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Degree Requirements

Entrance Requirements for the Major

General Education Core Curriculum
(Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
Areas I II III IV V
Area VI
Major Requirements
College-wide Requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major
TOTAL DEGREE HOURS 120 hours
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I. Foundation Courses (9 hours)
ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S 
ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H  
MATH 1101 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1113E or MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 or MATH 2250E or MATH 2300H or MATH 2400 or MATH 2400H or MATH 2410 or MATH 2410H or STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E
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II. Sciences (7-8 hours)

At least one of the physical science or life science courses must include a laboratory.
Physical Sciences (3-4 hours)
Preferred Course(s): Please consider the Franklin College's Physical Sciences requirement when selecting courses from the Core Curriculum. Some courses approved for the core curriculum do not satisfy the Franklin College requirement. 
Life Sciences (3-4 hours)
Preferred Course(s): Please consider the Franklin College's Biological Sciences requirement when selecting courses from the Core Curriculum. Some courses approved for the core curriculum do not satisfy the Franklin College requirement. 

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III. Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 hours)

No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.

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IV. World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts (12 hours)

Note: Course credit received as a result of a score on a departmental foreign language placement test will not satisfy the General Education Core Curriculum requirements in Area IV, World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts.
World Languages and Global Culture (9 hours)
No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.

Humanities and the Arts (3 hours)
No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.
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V. Social Sciences (9 hours)

  • Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H.
  • A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2111E, HIST 2111H, HIST 2112, HIST 2112E, HIST 2112H, HIST 3080H. Examinations are given at University Testing Services. Reexamination is permitted. Contact University Testing Services at (706) 542-3183 for information.
No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.

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Area VI

If SPAN 2001 and SPAN 2002 were taken, select an additional 9 hours from the following prefixes. If SPAN 2120H was taken, select an additional 12 hours from the following prefixes:

AFAM, AFST, AMHA, ANTH, ARGD, ARHI, ARAB, ARID, ARST, ARTS, BENG, CHNS, CLAS, CMLT, COMM, ECON, ENGL, FILM, FREN, GEOG, GRMN, GREK, HIST, HEBR, HNDI, INDO, ITAL, JPNS, KREN, LACS, LATN, LING, LLED, MUSI, PASH, PERS, PHIL, POLS, PORT, PTSP, QUEC, RELI, ROML, RUSS, SCAN, SEMI, SLAV, SPAN, SWAH, THEA, TURK, URDU, VIET, WMST, YORB, ZULU

If any of the courses in Area VI have been used to satisfy Areas II-V of the Core Curriculum, General Electives may be taken here. (Refer to college-wide requirements when selecting General Electives).
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Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Students in the Franklin College must earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in major required courses.
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Required Courses (30 hours)

All major courses must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.0) or better.

Complete the General Spanish track OR the Area of Emphasis in Spanish Interdisciplinary Studies

General Spanish Track
SPAN 3010 or SPAN 3010H or SPAN 3011* 
SPAN 3020 or SPAN 3020H or SPAN 3021 
SPAN 3030 or SPAN 3030E or SPAN 3030H 
SPAN(LING) 3050 or SPAN(LING) 3050E
*If SPAN 3011 has been used to satisfy Area IV, a SPAN 4000-level course will be needed in lieu of SPAN 3011. 

Choose three (3) courses from the following fundamental courses from the academic disciplines of linguistics, literature, and cultural studies:
SPAN 4030
SPAN 4040
SPAN 4050
SPAN 4060
SPAN 4070
SPAN(LING) 4550
SPAN(LING) 4650
SPAN(LING) 4651
SPAN(LING) 4652
SPAN(LING) 4750

Choose three (3) courses from the following:
SPAN 4003 or SPAN 4003W  or SPAN 4250 
SPAN 4005 or SPAN 4005S
SPAN 4030
SPAN 4040
SPAN 4050
SPAN 4060
SPAN 4070
SPAN 4080
SPAN 4081
SPAN 4082
SPAN(DIGI) 4085 
SPAN(LACS) 4090S (maximum of 3 hours)
SPAN 4092/6092
SPAN 4100 
SPAN 4120/6120
SPAN(LACS) 4121
SPAN 4150 or SPAN 4004 or SPAN 4004S
SPAN 4190
SPAN 4191
SPAN(LING) 4550 
SPAN(LING) 4650
SPAN(LING) 4651
SPAN(LING) 4652  
SPAN(LING) 4750   


Area of Emphasis in Spanish Interdisciplinary Studies
SPAN 3010 or SPAN 3010H or SPAN 3011* 
SPAN 3020 or SPAN 3020H or SPAN 3021 
SPAN 3030 or SPAN 3030H 
SPAN(LING) 3050 or SPAN(LING) 3050E
*If SPAN 3011 has been used to satisfy Area IV, a SPAN 4000-level course will be needed in lieu of SPAN 3011.

Choose two (2) courses from the following fundamental courses from the academic disciplines of linguistics, literature, and cultural studies:
SPAN 4030
SPAN 4040
SPAN 4050
SPAN 4060
SPAN 4070
SPAN(LING) 4550
SPAN(LING) 4650
SPAN(LING) 4651
SPAN(LING) 4652
SPAN(LING) 4750

Choose two (2) courses from the following:
SPAN 4003 or SPAN 4003W or SPAN 4250
SPAN 4005 or SPAN 4005S
SPAN 4030
SPAN 4040
SPAN 4050
SPAN 4060
SPAN 4070
SPAN 4080
SPAN 4081
SPAN 4082
SPAN(DIGI) 4085
SPAN(LACS) 4090S (maximum of 3 hours)
SPAN 4092/6092
SPAN 4100
SPAN 4120/6120
SPAN(LACS) 4121
SPAN 4150 or SPAN 4004 or SPAN 4004S
SPAN 4190
SPAN 4191
SPAN(LING) 4550
SPAN(LING) 4650
SPAN(LING) 4651
SPAN(LING) 4652
SPAN(LING) 4750

Choose two (2) courses from the following: 
3000-level or above ROML courses
4000-level or above SPAN courses
3000-level or above LACS courses
Courses with other prefixes at these levels focused on related international, cultural, linguistic matters, may satisfy this requirement, subject to approval by Romance Languages faculty. See academic advisor for more information. The following are some of those courses:

ACCT 4900
ANTH(LING) 3080
ANTH 3500
ARHI 3030
ARHI 3077
ARHI 3940
ARHI 4060/6060
ARHI 4125/6125
ARHI 4400/6400
ARHI 4500/6500
BUSN 4650
CMLT 3200 
CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4931/6931 
CMSD 3020 
CMSD(LING) 3120
CMSD 4010 
CMSD 4110 
CMSD 4170 
ECON 4040 
ECON 4550/6550 
FINA 4810/6810 
GEOG(INTL) 4694 
HIST 3010 or HIST 3010H 
HIST 3240 
HIST 3242 
HIST 3270 
HIST 3443 
HIST 3490 
HIST 4091/6091 
HIST 4110/6110 
HIST 4110H 
HIST 4211/6211 
HIST 4211H 
HIST(RELI) 4214/6214 
HIST 4220/6220 
HIST 4222/6222 
HIST 4235/6235 
INTB 4800 (3 hours)
INTB 5100/7100 (must be taken for 3 hours in one semester)
INTL 4390 
INTL 4410 
INTL 4620 
INTL 4630 
INTL 4640 
INTL 4644 
INTL 4650 
INTL 4675E 
LEGL 4900/6900 
LLED 5040/7040 
LLED 5318/7318 
LLED 5540/7540 
LLED 5730/7730 
LING(CMLT)(WMST) 4870/6870 
MARK 4700 
MGMT 5560 
MIST 5780 
MUSI 3020 

Spanish Interdisciplinary Immersion Requirement:
Students must complete one of the following:
(a) an approved study abroad program in a Spanish-speaking country
(b) a local immersion experience in the Mary Lyndon Residential Language Community
(c) a SPAN Service Learning course
(d) a SPAN CURO project or equivalent research with a faculty mentor. If a student opts to do mentored research, the process must be started two semesters prior to graduation.

 

Note: Spanish requires individual review of non-equivalent transfer courses before they can be used to satisfy Major Requirements. 
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General Electives (30 hours)
(Refer to College-wide requirements when selecting general electives.)
Upper division (9 hours)
Any level (21 hours)

**For students who are in the dual program of study in both Spanish A.B. and World Language Education B.S.Ed., it is recommended that you review requirements found at http://bulletin.uga.edu/MajorSpecific.aspx?MajorId=162 which shows how courses and requirements in the two majors may overlap.  
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(This total does not include the 1-hour P.E. requirement)
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