Admission to major standing 

To be eligible for a major in one or more foreign languages, a student must be admitted to major 

standing by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Normally, a student should apply for 

major standing at the department office after having attained 56 credits and no later than three semesters 

before graduation. A student planning to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree will be admitted to 

major standing after completion of 8 credits of language or literature at the 300 level with a minimum 

grade point average of 2.80. 

The requirement for the major in Spanish is a minimum of 36 credits at the 300 and 400 levels in 
language, culture and literature, and must include  314, 316, 318, 370, 380 and 408 plus two 400-level 
literature courses. 

Two corequisite courses are required: one in history or civilization: Spanish, SPN 351 (or IS 250) and LIT 181 or 182. Students planning graduate work are strongly urged to study a second foreign language recommended by the department. At least 16 credits of those required for the major in any of the languages must be taken at Oakland University.

SPN 114-115            Introduction to Spanish and Hispanic Cultures (4 each)

SPN 214-215           Second Year Spanish (4 each)

SPN 290                  Directed Readings in Spanish (2 or 4)

SPN 313                  Spanish Phonetics (2)

SPN 314                  Spanish Grammar Review (4)

SPN 316                  Spanish Conversation (2)

SPN 318                  Spanish Composition (2)

SPN 351                  Spanish Civilization (4)

SPN 355                  Translation: Spanish into English (4)

SPN 370                  Introduction to Spanish Literature (4)

SPN 380                  Introduction to Spanish-American Literature (4)

SPN 390                  Directed Readings in Spanish (2 or 4)

SPN 408                 Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition (4

SPN 415                  Medieval Literature of the Iberian Peninsula (4)

SPN 417                  Spanish Literature — Seventeenth Century (4)

SPN 418                  Cervantes (4)

SPN 419                  Spanish Literature — Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (4)

SPN 420                  Spanish Literature — Twentieth Century (4)

SPN 455                  Translation: English into Spanish (4)

SPN 457                  Business Spanish (4)

SPN 480                  Undergraduate Seminar (2 or 4)

SPN 488                  Spanish-American Literature before 1888 (4)

SPN 489                  Spanish-American Literature after 1888 (4)

SPN 490                  Independent Reading and Research (2, 4 or 8)

SPN 491                  Independent Translation Project (4)