Requirements for a Romance Languages and Literatures Special Major:

A Romance Languages and Literatures major may be designed in cooperation with two advisers, one each from French and Spanish. Admission to the major will depend on the acceptance, by the two departments, of a written proposal outlining the student’s program of study. (This proposal will also be subject to approval by the Academic Standing Committee, which approves all special majors.) The major requires a minimum of 72 credits, including Spanish 205 or 206 and French 309, at least 30 credits in the primary language (a minimum of 12 of these credits must be taken on campus or on a Carleton language program) and at least 18 in the secondary language (a minimum of 6 of these credits must be taken on campus or on a Carleton language program), and Literary and Cultural Studies 245 (or other approved methods course), with this last course usually taken during the junior year. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in one or more programs of study abroad.

During their senior year students write an integrative exercise, which they will accomplish according to the models offered by the French and Spanish programs, depending on which is their primary language.