Required courses for major program in Spanish. Students must achieve a final grade of C- or better in ALL of these courses.
The following courses are required (18 credit hours):

FLS 202 Intermediate Spanish II
FLS 331 Spanish Oral and Written Expression I
FLS 332 Spanish Oral and Written Expression II
FLS 333 Sounds of Spanish
FLS 340 Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Culture
FLS 492 Seminar in Hispanic Studies

(Corequisite with FLS 492 is the CHASS Computer Literacy Requirement. The major paper in FLS 492 must be written using (1) a word processor; (2) on-line library references; (3) Internet resources).

Literature and Culture Component: Nine credits from the following are required: FLS 341, 342, 343, 351, 352, 353. Credits must be distributed such that at least three credits are taken in Literature and Culture of Spain and at least three credits in Literature and Culture of Latin America. Also, one course must be taken in each time period (FLS 341 or 351 + FLS 342 or 352 + FLS 343 or 353). Major papers are required in these courses.

FLS 341 Literature and Culture of Spain I: Middle Ages and Early Modern
FLS 342 Literature and Culture of Spain II: 18th and 19th Centuries
FLS 343 Literature and Culture of Spain III: 20th Century to the Present
FLS 351 Literature and Culture of Latin America I: Pre-Conquest to Independence
FLS 352 Literature and Culture of Latin America II: 19th Century to the Mid 20th Century
FLS 353 Literature and Culture of Latin America III: Mid 20th Century to the Present

Departmental Electives: Nine semester hours. Select three of the following courses. Six credits must be at the 400 level. (Students may also select any of the Literature and Culture courses (FLS 341, 342, 343, 351, 352, 353) that they have not already taken.)

FLS 336 Business Spanish I
FLS 337 Spanish for Tourism in the Hispanic World
FLS 360 Hispanic Cinema
FLS 400 Introduction to Spanish Translation
FLS 402 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
FLS 403 Hispanic Prose Fiction
FLS 404 Hispanic Drama
FLS 411 Topics in the Culture of Spain
FLS 412 Topics in the Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean
FLS 413 Spain and the Americas in Transatlantic Perspective

It is strongly recommended that Spanish majors participate in a study abroad program. Up to 15 hours of study abroad transfer credit may be applied towards the major program in Spanish. FLS 492 must be taken at NC State.

All Spanish majors (including those with the Teacher Education Option) will submit two copies of their research paper for the FLS 492 seminar. One copy of the paper, as well as a faculty report on the student's oral presentation for the seminar, will be placed in the student's portfolio. The paper should be representative of the student's best work.

Free Electives: Thirty-three credits of free electives outside the required courses in Spanish. (No more than twelve of these credits may be taken pass/fail.

Spanish majors should demonstrate oral proficiency in Spanish at the ACTFL Intermediate High level or higher by the completion of FLS 492.