Hispanic Studies

Basic Requirements: 12 half-courses

1. Required courses:
1. Two survey half-courses:
1. Spanish 70a or 70c.
2. Spanish 71a or 71b.
2. One of the following advanced half-courses in language: Spanish 44, 48, 49a, 49b, 53, 54. Note: Must be satisfied with a grade of B- or better. Native speakers may replace language courses with literature courses subsequent to a departmental interview. Courses taken outside Harvard may be substituted upon approval from the undergraduate adviser in Spanish.
3. One half-course in the Spanish 90 series.
4. Five half-courses in Spanish that are numbered 100 or above or are tutorials. At least two of the non-tutorial half-courses must treat literature before 1800, and at least five must be taught in Spanish. May include no more than one of the following: Spanish 35, 36, 41, and 42.
5. Three half-courses in related fields. These include courses in anthropology, the Core Curriculum, English, government, history, history of art and architecture, etc. One intermediate or advanced course in another Romance language or Latin may be counted as a related field. The undergraduate adviser in Spanish must approve all courses to be counted as related fields.
2. Tutorial: Sophomore year: Spanish 97 (one term) required. Small-group instruction. Letter-graded.
3. Thesis: Not required.
4. Other information: Same as Hispanic Literature Basic Requirements.

Hispanic Literature or Hispanic Studies Requirements for Honors Eligibility: 14 half-courses

Honors candidates must take one term of Spanish 98: Junior Tutorial with weekly one-on-one instruction. This will count toward the requirement listed in item 1d of Basic Requirements.

In addition to the Basic Requirements, honors candidates are required to take two terms of Spanish 99 (graded SAT/UNS) and complete an honors thesis. A thesis proposal is made by the honors candidate and approved by the undergraduate adviser in Spanish in conjunction with other faculty members and members of the Tutorial Board in the spring term of the junior year.

Also, at the end of their senior year, normally during the Reading Period in May, all honors candidates must take a three-hour written examination, as well as an hour-long oral examination.