Undergraduate
Honors Major & Teaching Certification
Honors Major
Especially for students interested in graduate work, the Department offers an honors major, which requires:
- a 3.5 average in departmental courses and 3.0 overall
- a senior thesis of 25–30 pages, written under the supervision of a faculty member close to the field of the thesis
- at least a semester of study abroad is strongly recommended but not required.
Teacher Certification
Students who plan to teach Spanish after completing the major should consult with their advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department, as well as with Kenneth Pawlik, the advisor for Pennsylvania Teaching Certification and Masters of Arts in Teaching programs, in the School of Education (kpawlik@pitt.edu, 5504 Posvar Hall, 412-648-7362).