General Catalog 2021-22

Required: Spanish 25 or 27, 42, 44.

Each course must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or better prior to beginning upper-division work in the major.

Transfer applicants to the Spanish major with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory courses prior to admission to UCLA: two years of Spanish, one Spanish civilization course, and one Spanish American civilization course.

Refer to the UCLA transfer admission guide for up-to-date information regarding transfer selection for admission.

Required: (1) Two core courses (Spanish 119 and 120), (2) eight upper-division Spanish elective courses in literature, culture, linguistics, media, service learning, or interdisciplinary studies, up to three of which may be from an outside department that deals with Spain or Spanish America and have been approved by the undergraduate adviser, and (3) one senior capstone seminar (Spanish 191C).

By petition, and after consultation with the undergraduate adviser, up to three 4-unit Spanish 197 or 199 courses may be applied toward the major.

Each course must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or better.

The departmental honors program is open to majors who have completed a minimum of six upper-division major courses with a 3.7 grade-point average or better in those six courses. Eligibility is verified by the departmental counselor. On the basis of their coursework and special interests, students then consult with a faculty member in that field and formulate a research project that they pursue under the faculty member’s guidance through Portuguese 198A-198B or Spanish 198A-198B.

Portuguese 198A and Spanish 198A are 4-unit courses in which students research and prepare a draft of a thesis on a selected topic; Portuguese 198B and Spanish 198B are 2-unit courses in which students complete the final thesis draft of approximately 25 to 30 pages. Approval of the honors thesis by the faculty mentor is the final requirement for departmental honors. Portuguese 198A-198B and Spanish 198A-198B may not be applied toward the majors.