comprehensive survey in early and modern readings.  One of the courses should cover literatures from Spain and another should cover literatures from Latin America.

(our 4040 covers early readings: Spanish and Latin American literature and our 4050 covers modern readings: Spanish and Latin American literature).

 

Tulane Programs: Grades and Credits transfer

Outside Programs: only credits transfer

 

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS-TULANE UNIVERSITY

For specific study abroad programs please see Spanish-language program requirements below. 

For additional information please contact:

Center for Global Education

www.tulane.edu/~intl

Tate House

7008 Zimple Street, 2nd Floor

New Orleans, LA 70118

Tel: (504) 865-5339

Fax: (504) 862-8765

E-mail: cis@

 

1. JYA Madrid (academic year/spring semester)

3.0 GPA; Completion of six semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivalent including SPAN 3040 with a grade of B or better during the year before departure.  Spring semester students should also complete one additional course (3240 or 3130 or above) in fall prior to study abroad.

 

2. CEA Granada Spanish Language & Culture Program (Fall semester)

2.7 GPA; Completion of two semesters of Spanish at Tulane including SPAN 2030 with a grade of B or better during the year before departure.

 

3. CIEE/FLACSO Buenos Aires (academic year/fall/spring)

2.75 GPA; Completion of six semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivalent, including two semesters of Spanish at Tulane with a grade of B or better during the year before departure.  Coursework in Latin American Studies recommended.

4. CIEE Santiago de Chile (academic year/fall/spring)

2.75 GPA; Completion of six semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivalent, including two semesters of Spanish at Tulane with a grade of B or better during the year before departure.  Coursework in Latin American Studies recommended.

 

5. CIEE Valparaíso (academic year/fall/spring)

2.75 GPA; Completion of six semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivalent, including two semesters of Spanish at Tulane with a grade of B or better during the year before departure. Coursework in Latin American Studies recommended.

6. Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Costa Rica

3.0 GPA; Completed one year of study in biology & two semesters of college-level Spanish.

7. CIEE São Paulo

3.0 GPA; Completion of two semesters of Portuguese at Tulane including
PORT 2030 with a grade of B or better during the year or semester before departure.

8. CIEE Bahia del Salvador

3.0 GPA; Completion of two semesters of Portuguese at Tulane including
PORT 2030 with a grade of B or better during the year or semester before departure.

 

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Updated March 2010, tp