Spanish (SPAN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

SPAN 1220

While building language proficiency and accuracy through communicative activities, the course encourages students to actively interact with one another. The instructor facilitates communication and provides ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5319 SPAN 1220   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.

  •  5320 SPAN 1220   LEC 002

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.

  •  5321 SPAN 1220   DIS 201

  •  5322 SPAN 1220   DIS 202

  •  5323 SPAN 1220   DIS 203

    • MTRF White Hall B06
    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

  •  5324 SPAN 1220   DIS 204

  •  6723 SPAN 1220   DIS 205

  •  6724 SPAN 1220   DIS 206

  •  9107 SPAN 1220   DIS 207

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

  •  5326 SPAN 1230   SEM 102

    • MTWR Uris Hall 204
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5327 SPAN 1230   SEM 103

    • MTWR Uris Hall 369
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5328 SPAN 1230   SEM 104

    • MTWR Uris Hall 369
    • Reyes-Cubides, W

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

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

  •  5333 SPAN 2090   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5334 SPAN 2090   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5335 SPAN 2090   SEM 103

    • MWF Uris Hall 302
    • Bartol Martin, E

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5336 SPAN 2090   SEM 104

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5337 SPAN 2090   SEM 105

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5338 SPAN 2090   SEM 106

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7053 SPAN 2090   SEM 107

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7054 SPAN 2090   SEM 108

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7334 SPAN 2090   SEM 109

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7335 SPAN 2090   SEM 110

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7663 SPAN 2090   SEM 111

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18409 SPAN 2090   SEM 112

SPAN 2091

This one-credit course is focused on oral communication in Spanish; to take this course students must be concurrently enrolled in SPAN 2090.  Because the course is designed especially to encourage students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 17214 SPAN 2091   SEM 001

    • TBA
    • Staff

  • Must be concurrently enrolled in SPAN 2090

SPAN 2095

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

  • 16194 SPAN 2095   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16195 SPAN 2095   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16196 SPAN 2095   SEM 103

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16197 SPAN 2095   SEM 104

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18564 SPAN 2095   SEM 105

    • MWF Uris Hall G22
    • Broner Szychowski, M

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

  •  5315 SPAN 2140   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

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

  •  5309 SPAN 2150   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

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

  •  5311 SPAN 2170   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

SPAN 2180

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

  •  5317 SPAN 2180   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7055 SPAN 2180   SEM 103

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 (formerly 2190) or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.

SPAN 2200

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring. Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2200LSP 2201

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8211 SPAN 2200   LEC 001

  • Conducted in English.

SPAN 2205

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring.  Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18535 SPAN 2205   SEM 101

SPAN 3020

Spanish-language discussion section supplementing the course materials during the lecture section including conversation in Spanish and discussion of course lecture in Spanish. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18834 SPAN 3020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Quintero, G

  • Students enrolled into HIST/1960/LATA 1960 "Latin America and the Modern World" would enroll into this section.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18835 SPAN 3020   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Carreras Gamarra, M

  • Students enrolled into IARD 6011/NTRES 6011/LATA 6011 "Student Community Partnerships in Ecuador" should enroll into this section.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18836 SPAN 3020   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Quijano Carde, E

  • Students enrolled in SOC 2650/DSOC 2650/AMST 2655/LSP 2010 "Latinos in the United States" should enroll into this section.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18970 SPAN 3020   SEM 104

    • TBA
    • Quintanilla, N

  • Students enrolled in SOC 2650/DSOC 2650/AMST 2655/LSP 2010 "Latinos in the United States" should enroll into this section.

SPAN 3720

How does modernity imagine love and sexuality?  What are the boundaries between licit and illicit forms of sexual desire?  As am emergent European modernity pitted individual freedom against the glorified ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16198 SPAN 3720   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2140, 2150, 2170, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 3800

As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17408 SPAN 3800   SEM 101

SPAN 3900

This course gives students an overview of some of the best-known movies of Latin American cinema, from the political films for the 1960's and 1970's such as Memories of Underdevelopment to more recent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16199 SPAN 3900   SEM 101

  • Conducted in English.

SPAN 3940

This course offers an in-depth survey of Spanish films directed and producd between the years 1950 and 1975.  In addition to studying what some argue to be Spain's three greatest director's of all time ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16200 SPAN 3940   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2140, 2150, 2170, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 4030

This course examines the relationship between literature and empire in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain.  Over the course of the semester, we will engage postcolonial thought to bring ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16201 SPAN 4030   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: Proficiency in Spanish. This is the mandatory senior seminar for Spanish majors.

SPAN 4200

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

  •  5318 SPAN 4200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bosteels, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16202 SPAN 4200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Chang, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16203 SPAN 4200   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Keller, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16204 SPAN 4200   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Pinet, S

SPAN 4300

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5313 SPAN 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Howie, C

  • Year-long course. R grade given at end of fall semester and final letter grade at end of spring semester. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. Consult director of honors program for more information.

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
  • 17417 SPAN 4350   SEM 101

SPAN 4540

Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details

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  • 17069 SPAN 4540   SEM 101

SPAN 4700

Designed to explore different visual representations of contemporary Spain through the threefold lens of cinematic, photographic, and literary perspectives.  Surveying various texts from the early 20th ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SPAN 6700

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16205 SPAN 4700   SEM 101

  • Conducted in Spanish.

SPAN 6350

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
  • 17427 SPAN 6350   SEM 101

SPAN 6400

Guided independent study for graduate students. For graduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5314 SPAN 6400   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bosteels, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16207 SPAN 6400   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Chang, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16208 SPAN 6400   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Keller, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16209 SPAN 6400   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Pinet, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18537 SPAN 6400   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aching, G

SPAN 6470

Emerging in the wake of psychoanalysis, the theory of the novel is an effect of a new discourse on the subject within a modernity that sees itself as different and searches for a historical parallel.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16212 SPAN 6470   SEM 101

  • Conducted in Spanish. This is the mandatory seminar for 1st year Spanish graduate students.

SPAN 6700

Designed to explore different visual representations of contemporary Spain through the threefold lens of cinematic, photographic, and literary perspectives. Surveying various texts from the early 20th ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SPAN 4700

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16206 SPAN 6700   SEM 101