Requirements for the Major in Spanish - 44-52 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 U.S. Military Service 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 - 36 units

General Education and Graduation Requirements - B.A.

To graduate, students must complete a minimum of 120 units (21 units must be upper division), including the following General Education Requirements  (GE) and Graduation Requirements  not met within the major:

• American Institutions Requirements     
• GE Requirements  
  • General Education Requirements  
  • Upper Division General Education (UDGE) requirements   (minimum of three units in each Area: UDGE-B , UDGE-C , and UDGE-D )
• Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)   (C- or better grade)
• Language Requirement   (C- or better grade)
• Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Requirement  
• Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation