The first in a two-semester sequence designed to help students develop beginning language proficiency in Spanish through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will also gain an initial awareness of Spanish and Hispanic cultures.
The second in a two-semester sequence designed to help students develop beginning language proficiency in Spanish through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will also gain an initial awareness of Spanish and Hispanic cultures.
Opportunities for students to explore and to study selected topics in Spanish and Hispanic civilizations and cultures. Content will vary.
Independent study of topics approved by department.
Permission of Instructor and Department Chair
The first in a two-course sequence designed to develop further students' proficiency in Spanish through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and to expand students' knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic cultures. Conducted in Spanish.
The second in a two-course sequence to develop further students' proficiency in Spanish through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and to expand students' knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic cultures. Conducted in Spanish.
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop their oral expression in Spanish and continue developing their grasp of key grammar concepts and vocabulary. Students will engage in a variety of activities including group and class discussions about contemporary issues, debates, and presentations and other kinds of “sharing” projects. This course is administered entirely in Spanish.
In this course, students will explore the many aspects of the history and culture of Spain affected by its contact and relationship with Christian, Islamic, and Judaic civilizations throughout the Medieval and Early Modern period in the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb (for example, art and architecture, language and literature, religion and law, music and dance, food and customs). Students will thus have many opportunities to gain insight and better understand the historical and ideological contexts relevant to contact between cultures and civilizations in the modern world.
Occasional Interims, Abroad
The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain has existed for around 1200 years. Through the ages and down to the present day, the pilgrimage to Santiago has drawn thousands upon thousands of pilgrims to follow this well-trodden path, for myriad reasons and with diverse effects. By participating in this course, you will, quite literally, walk in their footsteps. This is a physically and mentally demanding course. You can expect to walk between 12-18 miles daily. But the work will be immensely rewarding, as you make discoveries about yourself, commune with those around you, and wonder at the history and beauty of the lands you traverse. As you walk and wander through ruins and remnants of the past, you will marvel at the timeless and powerful ties that language and culture have to ideological, political, and economic domains. By being a part of this course, you will become a pilgrim; a pilgrim in a new age, of course, but a pilgrim nonetheless. As a pilgrim, you will discover something about living and being "in-the-moment," while having the opportunity to reflect on the footprints left by those that have walked and lived along the Way to Santiago before you.
LALC 242
Most Summers, Abroad
An intermediate Spanish course that focuses on the acquisition of the Spanish terminology and grammar necessary for health professionals to communicate effectively with their Hispanic patients. Conducted in Spanish.
This course has the goal of strengthening the Spanish language learner’s understanding and production of Spanish pronunciation and intonation through a practical introduction to phonetics and phonology. In addition to a basic treatment of relevant linguistic concepts, focuses include phonetic transcription of Spanish utterances using the international phonetic alphabet (IPA); a study of the physical production of meaningful sounds as articulated in the mouth, throat and vocal chords; and a consideration of the breadth and importance of regional and sociolinguistic variation. Audio of native speakers from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world will expose students to ways the phonemes and allophones studied are variously realized in everyday speech. Students will also build conversational and presentational skills alongside an explicit focus on pronunciation and intonation.
Independent study of topics approved by department.
Permission of Instructor and Department Chair
Developing proficiency in the use of Spanish as a means of oral and written expression. Conducted in Spanish.
Developing proficiency in the use of Spanish as a means of oral and written expression. Conducted in Spanish.
This course provides students with an opportunity to develop their oral expression in Spanish and continue developing their grasp of key grammar concepts and vocabulary. Students will engage in a variety of activities including group and class discussions about contemporary issues, debates, and presentations and other kinds of “sharing” projects. This course is administered entirely in Spanish.
A study of the social, cultural, and political influences that have shaped present-day Spain. Includes geography and a survey of Spanish history. Conducted in Spanish.
A study of the social, cultural, and political influences that have shaped present-day Latin America. Includes geography and a survey of Latin American history. Conducted in Spanish.
This course is designed as a survey of the major authors and literary works of Spain from the 12th through 17th centuries. Upper intermediate and advanced students of Spanish will be exposed to and become familiar with important writers, works and forms of literary expression from the Medieval and Golden Age (Renaissance and Baroque) periods of Spain in their proper context.
A survey of the literary movements of Spain. This course will concentrate on the nineteenth century and contemporary Spanish writers. Conducted in Spanish.
Background material on the literary movements of the colonial period. Special emphasis on the modernists of the late nineteenth century and contemporary South America writers. Conducted in Spanish.
A study of important novelists of the twentieth century from a number of Latin American countries. Conducted in Spanish.
Individual courses designed for advanced students to concentrate on specific areas of Spanish language, and Hispanic literatures and cultures. Course content will vary. Conducted in Spanish.
This seminar will be dedicated to an examination of the first part of Miguel de Cervantes' monumental work El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Our close-reading of the text will be supported by an examination of a variety of literary, critical, and historical aspects that will lead us to understanding the novel in its context, as well as leading us to a consideration of its significance as a timeless and outstanding piece of world literature. This course satisfies the literature requirement for the Spanish Major.
Opportunity for students to improve language proficiency and to acquire practical knowledge through off-campus work in public or private settings.
Permission of Instructor and Department Chair
Opportunities for students to explore and to study selected topics in Spanish and Hispanic literatures. Content will vary. Conducted in Spanish.
Opportunities for students to explore and to study selected topics in Spanish and Hispanic civilizations and cultures. Content will vary.
Independent study of topics approved by department.
Permission of Instructor and Department Chair
Designed with and approved by a supervising SPAN faculty member, the honors thesis allows students to pursue additional study and research in world languages, cultures and literatures. Students work under the supervision of an individual thesis director. A public presentation in Spanish is required. Grading system: A-F only. Conducted in Spanish.
Permission of Instructor