Undergraduate

Updated 2022.

SPANISH COURSE SEQUENCE

 

ON CAMPUS

OFF CAMPUS

THE BASIC SEQUENCE

 

Spanish 1 (Intro to spoken and written Spanish)

Introduction to spoken and written Spanish. Intensive study of introductory grammar and vocabulary with a focus on culture. Oral class activities, readings and compositions. Weekly practice in the virtual language lab includes viewing TV series and films and weekly drill sessions.

 

 

Spanish 2 (Intro to spoken and written Spanish. Cont'.)

Continuation of SPANISH 1. Further intensive study of grammar and vocabulary with a focus on culture. Oral class activities, readings and compositions and continued practice in the virtual language laboratory. Weekly drill sessions.

Spanish 3 (Continuation of Spanish 2. Advanced language instruction)

Spanish 3 provides additional, intensive study of grammar and vocabulary with a focus on literature and culture. Oral class activities, readings and compositions and continued practice in the virtual language laboratory. Weekly drill sessions. Completion of this course on campus or as part of the LSA constitutes fulfillment of the language requirement.

LSA in Santander, Spain

It occurs once a year in the Summer term.

 

The program offers

-SPAN 3 (Advanced language instruction),

-SPAN 5 (Introduction to History and Culture), and

-SPAN 6 (Introduction to Hispanic Literatures).

 

 

THE BRIDGE COURSES SEQUENCE

 

 

 

SPAN 9 or SPAN 15. These are equivalent course rubrics. While SPAN 9 strengthens learners' linguistic skills though the study of advanced grammar and the intensive practice of conversation, SPAN 15 strengthens Latinx Language learners linguistic skills with an emphasis on writing and composition.

SPAN 9 (Culture and Conversation: Advanced Spanish Language).

This course serves as a bridge between SPAN 3 and SPAN 20. Through the intensive study of a variety of aural media (e.g., documentaries, TV and radio programs, films), grammar, vocabulary and speech acts as presented in the course packet, students will actively practice listening and speaking skills with the goal of reaching an Intermediate High Level (on the ACTFL scale).

 

SPAN 15 (LatinX Writing and Composition)

This course draws on the strengths of Latinx Language Learners in order to enhance their skills in writing and composition. Using a variety of media and genres, students will explore the cultural experiences of US Latinx communities and the Spanish-speaking world. Students will write essays, narrative prose, and creative literary works that focus on structures related to languages and cultures in contact, as well as review grammar to expand their range from informal to academic communication.

 

A convenient advantage about Spanish 9 and 15:

You cannot take this course off-campus. It is an on-campus a pre-requisite to go on an LSA+ in Barcelona or Buenos Aires.

 

But note:   if you go on the LSA in Santander you may SKIP Spanish 9 in order to continue with a minor or major in Spanish on campus. After completing an LSA you go onto take Spanish 20!

 

Spanish 20 (Writing and Reading: A Critical and Cultural Approach)

 

SPAN 20 is the first course of the Major/Minor, and serves as transition between the skills acquired through the Spanish language courses (Spanish LSA or equivalent preparation) and those needed for all upper-division courses (30 and above). Through the study of critical and theoretical vocabulary, and the reading of short stories, poems, films, theatrical plays and journalistic articles, students will acquire analytic tools to comprehend and analyze several types of texts. This course is also designed to familiarize students with different textual genres and a wide array of literary and interpretative key concepts. 

LSA+ Buenos Aires. It occurs every Winter

 

The program offers

-SPAN 20 (Writing and Reading: A Cultural Approach)

 -SPAN 21  (Argentine Identities: a Cultural and Historical Approach)

-SPAN 32 (Introduction to Hispanic Studies: 20th and 21st Centuries)

LSA+ Barcelona. It occurs every Winter

 

 

 

 

The program offers

 

-SPAN 20

(Writing and Reading: A Cultural Approach)

 

-SPAN 22

(Modern and Contemporary Spanish Artistic and Cultural Production)

 

-SPAN 32 (Introduction to Hispanic Studies: 20th and 21st Centuries)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE 30s SEQUENCE

Most students take one of these 30-level courses, but you make take two or all three of them. They are distributed chronologically over the calendar year.

-SPAN 32 covers 20th and 21st centuries major works of literature, film and other Hispanic Studies objects of study. It is offered in the FALL.

-SPAN 31 covers 18th and 19th centuries works of literature, political thought, theater and other objects of study in the field. It is offered in the WINTER.

-SPAN 30 covers the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Baroque. It covers major works of literature, poetry, and theater from the birth of the Spanish language until the end of the so-called "Golden Age." It is offered in the SPRING.

Take one of the 30s sequence courses to go on an FSP.

Also take Span 32 in either the LSA+ Buenos Aires or LSA+ Barcelona.

Upper Division Courses

Upper-level courses vary in topic and methodological approach. All courses are meant to provide students with tools to understand central issues in the study of the Hispanic, Latin American, and LatinX world, across time.  Rubric numbers are not correlative. After Spanish 20, students may take any course numbered 33 and above in no consecutive order.

 

Though topics may vary term to term, these are the general themes and approaches used in each rubric:

Spanish 40 (Hispanic Literature and Culture by Period)

Spanish 43 (Hispanic Literature and Culture by Genre)

Spanish 45 (Regional/National/Trans-Atlantic Approaches to Hispanic Studies)

Spanish 50 (Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Studies)

SPAN 53 (Topics in Spanish Linguistics, Rhetoric, and Poetics)

Spanish 55 (Hispanic Literature, Culture, and Politics)

SPAN 60 (Race and Ethnicity in Hispanic Studies)

SPAN 63 (Hispanic Film Studies)

SPAN 65 (Hispanic Performance, Media, and the Arts)

SPAN 70 (Great Works of Hispanic Literature: Don Quixote and One Hundred Years of Solitude)

SPAN 73 (Special Topics in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Production)

SPAN 75 (Creative Writing in Spanish)

Spanish 77 (Text and Contexts. Topics in Writing)

Spanish 83. (Independent study)

 

Upper division courses are also part of FSP programs in Madrid and Buenos Aires

 

FSP Buenos Aires. It occurs every Spring

The program offers

-SPAN 23 (Argentine Cultural Heritage),

-SPAN 33 (Argentine Civilization: Society, Culture, and Politics in Argentina), and

-SPAN 35 (Studies in Spanish-American Literature and Culture).

FSP Madrid. It occurs every Fall.

The program offers

 

-SPAN 24 (Spanish Cultural Heritage), -

-SPAN 34 (Society, Culture and Politics in Spain), and

-SPAN 36 (Studies in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Literature).

 

The Culminating  Experience

SPAN 80 (Senior seminar in Hispanic Studies)

Supervised independent research under the direction of a designated advisor. Honors majors will normally elect this course as the first in the required sequence (90 and 91) for completion of the Honors Program

 

SPAN 90 (Honors course) and SPAN 91 (Honors seminar)

A prearranged program of study and research during any term of the senior year, on a tutorial basis, with individual faculty members (normally the thesis advisor). A thesis and public presentation are the expected culmination of the course.

         

Portuguese Course Sequence

THE BASIC SEQUENCE

Portuguese 11. Intensive Portuguese

 

A 1-credit course that combines Portuguese 1 and Portuguese 2 in one term. Portuguese 11 is a fast-paced course that introduces students to the Portuguese language and the cultural and social aspects of Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. Students will develop basic communicative skills through engaging activities that cover oral, listening, written, and reading practice. Standard grammar structures will be taught in tandem with idiomatic usage so that students will be ready to use the language in formal and informal situations. Intensive use of films, documentaries, popular music, online news media, and social media will accelerate the learning of the language and provide a fruitful avenue for understanding cultural issues and current events in Portuguese-speaking countries.

 

Portuguese 3

The course provides additional, intensive study of grammar and vocabulary with a focus on literature and culture. Oral class activities, readings and compositions and continued use of films, music and other media. Weekly drill sessions. Completion of this course constitutes fulfillment of the language requirement. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World

THE BRIGDE COURSES

Portuguese 8. Language and Culture. Brazilian portraits

 

Students in this course will practice the Portuguese language by researching, analyzing, and discussing the portraits of well-known and ordinary Brazilians. Through the study of a broad range of written, visual, and audio/oral texts in Portuguese, students will examine the portrait as genre in literature, journalism, popular music, film, photography and the fine arts. Fictional and non-fictional life stories of Brazilians will serve as a window on the cultural, geographic and socioeconomic diversity within Brazil's society. Throughout the term, students will produce written and oral portraits in Portuguese that will eventually be bound together in hand-made books. This course will also review important points of grammar and expand considerably students' vocabulary in Portuguese. Reading, listening, speaking and writing assignments will develop their ability to communicate in clear, correct and idiomatic Portuguese.

 

Note: If you go on the study abroad program in Brazil you will take an off-campus course equivalent to Portuguese 8. After completing the program abroad, you go on to take Portuguese 20.

 

Portuguese 20. The Portuguese-Speaking World and Its Literatures and Cultures: The Definition of an Identity

This course deals with colonial and modern Portuguese-speaking world, including continental and insular Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa and Asia. Readings (both theoretical and fictional), film, music, and materials from the mass media that deal with the cultural identities and social roles of colonial and modern subjects are approached under different techniques of critical reading and interpretation. The second part of the course, with the disputed "definitions" of Brazilian identity, revises some "theories" or "myths" likes that of "racial democracy". The basic reading in this part is O Que Faz o brasil, Brasil? (What Does Make brazil Brazil?), by Roberto DaMatta, which focus on the core aspects of the Brazilian identity (or Brazilian stereotyped identity). Considerable emphasis will be placed on speaking and writing skills.

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

Upper-level courses vary in topic and methodological approach. All courses are meant to provide students with tools to understand central issues in the study of Brazilian studies and Lusophone studies across time.  Rubric numbers are not correlative. After Port 20, students may take any course numbered 21 and above in no consecutive order.

 

PORT 25 (Advanced Portuguese Composition)

PORT 35 (Advanced Studies in Brazilian Culture and Society)

PORT 36 (Studies in Contemporary Brazilian Literature)

PORT 60  (The Portuguese-Speaking World: Literature and Culture by Period)

PORT 61 (The Portuguese-Speaking World: Genre)

PORT 62 (Film Media, Performance, and the Arts in the Portuguese-Speaking World)

PORT 63 (Special Topics. Literary and Cultural Productions of the Portuguese-Speaking World)

PORT 83 (Independent study)

 

THE CULMINATING EXPERIENCE

Portuguese 80

This seminar is designed to provide students specializing in Portuguese studies with a small group setting that facilitates in-depth exploration of key aspects of the discipline.

 

 Please note:  We are working on our NEW off campus program in Brazil. Stay tuned for updates on our website!