Spanish

Major

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Requirements for the Major (36 Credits)

Second Language Learners

I. ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE SEQUENCE (12 credits)

• SPAN 102: Spanish Grammar (4)
• SPAN 105: Spanish Conversation (4)
• SPAN 107: Spanish Composition (4)

- Students must take Spanish Grammar before Spanish Conversation or Spanish Composition.
- It is recommended that students take Spanish Conversation before Spanish Composition.
-Students may take their final course in the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence concurrently with the Gateway course.

 

Students who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department.

 

II.  ONE GATEWAY COURSE (4 credits)

One Gateway course chosen from SPAN 120

-   Only one gateway course may be applied to the major
-   Must take gateway course before taking advanced courses in literature and cultural studies
-   May take gateway course concurrently with advanced electives in language, linguistics, and service learning

 

III. ELECTIVES (16 credits)

Four advanced courses, from which:

- At least two courses must be in advanced literature or cultural studies
- At least one course must be in advanced language or linguistics

Four credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement; eight credits with permission of the department.

 

IV. ONE HISPANIC STUDIES SEMINAR OR HONORS THESIS (CAPSTONE) (4 credits)

Required once of all majors, unless they are writing an Honors Thesis for Spanish; preferably taken in junior or senior year.  With departmental permission, advanced students may take a Hispanic Studies Seminar more than once in place of an elective at the advanced level.

 

Heritage Learners

I. ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE SEQUENCE (8 credits)

• SPAN 104: Spanish Grammar and Conversation for Heritage Learners (4)
• SPAN 107: Spanish Composition (4)

- Students must take Spanish Grammar and Conversation for Heritage Learners before Spanish Composition.
- Students may take Spanish Composition concurrently with the Gateway course.

Heritage learners who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department.

 

II.  ONE GATEWAY COURSE (4 credits)

One Gateway course chosen from SPAN 120

-  Only one gateway course may be applied to the major
-   Must take gateway course before taking advanced courses in literature and cultural studies
-   May take gateway course concurrently with advanced electives in language, linguistics, and service learning

 

III. ELECTIVES (20 credits)

Five advanced courses, from which:

-  At least two courses must be in advanced literature or cultural studies
-  At least one course must be in advanced language or linguistics

Four credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement; eight credits with permission of the department.

 

IV. ONE HISPANIC STUDIES SEMINAR OR HONORS THESIS (CAPSTONE) (4 credits)

Required once of all majors, unless they are writing an Honors Thesis for Spanish; preferably taken in junior or senior year.  With departmental permission, advanced students may take a Hispanic Studies Seminar more than once in place of an elective at the advanced level.

Experiential Learning Requirement

All majors must complete one of the following: semester abroad, summer abroad, DIS, service learning course, program (e.g. Language in Motion), or internship connected to Spanish. Students may not receive credit toward the major from both a service learning course and an internship. Spanish majors are highly encouraged to spend a semester abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.

Proficiency

Majors will take a proficiency exam upon completion of credits for the minor (20 credits) and again upon completion of the major (36 credits). Students are informed of their proficiency level, according to the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) scale. Oral and writing proficiency objective for outgoing Spanish majors is Advanced Low.

Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (20 credits)

Second Language Track

I. ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE SEQUENCE (12 credits)

• SPAN 102: Spanish Grammar (4)
• SPAN 105: Spanish Conversation (4)
• SPAN 107: Spanish Composition (4)

- Students must take Spanish Grammar before Spanish Conversation or Spanish Composition.
- It is recommended that students take Spanish Conversation before Spanish Composition.
- Students may take their final course in the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence concurrently with the Gateway course.

Students who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department.

 

II.  ONE GATEWAY COURSE (4 credits)

-  Only one gateway course may be applied to the minor
-  Must take gateway course before taking advanced courses in literature and cultural studies
-  May take gateway course concurrently with advanced electives in language, linguistics, and service learning

 

III. ELECTIVES (4 credits)

-  One advanced course taught in Spanish

-  With departmental permission, advanced students may substitute an elective at the advanced level with a Hispanic Studies Seminar

For the student who takes 0-8 credits in the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence (through placement or departmental permission), four credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement

 

Heritage Learner Track

I. ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE SEQUENCE (8 credits)

• SPAN 104: Spanish Grammar and Conversation for Heritage Learners (4)
• SPAN 107: Spanish Composition (4)

- Students must take Spanish Grammar and Conversation for Heritage Learners before Spanish Composition.
- Students may take Spanish Composition concurrently with the Gateway course.

Heritage learners who placed out of one or more of the above courses through the Spanish placement exam, or whom the department determines have met the respective Spanish proficiency, should substitute the credits of the course(s) with advanced electives offered by the department.

 

II.  ONE GATEWAY COURSE (4 credits)

-  Only one gateway course may be applied to the minor
-  Must take gateway course before taking advanced courses in literature and cultural studies
-  May take gateway course concurrently with advanced electives in language, linguistics, or service learning

 

III. ELECTIVES (8 credits)

-  Two advanced courses, at least one of which must be taught in Spanish

-  With departmental permission, advanced students may substitute an elective (advanced course) with a Hispanic Studies Seminar

Four credits offered in English by the department may be applied to this requirement

 

Experiential Learning Recommendation

It is strongly recommended that minors complete at least one of the following: semester abroad, summer abroad, DIS, service learning course, program (e.g. Language in Motion), or internship connected to Spanish. With departmental permission, minors may use a service learning course or an internship to meet the requirement for electives at the advanced level.

 

Proficiency

Minors will take a proficiency exam upon completion of credits for the minor (20 credits). Students are informed of their proficiency level, according to the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) scale. Oral and writing proficiency objective for outgoing Spanish minors is Intermediate High.

Faculty

Faculty

• Professors: Ada Ortúzar-Young
• Associate Professors: Mónica Cantero (Chair, Language Coordinator), Nancy Noguera
• Assistant Professor: Elise DuBord, Raúl Rosales
• Lecturers: Ana María Andrade (adjunct), Mercedes Aspinall (adjunct), Patricia Bazán-Figueras (adjunct) Aurora Hermo (adjunct), Delicia Koeneke (adjunct), Felicidad Obregón (adjunct), Víctor Meirinho (adjunct).

Courses

Courses Offered

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SPAN 200 - Formerly 160 - Spanish Internship (2-4)

An internship where the student utilize Spanish skills hands-on. Internship should be approved before hand by the department. A final report is required.
Prerequisite: Gateway course, SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - .

SPAN 334 - Formerly 170 - Cultures in Contact and Conflict in the Hisp. World (4)

This course explores the notions of cultural contact and conflict in several socio-geographic contexts in the Spanish-speaking world including: the U.S.-Mexico border region, indigenous and mestizo communities in Mexico and Central America, and the sociocultural and political influence of the U.S. in Puerto Rico. The course examines the concepts of cultural hybridity, contact and conflict, ethnicity and race, adaptation, and cultural/language contact. Course readings draw on a combination of historical analysis, ethnographic studies, autobiography, fiction, poetry, essays, and film in order explore the many manifestations of contact in these three unique contexts.
Prerequisite: SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 -
Fulfills: BI, DIT, WI

SPAN 254 - Formerly 171 - The Making of the U.S. -Mexico Border (4)

This interdisciplinary course examines the sociopolitical construction of the border between the United States and Mexico. Students will examine the history and culture of the border region on both sides of the international boundary and how the border has defined each nation. We will examine environmental issues, labor and economic systems, tourism, immigration and migration, grassroots activism, and border security in our exploration of the complex relationship between these two countries and their citizens.
Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - .
Fulfills: BI, DUS, DIT

SPAN 400 - Formerly 199 - HISPANIC STUDIES SEMINAR (3)

The Capstone is the culmination of a students work in the Spanish major. Required of all majors not completing an honors thesis. It is a summative experience of the skills and approaches acquired by an undergraduate student throughout the major in correspondence with National Standards. It will consist of three components: A revised research paper drawing on the work, content and methodologies from one of the Hispanic Studies Seminars regularly offered by the Spanish department. In consultation with Spanish Department faculty, students will complete revisions and any further research/expansion of the paper, and also prepare to present that research to peers and faculty members at the Spanish Departments Hispanic Studies Colloquium a public forum showcasing the research of graduating Spanish majors Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Each student will be administered the OPI following the National Standards established by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Writing Proficiency Test (WPT). Each student will be administered the WPT following the National Standards established by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). Prerequisite: Hispanic Studies Seminar, or concurrent registration with a Hispanic Studies Seminar.

Elementary and Intermediate Language Sequence

SPAN 181 - Formerly 1 - Fundamentals of Oral and Written Spanish I (4)

An introduction to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing using a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach. Interactive practice is enhanced by multimedia/technology. Designed for students who have not taken Spanish before. Twenty-five percent of the course done outside class using various technologies.
Offered every semester.

SPAN 182 - Formerly 20 - Fundamentals of Oral and Written Spanish II (4)

Continues and completes the introduction to the Spanish language. Progressive mastering of the four skills toward a goal of low-intermediate proficiency level. Emphasis on using language in context to expand self-expression. Open to students who have completed SPAN 181 - Formerly 1 - , or who have been assigned to this course after placement examination. Twenty-five percent of the course done outside of class using various technologies.
Prerequisite: SPAN 181 - Formerly 1 - Offered every semester.

SPAN 281 - Formerly 30 - Intermediate Spanish (4)

A review of basic Spanish with a concentration on refinement of skills toward a goal of advanced proficiency in written expression and spoken accuracy. Uses Hispanic cultural and literary texts to assist in vocabulary expansion and to develop techniques in mastering authentic language in context. Open to students who have completed SPAN 182 - Formerly 20 - , or who have been assigned to this course after placement examination. Twenty-five percent of the course done outside class using various technologies.
Meets: Three hours class, two hours in the LRC Prerequisite: SPAN 182 - Formerly 20 - Offered every semester.

SPAN 202 - Formerly 31 - Oral and Written Skills for Heritage Learners (4)

This course is designed to further develop reading and writing skills and improve the linguistic proficiency of heritage learners who learned Spanish at home or in their community. Stress on grammar control and expository writing, as well as implications of bicultural identity and recognition of regional linguistic variations. Students become familiarized with grammatical terminology and also learn how to use writing conventions in Spanish. Students develop oral and written Spanish for academic and professional contexts.
Prerequisite: SPAN 182 - Formerly 20 - , placement or special permission.

Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence

SPAN 301 - Formerly 102 - Spanish Grammar (4)

This course is designed to improve the student's accuracy and control of advanced grammatical modes in Spanish resulting in more precise articulation of ideas and opinions and other forms of self-expression. Class will emphasize proportionately the four skills of speaking, writing, reading and listening while using the most contemporary source materials such as magazines, reports, and films in Spanish. In addition, class will use internet sources and other technologies. Activities may include debates, speeches, interviews, reports, conversations, and dramatic skits.
Prerequisite: SPAN 281 - Formerly 30 - Offered fall semester in even numbered years.

SPAN 303 - Formerly 104 - Spanish Grammar & Conversation for Heritage Learners (4)

Designed to develop reading and writing skills and improve linguistic proficiency of heritage speakers of Spanish. Stress on grammar control and expository writing, as well as implications of bicultural identity and recognition of regional linguistic variations.
Offered spring semesters in odd years.

SPAN 306 - Formerly 105C - Spanish Conversation (4)

The course focuses on developing students' conversational skills in Spanish through an emphasis on the use of spoken language within the contexts of Hispanic media and theater. Text-, audio-, and visual-based authentic materials as well as selected dramatic pieces in Spanish will provide the basis for oral discussion and exercises centered on improving pronunciation, developing an active vocabulary for use across different communicative contexts, and increasing the integration of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 - Formerly 102 - , placement or special permission.
Fulfills: DIT

SPAN 308 - Formerly 107 - Spanish Composition (4)

This course provides a grammar review with special attention to the development of accurate oral and written expression. The objective of this course is to improve written proficiency. Emphasis on acquiring expressive vocabulary and knowing the rhetorical norms of different writing styles: academic writing, formal and informal correspondence, creative, argumentative, etc. Through daily written assignments, including exercises in translation, students should increase control of writing across various contexts.

Fulfills: WI

Hispanic Studies Courses taught in English

SPAN 354 - Formerly 166 - Gender in Contemporary Hispanic Fiction and Film (4)

This course provides a broad understanding of how gender and sexuality are articulated in fiction, film and other images in the Spanish-speaking world today. We approach these texts using multidisciplinary approaches, and examine their intersection with race, class and Hispanic cultural values and traditions. It will be organized thematically and by region to better understand the diversity of the Hispanic world. Using recent theoretical approaches (feminist, post-feminist, queer), we will study various gender representations (male, female, performative) as we elaborate on issues of authorship, representation and reception.
Taught in English.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

Gateway Courses to Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies

SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - Gateway to Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies (4)

This course introduces students to the basic critical skills for literary and cultural analysis, develops reading fluency across genres (such as poetry, prose, and theatre) and literary periods, and examines interdisciplinary cultural discourses as connected to a topic or topics related to the Hispanic world. Representative works and products studied are placed within their historical, cultural and theoretical contexts. The course pays particular attention to the development of oral and written argumentation across cultural frameworks and perspectives. Emphasis is placed on oral interpretations and presentations, critical oral and written responses, as well as on the original application of critical methodologies in written work. Students will develop writing and research skills pertinent to future coursework in the discipline. Topics may rotate among the following: Gender and Representation in Hispanic Literatures and Film; Spain, Latin America, the U.S.: An Odyssey of Cultures; Short Fictions in the Spanish Speaking World; The Hispanic Imagination: Poetry and Narrative; Identity, Performance and Self-Representation in Spanish-Speaking Cultures; The Hispanic Novella Tradition from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez.
Prerequisite: Three courses from the advanced intermediate sequence or special permission.
Fulfills: BH, WM

Topics Courses in English

(all readings, lectures, and discussions in English)

SPAN 352 - Formerly 113 - African Roots in Latin American Cultures (4)

A study of the many contributions that African Diaspora added to the richness of the present-day cultures of Latin America, Brazil and the Spanish Caribbean. The course will emphasize the influences that the African cultures have had in areas such as the language, economy, religion, music, art, dance and gastronomy. In addition to literary selections, readings in socio-historical sources, films and other art forms will be introduced and discussed.
Enrollment priority: Given to Spanish majors/minors, Latin American Studies minors, Pan African majors/minors. Offered in alternate years.

SPAN 351 - Formerly 115 - Magical Realism to Glblization Span-American Lit & Film (4)

A study of the major developments in Latin American literature and film in the past half century. First we concentrate on the literary aesthetics of the "Boom" - the movement that propelled Latin American literature into world recognition - and will consider theoretically the use of magical realism through close readings of representative canonical works. The second half of the course will center on the most recent prose and film of new generations of artists (such as the "McOndo" and "Crack Generation" movements, among others) depicting the impact of globalization, transnational forces, consumerism, migrations, and external influences upon Latin American identity. Taught in English.
Offered spring 2009.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

SPAN 250 - Formerly 116 - Special Topics: Lat. Amer., Peninsular or Transatl. Cont. (4)

A study of a topic or topics in the linguistics, literature, or culture of the Spanish-speaking world outside of the United States not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish Department. The course may focus on one or more countries/groups/regions within the Spanish-speaking world outside of the United States; explore identity, national, collective or regional representations across an array of social categories as articulated in the production of one or more of these countries/groups/regions; or it may examine the linguistic, literary, or cultural production resulting from institutional, traditional or social entities/movements within the international Spanish-speaking world. In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits. Amount of credit established at time of registration.
Taught in English. Course may be repeated for credit as topic changes.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

SPAN 380 - Formerly 117 - Selected Topics in Spanish (2-4)

A study of a topic or topics in a linguistic, cultural, or literary aspect of the Hispanic world not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish department. In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits. Course may be repeated for credit as topic changes.
In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered fall or spring semester.

SPAN 251 - Formerly 119 - Selected Topics:U.S.& U.S.Reg. Contexts(Taught in English) (4)

A study of a topic or topics in the linguistics, literature, or culture of the Latin and/or Latino/a communities of the United States not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish Department. The course may focus on one or more Hispanic groups/regions within the United States and its outposts, such as Mexican-Americas, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Ricans; explore identity, national, collective or regional representations across an array of social categories as articulated in the production of one or more of these groups/regions; or it may examine the linguistic, literary, or cultural production of these groups/regions resulting from institutional, traditional or social entities/movements within the United States.
In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Taught in English. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
Fulfills: BH, DUS

SPAN 366 - Formerly 121 - Advanced Expression and Stylistics (4)

An advanced course in creative writing. Based on the practices of creative writing in different genres and subgenres, translations, and oral production, students will refine their linguistic skills and work towards acquiring a personal style across written contexts. Students will also work toward the development of critical thinking skills when creating new texts. Prerequisite: Gateway course or concurrent registration with Gateway course or special permission.

Fulfills: BA

SPAN 364 - Formerly 123 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (4)

This survey course introduces the primary fields of Spanish linguistics including: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. We will examine the terminology and theoretical frameworks used in each field for the analysis of the Spanish language. Students will put linguistic theory to practice through the completion of exercises and the analysis of speech and text. We will also examine the social contexts that structure the use of language and its speakers by exploring the Spanish language in various settings around the world.
Prerequisite: Gateway course, or concurrent registration with Gateway course or special permission.
Fulfills: BSS

SPAN 353 - Formerly 133 - Latinos in the US: Images of Self and Family (4)

This course will focus on visual and textual representations of Latinos, representing the individual and the family, both by the hegemonic media and by members of these communities. We will follow a multidisciplinary approach as we trace the development of Latinos in Hollywood cinema, television, re-construct representations in newspapers and the general media and place them in historical context. We will engage these texts in a dialogue with contestatory and revisionist representations in film, literature, and other popular forms from within the community.
Taught in English. Check department listings.

Advanced Courses in Language and Linguistics

SPAN 363 - Formerly 122 - History of the Spanish Language (4)

An advanced study of the Spanish language examining its history and development from Latin to the phonological and syntactic descriptions found in present-day usage. Topics include comparative data on Spanish-American and peninsular Spanish, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and idiomatic usage. Linguistic study as applied to literature and pedagogical implications is explored.
Prerequisite: Gateway course or concurrent registration with Gateway course or special permission.
Fulfills: BH

SPAN 365 - Formerly 124 - Spanish Sociolinguistics (4)

This course will familiarize students with issues of language use in context in Spanish-speaking communities around the world. Students will learn the field's main findings and methods for sociolinguistic analysis. They will become familiar with concepts such as linguistic variation, linguistic change, standard vs. non-prestigious varieties, bilingualism, diglossia, language attitudes, language planning, and conversation analysis.
Prerequisite: Gateway course, or concurrent registration with Gateway course or by special permission.
Fulfills: BSS, WI, DIT

SPAN 382 - Formerly 128 - Selected Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics (2-4)

The study of a topic or topics in Spanish language and linguistics not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish department. In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits.
Amount of credit established at the time of registration. Offered in Spanish. Maybe repeated for credit as topics changes. Prerequisite: Required courses from the Advanced Intermediate Language Sequence, placement or special permission.

Advanced Courses in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies

Origins and Foundations

SPAN 140 - Self Place & The Environment in the Hispanic World (4)

Description Pending.

Fulfills: DIT, WI

Upper-Level Language and Literature Courses in Spanish

Open to students who have completed SPAN 30 or equivalent or with permission of instructor. Not open to Heritage speakers and others whom the department determines are fluent in Spanish, except by permission of the department.

SPAN 381 - Formerly 118 - Selected Topics in Spanish Literature and Cultural Stds. (2-4)

The study of a topic or topics related to a literary or cultural aspect of the Hispanic world not covered by the current offerings of the Spanish department. In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits.
In any given semester the course may be offered as a single four-credit unit or divided into two separate topics, each carrying two credits. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: Gateway course or special permission. Offered fall or spring semester.

SPAN 379 - Formerly 125 - Doing Business in the Hispanic World (4)

This course is designed to give students of Spanish a foundation in business vocabulary, basic business and cultural concepts as well as an in-depth reflection of what it means to do business in a variety of culturally diverse Hispanic countries. This perspective is conducted through literary readings, contemporary and historical comparisons, mass media analysis, and linguistic descriptions of products or brand names.
Enrollment priority: Priority to students who have already taken a course in the advanced language sequence and are considering a minor in Business, Society, and Culture or major in Economics and to students in the Latin American Studies program. Offered spring semester in even numbered years. Same as:

SPAN 322 - Formerly 131 - Community Based Learning: The U.S. Latino/a Experience (4)

This course will combine the practice of translation across disciplines and community service through its dual focus on critical, reflexive thinking and civic responsibility. Through translations related to health, social, business and political issues, students increase their working vocabulary paying close attention to idioms, dialect and creativity. This will be complemented by an off-campus component. Students will partner with organizations that serve the local Latino/a community, and will examine their role and responsibility in relation to issues of citizenship, social and economic justice, and social change.
Prerequisite: Gateway course, or concurrent registration with Gateway course, or special permission.
Fulfills: DUS

SPAN 339 - Formerly 139 - War and Imagination: The Spanish Civil War (4)

The defining event of 20th-century Spain and a prelude to Europe's Second World War, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) captured world attention and the imagination of writers, artists, and workers. This course explores historical events that brought about the proclamation of the liberal Second Republic and the ensuing civil war resulting in long-endured Fascist repression of Francisco Franco and the anti-Francoist guerrilla movement. This course also explores de role of the American Abraham Lincoln Brigade in its fight against fascism during and after the Spanish Civil war. Ideological and social change (women, minorities, and language communities) are also investigated. This course also analyses artistic production (literature, art, film, and music) in Spain and US (Hollywood) that shows the rhetoric of war and propaganda.
Prerequisite: Gateway course, or concurrent registration with a Gateway course, or special permission. Offering to be Determined.
Fulfills: DIT

SPAN 331 - Formerly 154 - Reading Nation, Gender and Ethnicity in LatIn American Culture (4)

A multidisciplinary study of the discourses of gender and ethnicity during shifting moments of nation construction in Latin America after independence, revolution and modernization projects. Discourse analysis, gender and postcolonial theories will be applied to selected literary text as well as to films, art movements, political manifestos, and national myths. Prerequisite: Gateway course or permission of the instructor.
Enrollment priority: Priority to Spanish majors and minors and Latin American minors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: Open to Juniors and Seniors who have taken at least one advanced course in literature. Offered in alternate years.
Fulfills: DIT

SPAN 300 - Formerly 161 - Independent Studies in Spanish (2-4)

An opportunity for the Spanish major/minor to engage in independent investigation of significant cultural, linguistic, literary, or philosophical questions relative to the student's field of interest. Students involved in concurrent study of related topic(s) meet regularly in conference groups.
Course may be repeated. Offered each semester.

SPAN 252 - Formerly 162 - The Culture of Melodrama (4)

This course addresses the origins, impact, and currency of the melodramatic across Spanish and Latin American culture, literature, film, music, and television. The course examines the recourse of the melodramatic within diverse emotional contexts (romantic, erotic, familial) and their relationship with varying cultural and social attitudes. The course will pay particular attention to the repetitions and excesses of melodramatic representations, and their implicit and explicit connections to gender, gender performance, sexual identity, and nationalism.
Taught in English.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

SPAN 325 - Formerly 163 - Young Writers,Neo-Real.& Urb. Culture in the Hisp.World (4)

This course examines representative cultural production from a wave of young writers, filmmakers, and artists who have opted for a neo-realist aesthetic to represent current national and transnational realities. Focusing on movements like the Generacin X group in Spain and the McOndo and Crack groups in Latin America, the course explores the connections between this new production and urban identities. We pay special attention to the role of U.S. influences, audio-visual media, violence, disease, emerging marginalities, and rearticulated sexualities as elements of this new urban reality.

Fulfills: WI, DIT

SPAN 253 - Formerly 164 - Gender, Sexuality and Performance in Spanish Theatre (4)

This course is designed to offer an overview of Spanish theatre through representative works from the seventeenth century Golden Age to the early 20th century. Through an analysis of different dramatic genres the course explores the background and the historical, social and aesthetic development of the Spanish theatre, as well as its principal themes. We pay particular attention to these plays not just as literary artifacts, but also as texts for performance. In particular, we examine gender and sexuality both in performance and as performance - analyzing the meanings produced by gendered and sexualized bodies on stage and in audiences, as well as the constructions and manifestations of gender and sexuality through performance itself across different contexts and time periods. We analyze selected plays by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Fernndez de Moratn, and Garca Lorca, among others.
Taught in English.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

SPAN 313 - Formerly 165 - Relationships,Marriage,and Romance in Hisp.Lit.and Film (4)

After providing a historical foundation, through representative texts and films this course traces the evolution of courtship and affective and institutional relationships, from the Golden Age to contemporary settings in the Hispanic world. Works studied are placed within their historical and theoretical contexts, in terms of public and private spaces, as well as power and dependency. We also consider the erosion of traditional values and mores as modern Hispanic culture has become more liberal and homogenized in industrial, globalized and media-saturated environments.
Taught in Spanish Prerequisite: Spanish 120, placement, or permission of instructor.
Fulfills: BH, DIT

SPAN 332 - Formerly 167 - Hisp.Cultures in U.S.:Colonial Spain, Ethics, Post-Ethics (4)

This course traces Hispanic cultural presence in North America through three key historical moments. Starting with Spain's colonial expansion and cultural imprint in North America, followed by the 1848 transition of these territories to the U.S. and resulting cultural production, the course then focuses on the migrations and political exiles of the late 19th and the 20th century, the civil rights movement, contestatory writing and the rise of ethnic literatures and films in both Spanish and English. Lastly, the course views recent works by first- or second-generation authors who write in English, but occupy a space of enunciation that is neither Hispanic nor Anglo, but fluid, hybrid, and multicultural.
Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 120, placement, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 394 - Formerly 180 - Hispanic Studies Seminar (4)

An advanced seminar on a topic relating to the language, culture, and/or literature of the Hispanic world. Emphasis on research and critical thinking. Topic changes annually. Open to juniors and seniors and others by permission. Required once of all majors.
Offered spring semester. Same as: MAT 824 - Formerly 824 -

Language, Literature, and Culture Courses in Spanish

Upper-level courses in Spanish language, literature, and culture are offered every third year, unless otherwise indicated below.

SPAN 333 - Formerly 136 - Colonial/Postcolonial Encounte rs: Europe, Africa and the Am ericas (4)

This course focuses on the interdisciplinary aspects of literatures and texts that represent colonial, neo-colonial and post-colonial encounters (Columbus and "cannibals"; Malinche and Cortez; Pocahontas and John Smith; Prspero and Calibn; contemporary migrants and the immigration officials at the sea and land borders of the USA or Spain). Our task will be to discuss the notions of power and powerlessness, center and periphery, purity and hybridism, First and Third World, cultural identity and globalization that may be present in these encounters.
Prerequisite: Gateway course or permission of the instructor. Offered fall 2008. Same as: MAT 882 - Formerly 882 -
Fulfills: BH

SPAN 312 - Formerly 137 - Love, Sex, and Spirituality in Early Modern Spain (4)

This course addresses the theme of love, both human and divine, as expressed in Spanish poetry, narrative, and drama from the late 15th to the early 17th centuries. Discussions of literary selections will address each work in its specific historical contexts during the early modern period, while also addressing the theories of love that inform these works. We will pay particular attention to the diverse modalities of amorous representations, both earthly and spiritual, as well as the roles of women as writers and characters. Prerequisite: SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - or special permission
Offered fall 2007.
Fulfills: WI

SPAN 149 - Hispanic Cultures in the United States (4)

This course traces Hispanic cultural presence in North America through three key historical moments. Starting with Spain's colonial expansion and cultural imprint on what today is the U.S., the course then focuses on the migrations and political exiles of the 20th century, the civil rights movement, contestatory writing and the rise of ethnic literatures and films in both Spanish and English. Lastly, the course views recent works by first- or second-generation authors who write in English, but occupy a space of enunciation that is neither Hispanic nor Anglo, but fluid, hybrid, and multicultural.
Offered spring 2008.
Fulfills: BH, DUS

SPAN 345 - Formerly 168 - Cinematic Language:An Intro. to Spanish Filmic Discourse (4)

An advanced study of Spanish cinema and its cinematographic expression through a systematic analysis of the filmic processes. Based on four basic issues in Spanish films: hybridization; violence; sexual allure; and regional cinemas (Catalan and Basque), students will explore how language mechanisms - ellipsis, transitions, metaphors, symbols, dialogues, narrative processes, time and space are utilized by filmmakers to create unique discursive texts.

Fulfills: DIT

SPAN 320 - Formerly 169 - Memories and Migration: U.S. Latinos in Literature & Film (4)

This course studies works that follow the tradition of the (auto)biographical and life writings modes of self-representation as they examine the migration, dislocation and settlement in the U.S. of individuals and communities and their process of cultural negotiation and integration. We will focus on their discursive strategies in relation to the past, nostalgia and memory. We will engage these works with current social elements, such as mass media and local and national policies. Using postcolonial theories of discourse, we will also examine how these works situate themselves in light of emerging cultural identities and new cultural realignments.
Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - Corequisite or Prerequisite: SPAN 310 - Formerly 120 - or permission of Instructor. Check department listing.

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum

SPAN 299 - Formerly 99 - Spanish Across the Curriculum (1-2)

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum is a tutorial program which seeks to enable students with at least intermediate level proficiency in a foreign language to access authentic materials in that language that are relevant to a cognate course. Students will use their acquired skills to read and interpret texts in the foreign language and/or conduct research in the language. Knowledge gained will be applied to the work of the cognate course.
Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: SPAN 281 - Formerly 30 - or permission of the instructor. Offered every semester.

AP Exams

Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations

A student receiving a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish examination is exempt from SPAN 30: Intermediate Spanish and is considered to have fulfilled the College’s general education requirement.

The College language requirement may also be met by achieving a score of 680 on the CEEB/SAT II Spanish Test, or a satisfactory placement score on the Drew Spanish placement examination.

Lang-in-Context

Language-in-Context Requirement for Spanish

The following regularly offered courses fulfill the language-in-context requirement for students offering Spanish as their language. Courses from foreign language departments and programs offered to fulfill this requirement must be in addition to the eight credits needed to fulfill the language requirement. For other courses, see the list published each semester.

• ANTH 30/Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America (4)
• ANTH 59/Regional Ethnography (4)
• ECON 29/Selected Topics in Economics (when topic applies) (4)
• HIST 75/Latin America Since Independence (4)
• MUS 3/The Enjoyment of Music (4)
• MUS 12/History of Western Music I (4)
• MUS 13/History of Western Music II (4)
• MUS 101/Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (4)
• MUS 103/Music of the Baroque and Classical Periods (4)
• MUS 111/Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries (4)
• PSCI 106/Latin American Politics (4)
• PSCI 107/European Politics (4)
• PSCI 112/Comparative Political Participation (when topic applies) (4)
• PSCI 134/Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy (4)
• PSCI 137/Europe in World Affairs (4)
• PSCI 156/Seminar on Gender and International Politics (when topic applies) (4)
• THEA 109/Theatre History I:  Origins to the Renaissance (4)

Students who wish to use a course designated SPAN to satisfy the language-in-context requirement must take a course that is appropriate to their skills in Spanish.

Summer Lang Prog

Summer Language Program in Barcelona, Spain

This summer program offers 8 credits in intensive language and culture courses in Barcelona, the bustling and artistic center of the Comunitat de Catalunya, and one of the most cosmopolitan cities of the European Union.  Drew University believes that Barcelona is the ideal site for our students to improve language proficiency in Spanish while deepening their cultural knowledge. In the friendly environment of a private home, the participant gains an immediate firsthand experience of Spanish daily life. The program’s Resident Director, a member of Drew’s faculty, attends to students’ needs and selects experiential activities and destinations designed to add breadth and depth to this off-campus program. Students have the opportunity to fulfill their language credits and take classes for their major or minor in Spanish. The student will receive credit for the following courses:

• 4 credits in the Spanish language course appropriate for the student’s level of proficiency (SPAN 1, SPAN 20, SPAN 30). Students who completed already the Intermediate level must enroll in SPAN 128 for their language credit.
• 4 credits in either SPAN 118: Selected Topics in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies or SPAN 117: Selected Topics in Spanish taught in English