Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences · major
Hispanic Studies requirements
Explore the reviewed Hispanic Studies major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
SPAN3395 Contextos (one course, 3 credits)
Required for the program.
Advanced literature and culture courses at the 6000 level (four courses, 12 credits; must include at least one each in pre-1800 Peninsular, pre-1900 Latin American, post-1800 Peninsular, and post-1900 Latin American)
Choose from these approved options.
- SPAN6603 Indigeneity in Latin American Literature and Culture
- SPAN6607 Warrior Women of Spain (Nineteenth Through Twenty-First Centuries)
- SPAN6617 Food and Identity in Latin/o American Literature and Culture
- SPAN6648 Early Latino Writers and the Borderlands
- SPAN6650 The Spanish Civil War in Words and Images
- SPAN6672 Spanish Romanticism
- SPAN6522 Early Queer Iberias
- SPAN6527 Hispanic Popular Culture from Bad Bunny to Don Quixote
- SPAN6645 Race and Representation in Spain (19th-21st centuries)
- SPAN6655 Writing and Memory in the Andean World
- SPAN6678 Early Spanish American Women Writers
- SPAN6502 Social Issues and the Graphic Novel in Spain
- SPAN6505 The Politics of Love in Hispanic Literature and Cinema
- SPAN6520 Inquisitions: How Knowledge became Power, became Weapon
- SPAN6623 Violence in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature
Electives (five courses, 15 credits: SPAN2215 as an entry-level course only, SPAN2216, or additional Hispanic Studies courses at the 3000 or 6000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- SPAN2215 Spanish Conversation, Composition, and Reading I
- SPAN2216 Spanish Conversation, Composition, and Reading II
- SPAN3390 Advanced Oral Proficiency in Spanish Practicum
- SPAN6603 Indigeneity in Latin American Literature and Culture
- SPAN6607 Warrior Women of Spain (Nineteenth Through Twenty-First Centuries)
- SPAN6617 Food and Identity in Latin/o American Literature and Culture
- SPAN6648 Early Latino Writers and the Borderlands
- SPAN6650 The Spanish Civil War in Words and Images
- SPAN6672 Spanish Romanticism
- SPAN6522 Early Queer Iberias
- SPAN6527 Hispanic Popular Culture from Bad Bunny to Don Quixote
- SPAN6645 Race and Representation in Spain (19th-21st centuries)
- SPAN6655 Writing and Memory in the Andean World
- SPAN6678 Early Spanish American Women Writers
- SPAN6502 Social Issues and the Graphic Novel in Spain
- SPAN6505 The Politics of Love in Hispanic Literature and Cinema
- SPAN6520 Inquisitions: How Knowledge became Power, became Weapon
- SPAN6623 Violence in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literature
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Hispanic Studies.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
19 courses across 3 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.