Liberal Arts (Code 320-201)

University Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
Credit Requirements
Minimum total for graduation 1		120
Upper division credits (courses numbered 300 and higher)		39
Core General Education		10 courses, 36 credits
Academic Concentrations
Grade Point Requirements 2
Total		2.00 average
Resident		2.00 average
Major		2.00 average
Minor		2.00 average
Certificate		2.00 average
University Residency Requirements
Minimum total		30
Senior year		23
Major, Standard, upper division in residence		12
Major, Comprehensive, upper division in residence		21
Certificate		25 percent of credits
Procedures Required for Graduation
Obtain admission to the degree program and/or the College offering it.
Apply for graduation on CampS.

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Certain programs exceed this minimum.

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See special requirements in each College.

Applicability of Credits Toward Graduation

Junior College or Two-Year College Credits. A maximum of 72 semester credits earned in a junior college or two-year college will be accepted as degree credits at UW-Eau Claire.

Extension Credits. Credits earned in credit outreach courses offered by UW-Eau Claire are treated as resident credits. Credits earned in extension courses offered by other units of the Universities of Wisconsin System are treated as transfer credits. All other (non-UW) extension and correspondence credits are normally limited to one-fourth of the total required for graduation from any curriculum.

WTCS Credits. A maximum of 72 semester credits earned in college parallel programs at Madison Area Technical College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Nicolet Area Technical College, or Chippewa Valley Technical College may be accepted as degree credits at UW-Eau Claire. A set number of general education courses will be accepted from other technical schools. Occupational and technical courses may also be considered for transfer if the quality and content of the course work from the technical college is judged to be comparable to course work at UW-Eau Claire. Refer to the Transfer Credit Wizard or contact the UW-Eau Claire Admissions Office for information about the current transfer policy.

USAFI Credit. UW-Eau Claire will accept up to 32 semester credits for work done through the United States Armed Forces Institute, under the provision for non-UW correspondence credit (see Extension Credits above).

Activity Credit (band, chorus, drama, KINS 100-184 courses) Students may count toward graduation no more than one credit of KINS 110-184 courses. Students may count toward graduation no more than four credits earned in any single activity course and no more than 12 credits resulting from any combination of activity courses (excluding KINS 110-184 courses). 

Other Restricted Credits. For other University restrictions, see the following: Cooperative Education; Credit by Examination; Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Registration; Transfer of Credits. College or departmental restrictions may also be placed on Independent Study (399-499 courses), Directed Study (395-495), and other types of credits.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
APPLICABILITY OF CREDITS TOWARD GRADUATION		Credit Restrictions
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Total degree credit		maximum 12
Major, Standard		maximum 1 course
Major, Comprehensive		maximum 2 courses
Minor		maximum 1 course
Credit by Examination
Total degree credit		maximum ¼ of total
Major or minor		maximum ½ of total
Two-Year College Credits
Total degree credit		maximum 72 credits
Activity credit (band, chorus, drama, KINS 100-184)
Total KINS 100-184		maximum 1 credit
Total Band, chorus, drama		maximum 12 credits
Single course band, chorus, drama		maximum 4 credits
Extension credits
UW-System		no maximum
Other extension/correspondence		maximum ¼ of total
USAFI
USAFI		maximum 32 credits

Core General Education Requirements (CGER)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CGER Categories
Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning (MQR)		4 credit hours, 1 course min
Includes University Math Requirement 1
Communication & Literacy (CL)		8 credit hours, 2 course min (including CL-W)
Includes University Writing Requirement (CL-W) 2
Natural Sciences & Wellness (NSW/NSWL)		6 credit hours, 1 course min (NSW-Lab required)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS)		6 credit hours, 2 course min
Humanities & Arts (HA)		6 credit hours, 2 course min
Civics & Perspectives (CP)		6 credit hours, 2 course min
CGER Totals 3
Credits		minimum 36 credits
Courses		minimum 10 courses

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University Mathematics Requirement:

Students satisfy the University Mathematics Requirement in one of four ways:

• completing an approved university-level mathematics course (MQR) with a grade of C (not C-) or above
• achieving a suitable score on the UW Math Placement Test
• achieving a suitable score on an exam such as the Advanced Placement Calculus or Advanced Placement Statistics exams
• achieving a suitable score on a Credit by Examination administered by the Department of Mathematics.   

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University Writing Requirement:

Students satisfy the University Writing Requirement in one of four ways:

• completing a Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing course (WRIT 102, WRIT 114, WRIT 116, WRIT 118, or WRIT 120) with a grade of C (not C-) or above
• achieving a suitable score on the English Placement Test (WPT ENGL)
• achieving a suitable score on an exam such as the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition or Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exams
• achieving a suitable score on the University Writing Program Portfolio.

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Completion via Placement Tests

• Writing: If the CL-W subcategory is satisfied through a placement test, the CGER Communication and Literacy requirement will be reduced from 8 credits (2 courses) to 3 credits (1 course).
• Mathematics: If the University Math Requirement is satisfied through a placement test, the CGER Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning requirement will be considered fully met, replacing the 4-credit (1 course) requirement.
• Students must still complete 36 credits across 10 courses, with any remaining credits or courses eligible to be taken from any CGER category.

College Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree (B.A./B.S.)

University Graduation Requirements. All candidates for degrees must fulfill the requirements for credits, curriculum, GPA, and University residency as specified in the section of this catalog titled University Graduation Requirements.

College Graduation Requirements: Grade Point Averages. All candidates for degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences must earn minimum resident and total GPAs of 2.00 in the major, the minor, and the certificate. The resident and total GPAs for the major are computed using all attempted credits applicable to the major including those offered by departments other than the major department. The resident and total GPAs for the minor and the certificate are computed similarly.

Major-Minor and Major-Certificate Requirements. A standard major (a minimum of 36 credits) must be supplemented by a minor (a minimum of 24 credits) or by a certificate (12 to 18 credits) to meet graduation requirements for completing a first and second degree program. No minor or certificate is required with a Comprehensive Major (60 or more credits) or with two majors of 36 or more credits each.

Certain degree programs, which include Comprehensive Majors, may require more than the minimum of 120 credits for graduation.

Acceptable academic program combinations are determined at the college level. A major and a minor or a major and certificate or two majors (if available) may not be elected in the same department or program, except in the approved combinations listed here.

College Credits. Earn at least 90 credits in courses offered by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in the College of Arts and Sciences (B.A.)

Fulfillment of all University Graduation Requirements (which includes the Core General Education Requirements); all College-level degree requirements (major and minor/certificate emphases, GPAs, earning at least 90 credits in Arts and Sciences course work); second language competency at the 102 level.  Second language competency may be met in one of two ways:  (1) Demonstrate a level of second language competency that qualifies the student to enter the 201-level course in a second language.  (2) Earn a grade of at least C (not C-) or a mark of S in a 102-level second language course (or AIS 112 or AIS 122 or SLHS 103).

Bachelor of Science Degree in the College of Arts and Sciences (B.S.)

Fulfillment of all University Graduation Requirements (which includes the Core General Education Requirements); all College-level degree requirements (major and minor/certificate emphases, GPAs, earning at least 90 credits in Arts and Sciences course work); mathematics competency at the MATH 111, MATH 112 or MATH 113 level.  Mathematics competency can be met in one of three ways:  (1) Achieve a score on the mathematics placement test that qualifies the student to enter MATH 114.  (2) Earn a grade of at least C (not C-) or a mark of S in MATH 111, MATH 112, or MATH 113.  (3) Achieve a satisfactory score on the MATH 112 competency test.  This test may be attempted no more than two times.

Major Requirements

Liberal Arts (Code 320-201)

Information for all Spanish Majors and Minors

All Spanish majors and minors in any of the emphases offered must complete an appropriate period of language immersion in residence in a country in which the language is spoken, or participate in an alternative language immersion experience that must receive departmental approval. The minimum time period for meeting the residence/immersion requirement is six weeks; however, the department recommends that students spend at least one semester abroad.  

Students who pursue Spanish and Latin American and Latinx Studies liberal arts program combinations will need to earn at least 48 unique credits between any program combinations for purposes of meeting graduation requirements for first and second degree programs.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
A minimum of 36 semester credits beyond SPAN 102, or 28 semester credits beyond SPAN 202, including:
SPAN 301	Conversation and Composition I	4
SPAN 302	Conversation and Composition II	3
Students may earn their remaining credits from any other SPAN upper division courses, but must take a minimum of three credits at the 400 level.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Interdisciplinary course
In addition, students must take at least 3 credits from the following:
ARTH/AIS 335	Ancient Art and Architecture of Mexico and Central America	3
ARTH/AIS 337	Art of Tawantinsuyo	3
AIS/ANTH 161	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 327	The Economics of Power, Prejudice and Poverty	3
ENGL 321	Topics in the Structure of English	3
ENGL 397	Writing Center Theory & Practice	3
FLG 378	Second Language Acquisition Theory	3
GEOG/LAS 321	Geography of Latin America	3
HIST/LAS 172	Latin American History: Colonial to the Present	3
LAS 150	Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies	3
LAS 222	Introduction to U.S. Latino History and Culture	3
LAS 314	Music and Dance of Latin America	3
LAS 324	Latinx Health and Migration to the U.S.	3
MATH 107	Mathematics in Latin American Cultures	4
NRSG 389	Cross Cultural Health	3
PHIL 322	Philosophy of Language	3
POLS/LAS 319	Politics of Latin America	3
RELS/AIS 330	Indigenous Religions of the Americas	3
WGSS 422	Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Advanced Travel Seminar (when offiered as Women in Nicaragua)	1-6

NOTE:  Students pursuing the Spanish, Liberal Arts major and the Bilingual-Bicultural Education certificate or the Community Education and Collaboration certificate to meet graduation requirements for completing a first and second degree program must earn a minimum of 48 unique credits between the major and the certificate. 

The flexibility to choose from a variety of courses after those required in the core provides interested students with the opportunity to focus on Spanish for the professions, or Spanish linguistics if they so desire.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be expected to meet the following learning outcomes: 

• Engage in interpersonal communication on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
• Understand and interpret written and spoken language and visual images on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
• Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
• Demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of practices, products and perspectives related to the target culture(s) in spoken, written, and visual forms.
• Connect and integrate their language study with other disciplines and communities for academic and social purposes.
• Use critical and creative thinking to evaluate and address issues in local and global contexts.

The desired benchmark for language proficiency is Intermediate High or above on the ACTFL proficiency scale.

Spanish, Major - Liberal Arts, B.A.

The following is a sample degree plan, based on the current catalog. It is based on the 120-credit graduation requirement and assumes no transferred credits, no requirements waived by placement tests, no courses taken in the summer or winter, no repeated courses, and no remedial courses that may be required. This sample degree plan is intended for first-year students entering UW-Eau Claire in the fall semester. Your own degree plan may differ depending on the course of study selected (second major, minor, etc.). UW-Eau Claire cannot guarantee all courses will be offered as shown, but will provide a range of courses that may enable prepared students to fulfill their requirements in a timely period. This sample degree plan is just a guide. Please consult your advisor, your degree audit, and the catalog to create your own degree plan. Note: In order to earn the required minimum of 120 credits for the degree in four years, you should plan to take 15 credits each semester or 30 credits each year.

To earn a degree, students must fulfill all University Graduation Requirements, including the Core General Education Requirements (CGER). CGER course work in the following sample degree plan uses abbreviations such as CGER CL, CGER HA, and CGER NSWL to represent the learning outcomes students will meet via completion of the course. Please click here for a description of the outcomes and requirements.

Students in this major have the option to pursue either a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.  The degrees are distinguished by second language competency for the B.A. and a higher level of mathematics competency for the B.S. 

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish I (CGER CL)	4
WRIT 114	Intensive Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing (CGER CL)	5
OR
WRIT 116	Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing (CGER CL)
CGER Option: Natural Sciences & Wellness with Lab (NSWL)		4
CGER Option: Humanities & Arts (HA) a		3
TOTAL		16
SECOND SEMESTER
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish II (CGER CL)	4
CGER Option: Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning (MQR) b		4
CGER Option: Civics & Perspectives (CP) - e.g., LAS 222		3
or CGER Option: Humanities & Arts a
CGER Option: Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS)		3
TOTAL		14
SECOND YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SPAN 301	Conversation and Composition I	4
Interdisciplinary Requirement c		3
CGER Option: Humanities & Arts (HA) a		3
CGER Option: Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS)		3
Elective		3
TOTAL		16
SECOND SEMESTER
SPAN 302	Conversation and Composition II	3
SPAN 354	Latin American Civilization: Regional Focus	3
SPAN 405	Advanced Conversation	3
POLS 319	Politics of Latin America	3
Study Abroad Experience
TOTAL		12
THIRD YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SPAN 325	Phonetics and Pronunciation	3
SPAN 363	Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature	3
or SPAN 367	Survey of Latin American Literature
CGER Option: Civics & Perspectives (CP)		3
CGER Option: Natural Sciences & Wellness (NSW)		3
Cert, Minor or Elective course d		3
Cert, Minor or Elective course		3
TOTAL		18
SECOND SEMESTER
SPAN 356	Contemporary Spain	3
or SPAN 360	Survey of Hispanic Linguistics
CGER Option: Civics & Perspectives (CP)		3
CGER Option: Civics & Perspectives (CP) - e.g., LAS 321/GEOG 321		3
Cert, Minor or Elective course		3
Cert, Minor or Elective course		3
TOTAL		15
FOURTH YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SPAN 340	Spanish for Business	3
Cert, Minor or Elective course		3
Cert, Minor or Elective course		3
Electives d		6
TOTAL		15
SECOND SEMESTER
400-level SPAN course required for major		3
SPAN Elective		3
Electives		9
TOTAL		15

Minimum total for the baccalaureate degree = 120 credits

a

Suggested Humanities & Arts electives: ARTH 335/AIS 335 or ARTH 337/AIS 337.

b

Suggested LAS Elective:  MATH 107 Mathematics in Latin American Cultures (offered in Spring).

c

In addition, the student must take one course from the following list: ARTH 335/AIS 335, ARTH 337/AIS 337, AIS 161/ANTH 161, ENGL 321, ENGL 397, GEOG 321/LAS 321, LAS 222, LAS 314, MATH 107, NRSG 389, PHIL 322, POLS 319/LAS 319, RELS 330/AIS 330, or WGSS 422 (when offered as Women in Nicaragua).

d

Electives need to be carefully selected to ensure that a student’s degree comprises at least 39 credits of upper division courses (300-400 level). While students are encouraged to take additional courses in Spanish, electives can be selected from any discipline as long as the student meets the course prerequisites.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Students who pursue Spanish and Latin American and Latinx Studies liberal arts program combinations will need to earn at least 48 unique credits between any program combinations for purposes of meeting graduation requirements for first and second degree programs.

The flexibility in the Spanish Major to choose from a variety of courses after those required in the core provides interested students with the opportunity to focus on Spanish for the professions, or Spanish linguistics if they so desire.

All Spanish majors and minors in any of the emphases offered must complete an appropriate period of language immersion in residence in a country in which the language is spoken, or participate in an alternative language immersion experience that must receive departmental approval. The minimum time period for meeting the residence/immersion requirement is six weeks; however, the department recommends that students spend at least one semester abroad.   

Core General Education Requirements (CGER)