Spanish (SPAN)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
SPAN 1220
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Linarejos Jimenez, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.
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- W Morrill Hall 106
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Linarejos Jimenez, A
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Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.
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- MTRF White Hall 114
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Oviedo, M
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- MTRF Uris Hall 312
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Linarejos Jimenez, A
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- MTRF Uris Hall 312
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Linarejos Jimenez, A
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- MTRF White Hall B02
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Garrote Pascual, A
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- MTRF Uris Hall 312
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Rosario Ortiz, F
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- MTRF Uris Hall 312
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Stepp, R
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- MTRF Uris Hall 312
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Stepp, R
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SPAN 1230
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MTWR Malott Hall 230
Instructors
Bartol Martin, E
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MTWR Malott Hall 230
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Bartol Martin, E
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Arias Fuentes, D
- TR Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
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Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Bevia, M
- TR Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
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Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MTWR Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Bevia, M
- TR Stimson Hall 206
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Morrill Hall 107
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Llarull, G
- TR Klarman Hall KG44
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SPAN 1305
Course Description
The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 started as a domestic conflict that soon became an international event as the first confrontation between democracy and fascism. The support of the right-wing military ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Rodriguez de Rivera, I
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
SPAN 1321
Course Description
This class is a survey of music practices among Mexican communities both in Mexico and in the U.S. Taking contemporary musical practices as a point of departure, the class explores the historical, cultural, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1321, LATA 1321, LSP 1321, MUSIC 1321
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Lincoln Hall 140
Instructors
Madrid, A
SPAN 2070
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Arias Fuentes, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, Spanish language AP 4; CASE Q, or permission of instructor.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Klarman Hall KG42
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Arias Fuentes, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, Spanish language AP 4; CASE Q, or permission of instructor.
SPAN 2090
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B06
Instructors
Curran, E
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Antezana Quiroga, S
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF White Hall 114
Instructors
Evinson, K
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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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Amigo-Silvestre, S
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Amigo-Silvestre, S
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Pham, V
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF White Hall B02
Instructors
Monterroso, G
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF White Hall B14
Instructors
Vazquez Enriquez, E
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Godoy Luque, M
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Additional Information
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.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Godoy Luque, M
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Additional Information
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.
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SPAN 2091
Course Description
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
SPAN 2095
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Teutli, B
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Teutli, B
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Teutli, B
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Godoy Luque, M
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.
SPAN 2130
Course Description
This advanced course will focus on spoken Spanish in its formal and informal registers, regional dialects, and pronunciations. Authentic texts from across different genres of film, newspapers, fiction, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Bevia, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++. Core course for the Spanish minor.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Bevia, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++. Core course for the Spanish minor.
SPAN 2140
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Mursi, E
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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, MartÃ, DarÃo, Agustini, Cortázar, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2150
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Chacon, M
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2170, MEDVL 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Pinet, S
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B06
Instructors
Lawless, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B06
Instructors
Lawless, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.
SPAN 2200
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Lawless, C
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Additional Information
Conducted in English.
SPAN 2205
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Broner Szychowski, M
SPAN 3020
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Modern Latin America
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Antezana Quiroga, S
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Additional Information
Students must be concurrently enrolled in HIST 1960/LATA 1960
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Intro to Comparative Government &Politics
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Zarkin Notni, J
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Additional Information
Students must be concurrently enrolled in GOVT 1313
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
SPAN 3240
Course Description
This course seeks to explore the cultural and linguistic diversity of Spain and its political stakes by analyzing texts from regions that still remain in the periphery of Peninsular studies: Catalonia, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Rodriguez de Rivera, I
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2180 or permission of instructor. All readings will be available in Spanish.
SPAN 3900
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Pinet, S
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Additional Information
Conducted in Spanish.
SPAN 4200
Course Description
Guided independent study of special topics. For undergraduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details
SPAN 4280
Course Description
What is democracy? What constitute its basic conditions and limits? How does income distribution relate to democracy? What about class, gender, and racial relations? With a focus on Brazil and encompassing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall B02
Instructors
Erber, P
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Additional Information
This is the senior seminar for all Spanish undergraduate majors/minors.
SPAN 4300
Course Description
Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
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.
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SPAN 4660
Course Description
Musician Caetano Veloso once claimed that while the United States is a country without a name (since "America" names, after all, the continent as a whole), Brazil, on the other hand is a name without a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PORT 4660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 366
Instructors
Erber, P
SPAN 6360
Course Description
This course examines the literary and somatic aesthetics of Spanish American modernismo (1880s-1920s), the European influences and transatlantic conversations that animate it (Baudelaire, Huysmans, Verlaine, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
McDaniel, S
SPAN 6400
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. For graduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details
SPAN 6750
Course Description
The advent of cinema brought with it the contradictory forces of assemblage and severance, and by extension the language of accumulation-gathering, collecting, archiving-with the action of the cut-editing, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall B06
Instructors
Keller, P
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Additional Information
This is the mandatory graduate seminar for 1st year Spanish graduate students.