Spanish (SPAN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

SPAN 1120

Using an integrated approach, this course develops listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a cultural context. It begins with a basic vocabulary and grammar review and then introduces new materials. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7144 SPAN 1120   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: LSP 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Meets 5 times a week:4 class sessions and 1 lecture. Students may not receive credit for SPAN 1120 and SPAN 1220. Students who have taken SPAN 1210 may enroll.

  •  7145 SPAN 1120   DIS 201

    • TWRF Uris Hall 260
    • Maldonado-Mendez, N

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  •  7146 SPAN 1120   DIS 202

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  •  7333 SPAN 1120   DIS 203

    • TWRF Uris Hall G44
    • Maldonado-Mendez, N

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  • 16079 SPAN 1120   DIS 204

    • TWRF Uris Hall 494
    • Maldonado-Mendez, N

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SPAN 1210

Using an integrated approach, this two-course sequence develops listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a cultural context. The course meet five times a week, with four class sessions and one ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6569 SPAN 1210   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode:
    Course is intended for students with no experience in Spanish; students who have previously studied two or more years of Spanish may not attend unless they have LPS lower than 37 or SATII lower than 370.

  •  6866 SPAN 1210   LEC 002

  • Instruction Mode:
    Course is intended for students with no experience in Spanish; students who have previously studied two or more years of Spanish may not attend unless they have LPS lower than 37 or SATII lower than 370.

  •  6570 SPAN 1210   DIS 201

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  •  6571 SPAN 1210   DIS 202

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  •  6572 SPAN 1210   DIS 203

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  •  6573 SPAN 1210   DIS 204

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  •  6574 SPAN 1210   DIS 205

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  •  7140 SPAN 1210   DIS 206

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  •  7141 SPAN 1210   DIS 207

    • MTRF Uris Hall 312
    • Diaz Klaassen, F

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  •  7142 SPAN 1210   DIS 208

    • MTRF Uris Hall 260
    • Diaz Klaassen, F

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  •  7143 SPAN 1210   DIS 209

    • MTRF Uris Hall 260
    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

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SPAN 1230

The goal of this low-intermediate course is to achieve a higher level of comprehension as well as to advance oral and written expression in a cultural context. Classes are in Spanish and the language is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6575 SPAN 1230   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6576 SPAN 1230   SEM 102

    • MTWR Uris Hall 331
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6577 SPAN 1230   SEM 103

    • MTWR Uris Hall G20
    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6578 SPAN 1230   SEM 104

    • MTWR Uris Hall G20
    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6579 SPAN 1230   SEM 105

    • MTWR Uris Hall G22
    • Antezana Quiroga, S

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6580 SPAN 1230   SEM 106

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6581 SPAN 1230   SEM 107

    • MTWR Uris Hall 302
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6582 SPAN 1230   SEM 108

    • MTWR Uris Hall G22
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1120 or 1220, or LPS 45-55, or SATII 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16090 SPAN 1230   SEM 109

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SPAN 1301

From Simón Bolivar to Che Guevara, Latin America certainly has seen its share of radicals.  Worshipped by some and reviled by others, these are figures who individually or collectively revamped what politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17560 SPAN 1301   SEM 101

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SPAN 1302

What is an object?  How do we perceive, relate to, renounce objects?  What makes somethings into a thing, what individualizes it, sets it apart, cultivates it? How do we circulate and exchange "stuff"?  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17584 SPAN 1302   SEM 101

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SPAN 1303

From the "selfies" captured on smartphones to the corpses and mangled  bodies in news outlets, as viewers we often drive pleasure from embodying the photograph or feel obligated to look at an image considered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17585 SPAN 1303   SEM 101

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SPAN 1501

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 18309 SPAN 1501   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    This course is for Engineering students only who are enrolled in Prof. Weber Shirk's course and are planning on going to AguaClara, Honduras, during winter break.

SPAN 2070

Provides a conversational grammar review, with dialogues, debates, compositions, and authentic readings on health-related themes. Special attention is given to relevant cultural differences and how cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6583 SPAN 2070   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SATII 590-680, CASE Q, or permission of instructor. Students who have taken Spanish 2000 or Spanish 2090 should speak with the instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6584 SPAN 2070   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SATII 590-680, CASE Q, or permission of instructor. Students who have taken Spanish 2000 or Spanish 2090 should speak with the instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8656 SPAN 2070   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SATII 590-680, CASE Q, or permission of instructor. Students who have taken Spanish 2000 or Spanish 2090 should speak with the instructor.

SPAN 2090

This intermediate course develops accurate and idiomatic oral and written expression in a cultural context. Students achieve a higher level of syntactical and lexical competence through reading and discussing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16095 SPAN 2090   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6585 SPAN 2090   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6586 SPAN 2090   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6587 SPAN 2090   SEM 104

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6588 SPAN 2090   SEM 105

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6589 SPAN 2090   SEM 106

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6590 SPAN 2090   SEM 107

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6591 SPAN 2090   SEM 108

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6592 SPAN 2090   SEM 109

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6593 SPAN 2090   SEM 110

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6594 SPAN 2090   SEM 111

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6595 SPAN 2090   SEM 112

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6596 SPAN 2090   SEM 113

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q+. Not open to students who have taken Spanish 2000 or 2070.

SPAN 2091

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 18311 SPAN 2091   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Students must be concurrently enrolled into SPAN 2090. Space is limited and will be on a first come, first serve basis.

SPAN 2140

Introductory survey of modern Spanish literature. Students develop their analytical skills and learn basic literary concepts such as genre (drama, lyric, short story, and novel) and style (romanticism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6597 SPAN 2140   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall 498
    • Rodriguez de Rivera, I

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 2150

Readings and discussion of representative texts of the 19th and 20th centuries from various regions of Latin America. Among the authors considered are Sarmiento, Hernández, Martí, Darío, Agustini, Cortázar, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6628 SPAN 2150   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 2170

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2170MEDVL 2170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6631 SPAN 2170   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 2190

This advanced-intermediate course is designed to prepare students for study abroad, entry into the major, and advanced-level courses. Students study stylistics, analyze and discuss texts, view films, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6711 SPAN 2190   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6713 SPAN 2190   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6714 SPAN 2190   SEM 103

    • F
  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6715 SPAN 2190   SEM 104

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6716 SPAN 2190   SEM 105

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+.

SPAN 2230

An introduction to Spain's history, plural cultures, and present-day society. Through a series of key literary works, films, and other visual representations we will explore such topics as the place of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6599 SPAN 2230   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    This course is conducted in English.

SPAN 2235

This course offers a broad introduction to Iberian cultures from the Middle Ages to the present.  Focusing on three main themes-space, culture, and everyday life-our main objective throughout the term ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16104 SPAN 2235   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2070or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 3110

This course, which is required for the major, is designed to help the learner develop increased accuracy and sophistication in writing in Spanish for academic purposes and continued oral practice in Spanish. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6600 SPAN 3110   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 2190 or CASE Q++ or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6601 SPAN 3110   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 2190 or CASE Q++ or equivalent.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7958 SPAN 3110   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 2190 or CASE Q++ or equivalent.

SPAN 3150

This seminar will focus on translating from the source language (Spanish) into the target language (English). We will investigate the various technical, stylistic and cultural difficulties encountered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16102 SPAN 3150   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:

SPAN 3560

This course offers a survey of contemporary Spanish cinema from 1975, a key year in the country's recent history, which marks the end of dictatorship and the beginning of a long and tumultuous period of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16106 SPAN 3560   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    There will be film screenings on Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm.

SPAN 4190

Guided independent study of special topics. For undergraduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6704 SPAN 4190   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bosteels, B

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6788 SPAN 4190   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Garces, M

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6789 SPAN 4190   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Keller, P

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9171 SPAN 4190   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Paz-Soldan, E

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9172 SPAN 4190   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Pinet, S

  • Instruction Mode:

SPAN 4290

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6710 SPAN 4290   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Bosteels, B

  • Instruction Mode:
    Year-long course. R grade at end of fall semester and final letter grade at end of spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors.

SPAN 4350

What kinds of poetry might be usefully characterized as "postcolonial" and what are the stakes of such a designation? How common, variable, translatable are values deemed "postcolonial" for particular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8325 SPAN 4350   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Limited to 15 students.

SPAN 4550

Don Quijote is not only "the first modern work of literature," as Michel Foucault noted, but also "the first European novel," as the novelist Kundera hailed it. In fact, Foucault believed that Cervantes's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17821 SPAN 4550   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:

SPAN 4870

Latin American literature is full of writers who one day were relevant but today have been forgotten. It is also full of writers whose life was so colorful that it has tended sometimes to obscure the merits ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16105 SPAN 4870   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    This is the mandatory senior seminar for Spanish majors.

SPAN 6320

This seminar focuses on the political economy of sound and listening in the configuration of urban space in Latin America and among Latino communities in the U.S. The city will be approached ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16287 SPAN 6320   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:

SPAN 6350

What kinds of poetry might be usefully characterized as "postcolonial" and what are the stakes of such a designation? What relation do specific poetic features have to geopolitical, cultural, historical, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8232 SPAN 6350   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    Limited to 15 students.

SPAN 6390

Guided independent study of specific topics. For graduate students interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6705 SPAN 6390   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bosteels, B

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6706 SPAN 6390   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Garces, M

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6707 SPAN 6390   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Keller, P

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9173 SPAN 6390   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Paz-Soldan, E

  • Instruction Mode:

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9174 SPAN 6390   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Pinet, S

  • Instruction Mode:

SPAN 6730

This course explores the role of the renewed interest in cartography in both literature and the arts, while attempting to lay out a conceptual framework for the definition of mapmaking in a broad sense, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16107 SPAN 6730   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode:
    This is the mandatory graduate seminar for Spanish graduate students.