Requirements for the Major in Spanish - 41-49 units

A minimum grade of C- will be required in all courses applied to the Spanish major.

Lower Division Requirements - 8-16 units

Students must complete one series (8 units) of second-year Spanish courses, either SPAN 201 and 202 or SPAN 211 and SPAN 212.

Students who enter the Spanish program with the equivalent of first-year, college-level Spanish in high school or a community college may have satisfied the SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 requirement. For more information, see the Spanish Program Faculty Advisor or the following webpages:

AP, CLEP, IB, and Military Credit:

https://www.csuci.edu/registrar/transfer-credit-resources/external-exams.htm

For placement guidelines:

http://spanish.csuci.edu/plcguidcorsdesc.htm

Heritage speakers are encouraged to enroll in SPAN 211  and SPAN 212 .  Higher level speakers may begin at SPAN 301  or SPAN 302   with faculty advisor approval.

Upper Division Requirements - 33 units

All Spanish majors must complete at least 12 units of 400 - level courses with a SPAN prefix.

Additional General Education & other Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division), including the following General Education  (GE) and Graduation Requirements :

• Additional lower division GE Area A-E requirements not met within major
• American Institutions Requirement
• Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
• Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Mission Pillar Requirement
• Nine units of Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses, one each in Areas UDGE-B, UDGE-C, and UDGE-D
• Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation