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Honors
Program Requirements
Note: Except in the case of students enrolled in the College Honors Program, admission to the Spanish Honors Program is by faculty nomination only. Students interested in doing the major with honors (distinction) may express their interest to any member of the Spanish faculty. Only officially-admitted Spanish majors are eligible to undertake our Honors Program.
- To be invited to do Spanish honors, the student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a Spanish GPA of 3.5.
- The student must complete all requirements for the Spanish Major: 301, 302, 303 (or 314, 315, 316), 321, 322, 323, one additional 300-level literature course, five 400-level courses, and participation in an approved study abroad program or two credits of Experiential Learning (SPAN 392). For prerequisites and other restrictions, please see the Major Requirements page.
- Before the end of the 5th week of each quarter (with the exception of summer) the faculty honors adviser and undergraduate adviser will review the records of nominated candidates, extending invitations to qualified students to undertake the Departmental Honors Program. Candidates for the Honors Program should have completed approximately half the 300-level coursework. Invitations are normally extended one quarter before the student has finished 300-level work in order to allow adequate time to complete the paperwork and contact faculty with whom the student hopes to do his/her 400-level honors coursework and essay (SPAN 490).
- The Departmental Invitation must be completed by the faculty honors associate and the student, and then turned in to the undergraduate adviser in Padelford C-104F. The undergraduate adviser will make the appropriate DARS exception to the student’s record, and then send the invitation to the College Honors Program.
- The student must take 10 of the 25 required 400-level credits as honor credits in the last year, which will be done via Ad Hoc Contracts with individual faculty in conjunction with regularly scheduled 400-level Spanish courses. The student must have the faculty honors associate’s signature before beginning the Ad Hoc project, and no later than the Friday of the second week of the quarter. If the faculty honors associate is not available, see the undergraduate adviser in Padelford C-104F. At the end of the quarter, when the supervising professor has signed the Ad Hoc Contract indicating that the honors work was successfully finished, the student must return the completed form to the College Honors Program Office in Mary Gates Hall, no later than the Friday of the second week of the following quarter. Detailed step-by-step instructions can be found here: (link to http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/reqs/adhoc/)
- The honors student must take 5 additional credits of Spanish 490, beyond those required for the major, in the form of a senior Honors Essay. This essay is to be done under the supervision of a consenting faculty member scheduled to teach a 400-level SPAN class in the quarter in which the student plans to complete the project. (See number 7 below for specific essay requirements). Students are encouraged to obtain approval for their honors essay during the quarter prior to the one in which they plan to complete their project. After the student discusses a possible research topic and gets permission from the 400-level sponsoring professor, the student must meet with the faculty honors associate for her approval and signature. Permission from both the professor who will supervise the essay, and the honors faculty associate, must be obtained no later than the Friday of the second week of the quarter in which the student plans to complete his/her honors project. The student should register for the regular 400-level Spanish class, and then contact the undergraduate adviser at spsadv@uw.edu for information about how to register for SPAN 490.
- The honors essay will be a 12-20 page essay in standard MLA format, which will grow out of the student's independent research on a topic in some way related to the 400-level course being taught by his or her supervisor. Honors students are required to attend class regularly, although they are not expected to complete any of the regular course assignments. Exceptionally, a qualified honors student will be invited by a faculty member to undertake the 490 project in conjunction with a regularly scheduled 500-level seminar (rather than a 400-level course). Most 400-level courses in Spanish are eligible for honors credit.
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Major Requirements
Admission to the Major
Minor Requirements
Linguistics Degree
Internships
Spanish Language Program
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