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Students completing any of the majors in Romance
Languages and Literatures are required to complete senior
exercises as described below. They are expected to
participate in the Study Abroad Program and to reside in
Oldenborg Center for one year.
Major Requirements
Students who major in Romance Literatures are expected to
develop significant linguistic proficiency in both French
and Spanish. Because gaining fluency in two foreign
languages requires extensive coursework, no minor in Romance
Literatures is offered. A Study Abroad component in the
major is strongly encouraged; it allows students to complete
major requirements in a Spanish- or French-speaking country.
Careful planning of the major can lead to a full year
abroad, with one semester in a Spanish-speaking country and
a second semester in a French-speaking country. The Senior
Paper or Thesis consists of a comparative literary study
involving both languages, and written in Spanish or French.
1. Five courses in French (four, if the student started at
the elementary level at Pomona ), including 101, 105, and
three upper-division courses.
2. Five courses in Spanish (four, if the student started at
the elementary level at Pomona ), including 101, and four
upper-division courses, with at least one course in either
Latin American or Peninsular literatures.
3. The Senior Paper or Thesis (191 or 192).
At least five of the 10 courses required for the major must
be taken on the home campus.
Senior Exercises
Detailed information concerning the senior exercise is
contained in the Senior Paper/Thesis/Oral Presentation
Information Packet, available in the department office. All
majors should obtain a copy of this document during their
junior year. Majors in Romance Literatures are required to
write a Senior Paper (192) or Senior Thesis (191a, b) in
French or Spanish and to enroll in the Senior Oral
Presentation (193). By the third week of the first semester
of the senior year, every major must have the topic for the
Senior Paper or Senior Thesis approved by a director.
Another faculty member must agree to serve as a second
reader for the Paper or Thesis, and the proposal must be
approved in writing by the Department Chair or Section
Coordinator. The Senior Paper counts as a half-course and
must be at least 12-15 pages in length, exclusive of
bibliography and notes. It must be completed during the
first semester of the senior year. The Senior Thesis counts
as one course credit (one-half course credit per semester)
and must be at least 30 pages in length, exclusive of
bibliography and notes. Approximately one-half of the Thesis
(bibliography and 12-15 pages) must be completed during the
first semester of the senior year, and the remainder will be
done during the second semester. It is expected that the
topic for the Romance Literatures Paper or Thesis will be
comparative in nature. Majors who choose to write a thesis
must prepare an oral presentation of 20-30 minutes in length
in French or Spanish on the topic of the thesis; those who
write a paper will present an oral presentation of 15-20
minutes. The presentation will be delivered during the
second semester of the senior year to the faculty and majors
of the student's language section. A single grade will be
awarded for the Paper/Thesis; this grade will be posted on
the student's transcript after the second semester of the
senior year. No course credit is awarded for the Oral
Presentation, and it is graded P/NC.
RLL COURSES
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