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Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (AP) – Spanish

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Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world. The Spanish program studies the language, literatures and linguistics of Spain and Spanish America. Students undertake intensive training in listening, reading, writing, and speaking, while discovering the Spanish-speaking world’s social and cultural context. Spanish courses cover a wide variety of topics: the 900-year literary tradition of Spain; the innovative work of Latin America's writers; and the social, historical, and pedagogical aspects of Spanish linguistics. Qualified bilingual graduates are sought after in national and international law, business and finance, the media, social services, healthcare, education, hospitality and the environment.

Spanish program students can communicate in a major international language and are familiar with the culture of the Spanish-speaking world. As a specialization, major, part of a double major or a minor, Spanish is an ideal match with any program in the humanities or social sciences; it also complements programs in professional studies and the natural and physical sciences.

Spanish program students may engage in enhancing co-curricular opportunities such as experience with literary writing and publishing; connections with the local and academic communities in our lecture series and with musical, literary and theatrical events; they may gain valuable research and cross-cultural skills by participating in faculty-led research projects. Students also have the opportunity to participate in exchange programs and summer internship programs in Spain and Latin America and a summer course in Spain.

Career options include international development; social services; education; foreign service; arts; media; national and international law, business and finance; publishing; hospitality.

The Spanish Program offers the full range of degree options. Students may opt for a Specialized Honours BA, an Honours BA, a BA, an Honours Double Major, an Honours Double Major (Interdisciplinary), an Honours Major/Minor, an Honours Minor. The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics also offers a Certificate of Language Proficiency in Spanish.

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 54 credits in Spanish, including the following:

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 42 credits in Spanish, including the following:

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

Spanish may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Students must take at least 36 credits in Spanish and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet Spanish requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in Spanish and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major credits: the 36 credits in Spanish must include the following:

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: students will take at least 30 credits in Spanish, including the following:

Note: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 30 credits in Spanish, including the following:

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Spanish Courses:

AP/SP 1000 6.00
AP/SP 1001 3.00
AP/SP 1002 3.00
AP/SP 2000 6.00
AP/SP 2010 6.00
AP/SP 2020 6.00
AP/SP 2200 6.00
AP/SP 3000 6.00
AP/SP 3150 3.00
AP/SP 3210 6.00
AP/SP 3220 3.00
AP/SP 3360 3.00
AP/SP 3370 3.00
AP/SP 3540 3.00
AP/SP 3560 3.00
AP/SP 3570 3.00
AP/SP 3580 6.00
AP/SP 3660 6.00
AP/SP 3900 3.00
AP/SP 3900 6.00
AP/SP 4000 6.00
AP/SP 4120 3.00
AP/SP 4130 3.00
AP/SP 4140 3.00
AP/SP 4300 6.00
AP/SP 4350 6.00
AP/SP 4360 6.00
AP/SP 4570 6.00
AP/SP 4580 3.00
AP/SP 4640 6.00
AP/SP 4650 6.00
AP/SP 4670 3.00
AP/SP 4680 3.00
AP/SP 4690 6.00
AP/SP 4810 3.00
AP/SP 4880 3.00
AP/SP 4900 3.00
AP/SP 4900 6.00

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