Arts Academic Plans

A Joint Honours academic plan with Spanish may be taken in combination with most Arts disciplines in which an Honours academic plan is offered or with many Honours majors in other Faculties. See the department for the most recent list of approved combinations.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative average of 60% and a cumulative Spanish average of 75%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Joint Honours Spanish academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements for the Home Faculty, including at least 21 academic course units. If the Home Faculty is Arts, see Bachelor of Arts.
2. Spanish Plan-level requirements:
   • at least eight academic course units (16 courses) in Spanish with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
     • SPAN 201A, 201B, 210, 222W, 223W, 227, 228, 301A, 301B, 401A, 401B
     • one of SPAN 326, 327W
3. Plan-level requirements for the second Major. 
   Note: If any required courses are waived for students with advanced language skills, they must be replaced with SPAN electives

Recommended Sequence of Study

Year One
SPAN 201A, 201B (Students with no Spanish will take SPAN 101, 102 in the first year and 201A, 201B in the second year). Intermediate native Spanish speakers will take SPAN 210. 
Four additional units

Year Two
A minimum of two units in Spanish, including SPAN 301A, 301B, (or 201A, 201B), and 227, 228 (and/or 222W, 223W)
Three additional units

Year Three
A minimum of three units in Spanish, including SPAN 401A, 401B, (or 301A, 301B), 222W, 223W (and/or 227, 228) and 326 or 327W
Three additional units

Year Four
A minimum of two units in Spanish
Three additional units

Notes:

1. By agreement, students at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University can be expected to take courses in Spanish at either university. While most language courses are taught concurrently every year at both universities, most other courses are taught either at one university or the other, and a few courses may rotate from year to year.
2. With the permission of the Department, students may spend the third year enrolled in an acceptable university in Spain or Latin America.
3. Students in Years Three and Four must have the permission of the home department to enrol in Spanish courses at the 100- or 200-level.