East Carolina University

Transfer Guide

East Carolina University
Foreign Languages and Literatures, BA

Transfer Guide for Associate in Arts

2025-2026

Concentration(s): Spanish and Hispanic Studies
Delivery Method: Fully Online, On-Campus

Program Admission Notes:

To apply to ECU as a transfer student:

  • Complete, or have in progress, a minimum of 24 transferable college-level courses
  • Have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA for all college-level coursework attempted

Contact:

Transfer Admissions
transfer@ecu.edu

Revised: May, 2025

College Level Foreign Language Requirements:

  • Complete 12 hours of foreign language.
  • At the community college, students take levels 111-212, such as SPA 111, SPA 112, SPA 211, and SPA 221.
  • Students are encouraged to complete the foreign language requirement before transferring, but it is not required to transfer.
  • Delaying language completion may increase time to degree completion for this major.

Major-Specific Course Recommendations:

Students are encouraged to build the North Carolina Community College (NCCC) course recommendations below into the associate degree to best prepare for the intended university and major.

Recommended NCCC Course Credit
Hours		 University Equivalent Associate Degree
Requirement Fulfilled		 University Requirement Fulfilled
ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry 3 ENGL 1100: Foundations of College Writing English Composition Required Course
ENG 112: Writing/Research in the Disc 3 ENGL 2201: Writing About the Disciplines English Composition Required Course
SPA 111: Elementary Spanish I 3 SPAN 1001: Spanish Level I Additional General Education Courses Required Course
SPA 112: Elementary Spanish II 3 SPAN 1002: Spanish Level II Additional General Education Courses Required Course
SPA 211: Intermediate Spanish I 3 SPAN 2003: Spanish Level III Additional General Education Courses Required Course
SPA 212: Intermediate Spanish II 3 SPAN 2004: Spanish Level IV Additional General Education Courses Required Course
HEA 110: Personal Health/Wellness 3 HLTH 1000: Health in Modern Society & KINE 1000: Lifetime Phys Act and Fit Lab Elective/Pre-Major Courses Suggested Course
SPA 221: Spanish Conversation 3 SPAN 3001: Intermed Spanish Comm Skills Elective/Pre-Major Courses Suggested Course

Remaining Associate Degree Requirements:

In addition to major-specific course recommendations above, students should work with a community college advisor to select additional community college courses to fulfill the remaining associate degree requirements identified below.

Recommended NCCC Course Credit
Hours		 University Equivalent Associate Degree
Requirement Fulfilled		 University Requirement Fulfilled
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 9 University Equivalencies UGETC Humanities/Fine Arts General Education
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 9 University Equivalencies UGETC Social/Behavioral Sciences General Education
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 4 University Equivalencies UGETC Math General Education
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 4 University Equivalencies UGETC Natural Sciences General Education
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 2 University Equivalencies Additional General Education Courses General Education
ACA 122: College Transfer Success 1 COAD 1XXX: College Transfer Success Academic Transition Elective
Student Choice/No Preference (Approved Course Options) 8 University Equivalencies Elective/Pre-Major Courses Elective

Additional Information From East Carolina University:

General Education waiver information, for students completing an AA, AS, AATP, or ASTP, can be found on our Transfer Hub.

ECU does not have a transfer credit limit.

  • A minimum of 25 percent of the credit hours required for the degree and at least 50 percent of the total hours required in the major must be completed through enrollment in East Carolina University. 

New updates of ECU's Undergraduate Catalog are published in July each year. For the most up to date information, visit https://registrar.ecu.edu.

Remaining Bachelor’s Degree Requirements at University:

University Course Credit
Hours		 University Course Notes
Choose one: 3
  • SPAN 3001: Intermediate Spanish Communication Skills
  • SPAN 3003: Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 3310: Intro to Hispanic Linguistics 3
SPAN 3440: Spanish Culture & Civilization 3
SPAN 3441: Latin American Culture Civilzt 3
SPAN 3550: Intro to Cultural Analysis 3

 

 
Choose 15 hours of SPAN Electives 15

Choose 15 hours of SPAN electives above 2999 (with the exception of SPAN 3001 and 3003). 

Include 6 hours from the following, with a minimum number from each area as designated below:

Choose a minimum of 3 s.h. from:

  • SPAN 4010 Hispanic Cultural Studies
  • SPAN 4020 Contemporary Issues of the Hispanic World
  • SPAN 4030 Discursive Analysis in Hispanic Studies
  • SPAN 4555 Medieval Spain (900-1499)
  • SPAN 4556 Renaissance and Baroque Spain (1500-1681)
  • SPAN 4557 Spain from Neo-Classicism to Realism (1681-1898)
  • SPAN 4558 Contemporary Spain (1898-Present)
  • SPAN 4560 Major Latin American Authors
  • SPAN 4561 Colonial Latin America in Texts and Images
  • SPAN 4562 Latin American Texts of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries3
  • SPAN 4563 Latin American Texts: The Boom and Beyond

Choose a minimum of 3 s.h. from:

  • SPAN 3325 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
  • SPAN 3335 Structure of the Spanish Language
  • SPAN 4320 Spanish Applied Linguistics
  • SPAN 4330 Spanish in the United States
Minor and/or Electives 18-30

A minor is required for this major.