Off-Campus Study Resources
As part of the Spanish Major, students may spend part of their time at St. Olaf studying off-campus. Students may choose from programs in Seville, Spain and Buenos Aires, Argentina. All of these programs offer a wide variety of opportunities to students. Below you will find a downloadable PDF outlining the various Off-Campus opportunities, the courses each offers, and other material necessary for ensuring all off-campus requirements have been met. Please meet with your Spanish professor if you have any questions or concerns.
PDF- Off-Campus Study and the Spanish Major
Students may count a maximum of two courses from non-St. Olaf study abroad (courses not taught be St. Olaf faculty) towards the Spanish major (a maximum of three for the Spanish Major with K-12 Teaching Licensure). Please consult the handout “Off-Campus Study and the Spanish Major” and meet with the chair of Romance Languages before leaving for an off-campus program to discuss appropriate courses for the major.
St. Olaf’s Pre-Approved Study Abroad Programs
St. Olaf students may apply courses from the following pre-approved study abroad programs to their Spanish majors:
- CIEE Programs in Seville, Spain
- IES Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
“How do I choose courses from abroad?”
| First Choose courses that count for the Spanish Major (up to a maximum of two, depending on program offerings). To count for the Spanish major, the “content area” of the course needs to focus on Spanish Language, Hispanic Linguistics, or Spanish or Latin American Culture. Examples of appropriate courses include: advanced grammar, composition and stylistics, dialectology, and all genres of Spanish and Latin American literature. All courses taken abroad will count as 270-level electives; depending on the course content, the may also count for the “focus on Latin America” requirement for the major. |
| A special note about courses taught in Spain and Argentina: Unlike St. Olaf courses where each one is worth 1 “St. Olaf credit,” courses taught in Spain and Argentina are awarded credit through the “semester hour” system. (One “St. Olaf credit” = 4 semester hours of credit). For courses taken in Spain and Argentina to count for the Spanish major, they must be worth at least 3 “semester hours” of credit. If you enroll in a course worth 2 “semester hours” of credit, you must combine it with another course worth 2 “semester hours” of credit for one course counting towards the Spanish major. |
| Then, choose other courses of interest to you and/or that may fulfill GE requirements. We encourage you to take a variety of other courses to learn about areas as diverse as art history, history, environmental studies, political science, and teaching methods through Spanish as the language of instruction. Just like on-campus FLAC courses, these courses allow you to apply your Spanish to other fields! And just like FLAC courses, they count for credit in those fields (e.g. art history, history, education, environmental studies, and political science) not in Spanish. Furthermore, they may count for GE requirements such as ALS-A, HWC, HBS, etc. Please consult the Program Advisor for information on GE credits. |
| Are you also a Latin American Studies major? In addition, some courses offered may count towards the Latin American Studies major. The director of Latin American Studies can advise you with regard to applying courses from these programs to the Latin American Studies major. |
CIEE PROGRAMS IN SEVILLE (Fall and/or Spring Semesters Annually, Spain)*
| Cycle I Course |
“Historia de España en vivo” (Hisp 3502) or “Curso intensivo de gramática española avanzada” (Span 3501) counts as 1 course credit for Spanish or Spanish Major with K-12 Teaching Licensure |
| Cycle II Language, Linguistics, or Literature Course | 1 Course credit for Spanish or Spanish Major with L-12 Teaching Licensure |
| Cycle II Language, Linguistics, or Literature Course | 1 Course credit for Spanish if Cycle 1 placement is below Hisp 3502/Span3501; 1 course credit for Spanish Major with K-12 teaching Licensure (the extra elective) |
| A variety of electives are available in fields such as Archeology, Art History, History, Sociology, and Political Science as well as Spanish Language and Literature | Courses do not count for the major; they do not count toward 53 credit total needed for BA degree |
| A MAXIMUM OF 5 CREDITS AVAILABLE (if Cycle I course and 5 Cycle II courses are taken) / TOTAL OF 4 CREDITS AVAILABLE (if Cycle I course and 4 Cycle II courses are taken) | For information on course load and possible GE credits, see Program Advisor |
IEE PROGRAM IN BUENOS AIRES (Fall and/or Spring Semesters Annually, Argentina)*
Note: Not all courses offered through IES are taught in Spanish
| Required IES Spanish Course (Advanced Spanish Program / Advanced Spanish Honors Program) | May count as 1 course credit for Spanish or Spanish Major with K-12 Teaching Licensure, (depending on level of course) provided that the course is worth at least 3 semester hours of credit |
| Language, Linguistics, or Literature Course (in Spanish) | 1 course credit for Spanish or Spanish Major with K-12 Teaching Licensure provided that the course is worth at least 3 semester hours of credit |
| Language, Linguistics, or Literature Course (in Spanish) | 1 course credit for Spanish or Spanish Major with K-12 Teaching Licensure (the extra elective) provided that the course is worth at least 3 semester hours of credit |
| A variety of electives are available in fields such as Anthropology, Art History, Business & Economics, Dance, Geography, History, International Relations, Museum Studies, Music, Political Science, and Studio Art (Some courses are available in English) | Courses do not count for major; they do count toward 35 credit total needed for BA degree |
| TOTAL OF 4 CREDITS AVAILABLE | For information on course load and possible GE requirements, see Program Adviser |