Elementary level communication skills in Spanish focusing on expressing likes, dislikes, personal information. Introduction to the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Course for students who have never studied Spanish.

Advanced beginner level Spanish course with further development of communication skills in Spanish. Focus on expressing events in the past and the future. Further exploration of cultural diversity in the Spanish-speaking world.

Basic intermediate level Spanish course with further development of uncomplicated communicative tasks. Focus on expressing subjectivity, opinions and arguments. Detailed analysis of Spanish speaking countries and societies.

Intensive practice in communicative skills in all modes of communication. Course provides a cultural context in order to ease communicating in Spanish. Topics include analysis of short films and texts. Students elaborate complex arguments and connect them to their own experience at an intermediate high level.

A study of major works selected from the best of Spanish and Spanish-American literature. A knowledge of Spanish is not required. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Contacts, conflicts and coexistence among the diverse cultures and traditions of medieval Spain: Christian Hispania, Muslim al-Andalus, and Jewish Sefarad. Taught in English. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

(Also offered as LLAS 1009.) Critical approaches to Latinos/as and cultural representation, production, and agency, as impacted by globalization and local dynamics. Will engage the value and function of race, gender and sexuality in popular culture, literature, film, music, digital culture, visual arts, and urban culture. Taught in English. Knowledge of Spanish is not required. CA 1. CA 4.

(Also offered as LLAS 1009W.) Critical approaches to Latinos/as and cultural representation, production, and agency, as impacted by globalization and local dynamics. Will engage the value and function of race, gender and sexuality in popular culture, literature, film, music, digital culture, visual arts, and urban culture. Taught in English. Knowledge of Spanish is not required. CA 1. CA 4.

Critical approaches to Spanish culture and society from the early 20th century to the present as portrayed in Spanish film. Introduction to filmic textual analysis and film history. Discussion of topics such as the avant-garde, social art, revolutionary movements, civil war, exile, Francoism, democratic transition, peripheral nationalisms, immigration, cultural diversity, postmodernity, globalization. Taught in English; Spanish not required; does not fulfill foreign language requirement. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Critical overview of the works of Spanish film directors, artists, and designers and the struggle to define modern Spain. Topics may include personal and collective identity, national unity and diversity, youth culture in Spain and in the U.S., high versus low culture, the local and the global. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of Department Head required, normally before the student's departure.

This course provides dual-degree Spanish and Engineering students with the technical and scientific vocabulary needed to discuss a wide variety of topics in engineering.

This course provides dual-degree Engineering and Spanish students more advanced vocabulary, methods, and field-specific knowledge. Students will learn to describe scientific processes, to follow scientific presentations in Spanish, and to create preparation and evaluation materials for these presentations.

This course provides dual-degree Engineering and Spanish students more advanced vocabulary, methods, and field-specific knowledge. Students will learn to describe scientific processes, to follow presentations in Spanish, and to do research to create preparation materials for their interviews with engineers. Students will also learn practical job-seeking skills, including the cultural norms for CVs, job letters, and interviews.

Introduction to commercial terminology in Spanish. Designed to meet the needs of students desiring to use Spanish as a tool for industry or commerce.

Introduction to medical terminology and language uses in Spanish for students desiring to use Spanish in the health professions. Intercultural preparation to work with patients of Latino and Hispanic origin.

Grammar, written composition, and readings for speakers of Spanish with little or no formal training. Emphasis is on Puerto Rican literature.

Provides a thorough review of grammar and methodical practice in composition leading to command of practical idioms and vocabulary.

In-depth development of speaking skills through cultural readings, group discussions and oral presentations on selected topics concerning the Spanish-speaking world.

An interdisciplinary course analyzing the politics, social structures, and cultural life of Spain from its beginnings to the start of the nineteenth century.

History of the major social, intellectual, and artistic trends of Spanish-speaking America.

Comparison of linguistic, historical and cultural backgrounds of various Hispanic groups in the U.S. through fiction, non-fiction, films, music, and guest speakers.

An interdisciplinary course concerned with present-day cultural, social, and political structures of Spanish America. Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary ideas in contemporary society and the struggle for social, political and economic stability.

An interdisciplinary course analyzing the politics, social structures and cultural life in Spain today. Spain in relation to Western Europe and the community of nations.

Women in Spanish and Ibero-American literature. Women's writings. The development of Spanish and Ibero-American feminism. Contemporary issues concerning women in the Spanish-speaking world.

Selection for study of a major world issue debated in the Iberian Peninsula or in Ibero-America by great thinkers. A history of the issue, taking into account international cultural contexts.

Selected topics. Cross-disciplinary approach to the study of Peninsular and Hispanic American cultures: the colonial heritage in Latin America; intellectual traditions and national identities; cultural production under military regimes; and experience of exiles; among possible topics.

Introduction to literary analysis through a variety of critical approaches: readings in poetry, drama, and prose fiction with explanation of terms useful to the study of literature.

The study of selected poems, plays, fables and novels reflecting the development of Spanish society from feudalism to world empire.

The study of selected poems, plays, short fiction, and novels reflecting the clash between tradition and progress in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spain. CA 1.

Treatment of the finer points of Spanish grammar. Exercises in translation and free composition. Stylistic analysis of texts chosen from Spanish or Latin American authors, newspapers, and magazines.

A study of the sounds of the language and drills to improve pronunciation. Recommended for all majors and for those who expect to teach Spanish.

Grammar in context. Linguistic awareness. Culture in relation to grammar. Focus on language knowledge and language use.

Film language and genre in Spanish and Latin American cinema. Taught in English. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Offers insights into Latin American cinema and video production. Provides tools for analyzing film and its expression of socio-political and aesthetic debates in the continent.

Class explores the way film has expressed debates over Spanish identity and history, including the role of film under Franco, in the new democratic Spain, and as part of a postmodern Europe.

Selected Latin American national cinema. Focus on identity, aesthetics, and history. Taught in English.

Readings and discussions of specific aspects of Spanish-American literature. Consult department for particulars each year.

Readings and discussions of specific aspects of Golden Age literature. Consult department for particulars each year.

Readings and discussions of specific aspects of the literature of the period. Consult department for particulars each year.

Readings and discussions of specific aspects of the literature of the period. Consult department for particulars each year.

(Also offered as LLAS 3265.) Readings and discussions of major authors and works of the Spanish Caribbean with special emphasis on Puerto Rico.

Readings of major authors and works with special emphasis on the development of the short story since the nineteenth century and on its relations to other short narrative forms (such as the fable, the cuadro de costumbres, or the tradición) as well as to significant moments of Spanish-American social history. CA 1.

Use of linguistic and cultural skills in Spanish in a professional training context such as an internship or in industry in a Spanish-speaking country. Requires contract agreed to in advance by student, internship field supervisor, and program director, detailing expectations for the credits earned. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor. Consent of Department Head required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

(Also offered as HRTS 3294.) This winter session course in Costa Rica considers a contemporary topic of interest in human rights in the Central American region. Topics may include migration, indigenous rights, women's rights, economic development, environmental rights, and more. Offered as part of the Experiential Global Learning program. With a change in topic may be repeated for credit for a maximum of six credits.

Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Topics focused on a particular area of Spanish or Latin American literature, culture or linguistics.