The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

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Major Requirements in More than One Literature

Degree Program in More than One Literature

The programs in more than one Romance literature consist of eighteen courses. They are designed to accommodate the needs and interests of students who would like to broaden their literary experience. Linguistic competence in at least one Romance language is assumed. Students must write a B.A. paper under the guidance of a faculty adviser, as is the case in the B.A. program in a single literature. The following programs require completion of FREN, ITAL, or SPAN 20300, or the placement or accreditation equivalent of the languages selected, with the addition of two or three courses for each language studied.

Summary of Requirements:

Program with equal emphasis on two literatures

Major 3 20100-20200-20300 in a Romance language
  3 20100-20200-20300 in a second Romance language
  6 courses comprising two introductory sequences in two Romance literatures
  6 courses in literature equally divided between the same two Romance literatures,
    one of which must be 21500 taken in either literature
  - B.A. paper
  18  
Credit may be granted by examination.    

Program with greater emphasis on one literature

Major 3 20100-20200-20300 sequence in a Romance language
  3 20100-20200-20300 sequence in a second Romance language
  3 one three-course introductory sequence in one Romance literature
  5 courses in the same Romance literature,
  3 courses in a second Romance literature
  1 21500 in either Romance literature
  - B.A. paper
  18  
Credit may be granted by examination.