The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a wide range of courses in the language, culture, and literature of Spain and Spanish America and is well known for its program in Portuguese and Brazilian studies. Two courses in Catalan are also offered. The department offers programs of concentration in both Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese. Interdisciplinary majors are available in Spanish and European Studies or in Spanish, Portuguese, and European Studies. Qualified Spanish majors may elect to take graduate courses or participate in honors work. Minors in Spanish and in Portuguese are also offered.

The department serves majors from the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for European Studies. On the graduate level, the department offers both Spanish and Portuguese, a doctoral program in Spanish, and a combination doctoral degree in Spanish/Portuguese. 

Many students participate in the Vanderbilt in Spain program in Madrid or in Vanderbilt programs in Barcelona , Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Argentina, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil. Activities organized by the department include lectures, films, and symposia. The department has a chapter of the national honor society Sigma Delta Pi for students of Spanish. Students are encouraged to apply for living space in the Spanish Hall of McTyeire International House.

Program of Concentration in Spanish

The basic requirement is a minimum of 30 credit hours in Spanish courses above 200. The distribution requirements are as follows:

Candidates for honors in Spanish who meet college and departmental requirements must complete 36 hours in Spanish courses numbered above 200. Students satisfy the requirements of the 30-hour major in Spanish, in which one of the required literature courses is either the undergraduate seminar, Spanish 280, which may be taken during either the junior or senior year, or a graduate seminar (300-level course) approved by the adviser to the Honors Program, which may only be taken during the senior year. (If Spanish 280 has not been available, it may, with permission of the adviser to the Honors Program, be substituted by an “enriched” undergraduate literature course in which the instructor assigns outside research and a second or longer term paper to an honors candidate.) The remaining 6 hours of the honors major consist of a senior honors thesis, which is completed during the senior year as independent study (Spanish 299a–299b) under the direction of a faculty adviser. Candidates must submit a proposal for the thesis to their prospective faculty adviser no later than the second semester of their junior year. The completed thesis must be submitted within the second semester of the senior year (deadlines are available from the department). An oral examination on the thesis and the general area of research, administered by a committee of the department, will follow.

Announcement 2008

The minor in Portuguese consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours. The specific requirements are as follows:

This major focuses on the two dominant languages (Spanish and Portuguese) of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America and their literatures and cultures. The basic requirement for this major is a minimum of 33 credits in Spanish and Portuguese numbered 200 or above. The distribution is as follows:

Students in Spanish may elect this interdisciplinary major, which requires a minimum of 42 hours of course work. A semester of study abroad in Vanderbilt in Spain is recommended. Course work for the major is distributed as follows:

Spanish

Spanish language and literature core courses (9 hours): Spanish 201W, 202, and 203 (a more advanced course in composition may be substituted for 201W; a more advanced course in conversation may be substituted for 202)

Spanish culture and civilization (6 hours): Two of the following: Spanish 204, 221, 226, 296; Economics 249a*; History of Art 237*, 238* (*offered in Vanderbilt in Spain)

Spanish literature (6 hours): Two Spanish courses numbered from 230–281 or 294

Elective (6 hours): Two additional Spanish courses that count towards the Spanish major. Students may substitute one language course in either Portuguese (102 or higher) or Catalan (102 or higher).

Total in Spanish: 27 hours

European Studies

European Studies core courses (6 hours): EUS 201 and 250

Social Science (3 hours): One course in economics, political science, or sociology selected from the list of social science courses approved for European Studies

History (3 hours): One of the following: History 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 244, 245

Elective (3 hours): One additional course in European Studies from those listed above under Social Science and History

Total in European Studies: 15 hours

Students in Spanish and Portuguese may elect this interdisciplinary major, which requires a minimum of 42 hours of course work. A semester of study abroad in Vanderbilt in Spain or in Brazil is recommended. Course work for the major is distributed as follows:

Spanish

Spanish language and literature core courses (9 hours): Spanish 201W, 202, and 203 (a more advanced composition course may be substituted for 201W; a more advanced conversation course  may be substituted for 202)

Spanish culture and civilization (3 hours): One of the following: Spanish 204, 221, 226, 296; Economics 249a*; History of Art 237*, 238* (*offered in Vanderbilt in Spain)

Spanish literature (3 hours): Any Spanish course numbered from 230–281 or 294

Elective (3 hours): Any additional Spanish course that counts toward the Spanish major

Total in Spanish: 18 hours

Portuguese

Portuguese language and literature courses (6 hours): Portuguese 200 and 205

Brazilian culture and civilization (3 hours): Portuguese 225

Total in Portuguese: 9 hours

European Studies

European Studies core courses (6 hours): EUS 201 and 250

Social Science (3 hours): One course in economics, political science, or sociology selected from the list of social science courses approved for European Studies

History (3 hours): History 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 244, 245

Elective (3 hours): One additional course in European Studies from those listed above under Social Science and History

Total in European Studies: 15 hours

Candidates for teacher licensure in Spanish at the secondary level should refer to the chapter on Licensure for Teaching in the Peabody College section of the Undergraduate Catalog. Arts and Science students who wish to receive licensure need to meet with Dean Fräncille Bergquist.

Entering students should consult their academic advisers or the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for advice on placement. Students who have not studied Spanish in high school should begin their studies at Vanderbilt in Spanish 100 (Spanish for True Beginners). Students with high school Spanish on their records who wish to go on must present a College Board Subject test score in Spanish or take the departmental placement test (Microcomputer Lab, 119 Garland Hall). Students who have received a 4 or 5 on the AP test should take Spanish 201W (Intermediate Spanish Writing).

                                                                SAT Subject Test                   Dept. Placement Test             Course to be taken

	No Spanish		100
	0-390	0-274	101
	400-510	275-364	103
Proficiency 520 (SAT),  365 (Dept.)	520-620	365-410	104
	630+(&3+yrsHS)	411+	201W

*Note: Spanish 102 is only for Students continuing from Spanish 100 or 101. Students cannot place into 102.

Placement in Portuguese

Students with a strong background in Spanish or another Romance Language should take Portuguese 102 (Intensive Elementary Portuguese) which covers two semesters in one semester. Those with no background may take the two-semester Portuguese 100A and B sequence.

Undergraduate Catalog/Spanish and Portuguese:

Undergraduate Catalog 2007

Course Descriptions Spanish and Portuguese: