| PORT 200-01 |
Portuguese for Speakers of a Romance Language
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
This course is designed for students who have previously studied another Romance language and would like develop speaking, reading, writing and listening skills in Portuguese. The course assumes no previous knowledge of Portuguese, and will rely on the comparative grammar and cognate vocabulary of Spanish and other Romance languages to develop language skills over the course of the semester. In addition, the class will explore aspects of Portuguese-speaking cultures in Europe, Latin America and Africa. Prerequisites: four semesters of a Romance language (or the equivalent), or permission of instructor.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 310 |
| Courses Offered in SPAN |
| SPAN 101-01 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Shannon Heckman
Course Description:
This is the first course in the language sequence. The course focuses on all four language skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with an emphasis on vocabulary development and listening comprehension development. Prerequisite: Placement exam.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 318 |
| SPAN 101-02 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Shannon Heckman
Course Description:
This is the first course in the language sequence. The course focuses on all four language skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with an emphasis on vocabulary development and listening comprehension development. Prerequisite: Placement exam.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 318 |
| SPAN 102-01 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Maria Asuncion Arnedo
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
LIBRY E. ASIAN |
| SPAN 102-02 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Maria Asuncion Arnedo
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
LIBRY E. ASIAN |
| SPAN 102-03 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Maria Asuncion Arnedo
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
LIBRY E. ASIAN |
| SPAN 102-04 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Amy Gimbel
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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01:30 PM-02:20 PM, MTWRF
BOSLER 307 |
| SPAN 102-05 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Allen Zegarra
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 308 |
| SPAN 102-06 |
Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Allen Zegarra
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 101. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking. Prerequisite: 101. Upon completion, students go to 201.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 308 |
| SPAN 201-01 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Julie Lesman
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 214 |
| SPAN 201-02 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Abraham Quintanar
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 306 |
| SPAN 201-03 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Julie Lesman
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 214 |
| SPAN 201-04 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Angela DeLutis-Eichenberger
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 305 |
| SPAN 201-05 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Angela DeLutis-Eichenberger
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 305 |
| SPAN 201-07 |
Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Tina Antonicelli
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of Spanish 102. The course focuses on all four langage skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on writing and speaking. Prerequisite: 102 or placement by department. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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01:30 PM-02:20 PM, MTWRF
BOSLER 308 |
| SPAN 202-01 |
Intermediate Spanish II
Instructor: Amaury Leopoldo Sosa
Course Description:
The primary goal of this course is to develop students' formal knowledge of Spanish by reviewing and studying the more challenging grammatical structures. The course will also work on development of skills in reading, oral expression, and vocabulary development. The purpose of the course is to equip students with the formal grammatical background necessary to be successful in courses on Hispanic literatures, linguistics and cultures. Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 319 |
| SPAN 202-02 |
Intermediate Spanish II
Instructor: Eva Copeland
Course Description:
The primary goal of this course is to develop students' formal knowledge of Spanish by reviewing and studying the more challenging grammatical structures. The course will also work on development of skills in reading, oral expression, and vocabulary development. The purpose of the course is to equip students with the formal grammatical background necessary to be successful in courses on Hispanic literatures, linguistics and cultures. Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 313 |
| SPAN 202-03 |
Intermediate Spanish II
Instructor: Mariana Past
Course Description:
The primary goal of this course is to develop students' formal knowledge of Spanish by reviewing and studying the more challenging grammatical structures. The course will also work on development of skills in reading, oral expression, and vocabulary development. The purpose of the course is to equip students with the formal grammatical background necessary to be successful in courses on Hispanic literatures, linguistics and cultures. Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 313 |
| SPAN 229-01 |
Conversando con Literatura y Filme
Instructor: Abraham Quintanar
Course Description:
The primary goal of this course is to continue to strengthen students' oral, aural, reading, and writing skills in Spanish while acquiring a broadened intercultural perspective. Course topics will consist of a focused cultural theme chosen by the professor. Examples of possible topics include: Current Events in Hispanic Societies, Chronicling Everyday Life, Geographical Explorations in the Spanish-Speaking World, and Gastronomy and Health in the Hispanic World.Prerequisite: 202, 203 or 205. NOTE: May be taken concurrently with 202, 231, 238 or 239. Students who have completed 231 or courses above 239 may not take this course.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
BOSLER 306 |
| SPAN 231-01 |
Mexican Women in Drug Trafficking
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
Across the world and throughout history, statistics have shown that men commit more crimes than women. However, women's involvement with drug trafficking in Latin America has grown exponentially. The main goal of this class is to analyze Mexican women's diverse and complex participation in drug trafficking while developing writing skills in Spanish. Some of the questions the course will discuss are: How are women represented? What are women saying and experiencing? Does women's participation in drug trafficking challenge traditional rules and values? Are conventional notions of femininity and masculinity redefined by women's participation in the criminal world? Because it is a writing-intensive (WR) course, students will take a process approach to writing (drafting, peer reviewing, feedback, and editing). Students will read newspaper clips, testimonials, interviews, watch a film, and listen to narcocorridos.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
BOSLER 222 |
| SPAN 231-02 |
Writing to Read: Foundations of Narrative and Creative Nonfiction
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of narrative craft in Spanish through the study and practice of short fiction and creative nonfiction by Spanish American writers. How do authors construct voice, structure, and perspective? What is the relationship between truth and storytelling in fiction and personal essays? Through readings from Cortzar, Rulfo, Garca Mrquez, Poniatowska, Ampuero, Zambra, and others, students will analyze diverse narrative techniques while developing their writing in Spanish. Weekly assignments will focus on sensory detail, character development, dialogue, structure, and narrative tension, culminating in a final revised story or essay in Spanish. Designed as a preparatory writing course, this class will equip students with the tools to read and write with greater confidence and a deeper understanding of narrative craft in Spanish.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
LIBRY E. ASIAN |
| SPAN 238-01 |
Spanish for Business Professions
Instructor: Julie Lesman
Course Description:
This is a specialized course that emphasizes the language of business. Students will study the lexicon and language protocols appropriate to the basic functions of international business. The goal is to improve oral, reading, and writing skills while acquiring a general business vocabulary, and a broadened intercultural perspective. Prerequisite: 202 or 205.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
BOSLER 213 |
| SPAN 239-01 |
Spanish for the Health Professions
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 239-01.
This course prepares students to use Spanish meaningfully in real-world health contexts by combining classroom learning with direct service. This is a space where linguistic, cultural, ethical, and social knowledge come together. Through reflection, reading, and a sustained partnership with the Beacon Clinic, students build the vocabulary, cultural awareness, and interpersonal skills required to serve Spanish-speaking communities with empathy and clarity. By applying Spanish in healthcare settings, students confront the complexities of power, equity, and responsibility, especially in the context of migration, labor, and structural inequality.Prerequisite: 202 or 205. This course is cross-listed as LALC 239.
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11:30 AM-12:45 PM, MF
LIBRY ALDEN |
| SPAN 295-01 |
Introduction to U.S. Latinx/Chicanx Literature and Culture
Instructor: Amaury Leopoldo Sosa
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 210-03 and LALC 295-01. This interdisciplinary introduction to Latinx/Chicanx Studies discusses foundational historical, cultural, political, artistic, and literary texts of U.S. Latinx/Chicanx communities. This class will cover the varied lives and identities of Latinx/Chicanx individuals, with a particular focus on the Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean diaspora. Specific course emphasis will depend on the professor. This course may be taught primarily in Spanish or English, depending on the material covered. Prerequisite: SPAN 229; 231; or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as LALC 295.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
BOSLER 314 |
| SPAN 299-01 |
Migration and Exile in Caribbean Contexts
Instructor: Mariana Past
Course Description:
In this course we will explore a variety of texts by Caribbean and diasporic writers (in Spanish) that address issues of migration and exile from different cultural and historical perspectives. Our focus will be on developing effective tools, techniques, and critical approaches for reading and interpreting works of literature, film, and music. Students will learn to examine discourses, analyze arguments, and construct and defend arguments of their own, orally and in writing.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
BOSLER 213 |
| SPAN 299-02 |
Reading and Thinking About Texts
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to techniques and/or approaches to read and interpret a variety of texts (literature, film, art, photography, music, etc.), while developing the necessary skills in the field to examine discourses, analyze arguments, and construct and defend arguments of their own, orally and in writing. Depending on the professor, this introduction to reading and analyzing different texts may focus on historical, social, cultural, political, methodological, and/or aesthetic contexts, through an interdisciplinary approach. Prerequisite: 231.
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| SPAN 299-04 |
Reading and Thinking About Texts
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to techniques and/or approaches to read and interpret a variety of texts (literature, film, art, photography, music, etc.), while developing the necessary skills in the field to examine discourses, analyze arguments, and construct and defend arguments of their own, orally and in writing. Depending on the professor, this introduction to reading and analyzing different texts may focus on historical, social, cultural, political, methodological, and/or aesthetic contexts, through an interdisciplinary approach. Prerequisite: 231.
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| SPAN 380-01 |
Unstable Realities: Truth and Fiction in Argentine Literature
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 300-02. This course examines the shifting boundaries between truth and fiction in Argentine short literature from the 20th and 21st centuries. Through the works of Borges, Cortzar, Bioy Casares, Schweblin, Enriquez, Saer, and others, we will explore how authors manipulate narrative structure, perception, memory, and historical discourse to question the nature of reality. How do stories construct or distort truth? What happens when fiction becomes more "real" than reality itself? Assignments will include critical essays, philosophical reflections, and creative exercises, encouraging students to engage analytically and imaginatively with these texts.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
LIBRY E. ASIAN |
| SPAN 380-02 |
Lxs otrxs: Reading the "Other" in Modern and Contemporary Spain
Instructor: Eva Copeland
Course Description:
What does it mean to be considered "other" in modern and contemporary Spain? "Otherness" is often read as difference, which usually includes but is not limited to intersecting identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, language, and immigration status. We will examine the ways novels, short stories, and memoirs construct notions of cultural and national identity while also considering how difference is represented. To do this, we will focus on two different time periods and their historical and cultural contexts. We will read the work of late nineteenth-century Spanish authors who wrote about emigration to the Americas and explore the representation of alterity in these texts. During the second half of the semester, we will read contemporary Spanish texts with immigration and the so-called second generation experience as a theme. This class includes texts by contemporary authors that are part of marginalized and minority groups in Spain.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
BOSLER 314 |
| SPAN 500-01 |
Salud y bienestar en la literatura contemporánea del mundo hispano
Instructor: Maria Asuncion Arnedo
Course Description:
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| SPAN 500-02 |
Translating Poetry
Instructor: Jorge Sagastume
Course Description:
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| SPAN 550-01 |
Medical Spanish Textbooks and Culture Research
Instructor: Eva Copeland
Course Description:
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