Spring 2022

For students with limited proficiency in Spanish. Practice in listening comprehension, oral communication, elementary reading and writing.

Continuation of Spanish 110 or 120; increased emphasis on listening comprehension, oral expression, reading and writing.

Continuation of SPAN 150; intensive work in listening comprehension, oral communication, reading, and writing with emphasis on free expression; readings related to Hispanic culture and civilization. Prereq: SPAN 150 or equivalent.

Intensive review of Spanish grammar with emphasis on four skills. Audio-visual materials and readings related to Hispanic culture and civilization.

Development of students' oral and writing skills using literary and scientific materials; grammar review. Duplicates credit in the former SPAN 266.

Culture-based course designed for Spanish speakers not formally trained in the language. Review language and grammar and hone presentational skills.

Discussions of short films, cultural and literary texts and other activities designed to improve conversational skills. Prerequisite: SPAN 220. Not for credit for Spanish majors.

Principal writers and their works from Colonial times to the present. Non-majors may write assignments in English. Recommended preparation: advanced comprehension of oral and written Spanish.

Readings in contemporary Spanish literature. Includes lectures by recognized Spanish writers and scholars. Departmental approval.

Explore Oaxaca's mountains, beaches, villages and capital city; first hand experience in culture, traditional food, street artists and agricultural systems.

Close grammatical and rhetorical analysis of a variety of text types (general, literary, technical, journalistic) as the basis for practice in advanced written and oral expression as well as translation.

(Madrid Center Only) Historical evolution of the contemporary Spanish theatre; readings of dramatic texts supported by attendance at live stage performances. Recommended preparation: SPAN 304 or SPAN 306 or SPAN 308

An examination of gender, sexuality, and power in Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures. Conducted in Spanish.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Study of cultural currents, authors, literary texts, films and other media in Latin America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Major developments in literary criticism in Spain and Latin America from the early modern period to the present.

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.