Course Description: Introduction to Spanish grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication.

Course Description: Introduction to Spanish grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with emphasis on communication. Special 12-week accelerated, intensive summer session combining the work of SPA 001, SPA 002 and SPA 003.

Course Description: Introduction to Spanish grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication.

Course Description: Introduction to Spanish grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication.

Course Description: Introduction to Spanish grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 001 and SPA 001S in the areas of grammar and basic language skills.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 001 or SPA 001S or SPA 001V or SPA 001Y.

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Course Description: Continuation of SPA 001 and SPA 001S in the areas of grammar and basic language skills. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of UC Davis faculty/lecturer.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 001 or SPA 001S or SPA 001V or SPA 001Y.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 001, SPA 001S, or previous high school experience in the areas of grammar and basic language skills. Online format combining synchronous chatting with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 001 or SPA 001S or SPA 001V or SPA 001Y.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 001 or SPA 001Y or SPA 001S in the areas of grammar and basic language skills. Hybrid format combining classroom instruction with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 001 or SPA 001Y or SPA 001V or SPA 001S.

Course Description: Completion of grammar sequence and continuing practice of all language skills using cultural texts.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 002 or SPA 002S or SPA 002V or SPA 002Y.

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Course Description: Completion of grammar sequence and continuing practice of all language skills using cultural texts. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of UC Davis faculty.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 002 or SPA 002S or SPA 002V or SPA 002Y.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 002, SPA 002S, SPA 002V or SPA 002Y. Online format combining synchronous chatting with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 002 or SPA 002S or SPA 002V or SPA 002Y.

Course Description: Completion of grammar sequence and continuing practice of all language skills using cultural texts. Hybrid format combining classroom instruction with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 002 or SPA 002S or SPA 002V or SPA 002Y.

Course Description: Review and development of grammar, vocabulary and composition acquired in the first year through exercises and reading of modern texts.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 003 or SPA 003S or SPA 003V or SPA 003Y.

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Course Description: Review and development of the grammar, vocabulary and composition acquired in the first year through exercises and reading of modern texts. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 003 or SPA 003S or SPA 003V or SPA 003Y.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 003, SPA 003V, SPA 003Y, SPA 003S, or previous high school experience in the areas of grammar and intermediate language skills. Online format combining synchronous chatting with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 003 or SPA 003Y or SPA 003V; or the equivalent from previous high school language experience.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 003, SPA 003S, SPA 003V and SPA 003Y in the areas of grammar and basic language skills. Hybrid format combining classroom instruction with technologically based materials where learning takes place both face-to-face and online.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 003 or SPA 003S or SPA 003V or SPA 003Y.

Course Description: Development of all language skills through exercises and reading of modern texts. Development on more difficult grammar concepts and further practice on composition.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 021 or SPA 021S or SPA 021V or SPA 021Y.

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Course Description: Development of all language skills through exercises and reading of modern texts. Development of more difficult grammar concepts and further practice on composition. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 021 or SPA 021S or SPA 021V or SPA 021Y.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 021, SPA 021V, SPA 021Y, SPA 022S, or previous high school experience in the areas of grammar and intermediate language skills. Online format combining synchronous chatting with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 021 or SPA 021S or SPA 021V or SPA 021Y; or equivalent from previous high school language experience.

Course Description: Continuation of SPA 021, SPA 021S, or SPA 021V in the areas of grammar and basic language skills. Online format combining synchronous chatting with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 021 or SPA 021S or SPA 021V or SPA 021Y.

Course Description: Development of writing skills by way of reading, discussion, and analysis of authentic materials, literary texts, and videos. Selective review of grammar. Composition, journals, individual and group projects.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 022 or SPA 022S or SPA 022V or SPA 022Y.

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Course Description: Development of writing skills by way of reading, discussion, and analysis of authentic materials, literary texts, and videos. Selective review of grammar. Composition, journals, individual and group projects. May be taught abroad in Spanish speaking country.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 022 or SPA 022S or SPA 022V or SPA 022Y.

Course Description: Development of advanced level writing skills, with emphasis on how to write argumentative prose, essays, and research papers. Introduction to the analysis of literary genres. Compositions, journals, individual and group projects.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 023 or SPA 023S.

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Course Description: Development of advanced level writing skills, with emphasis on how to write argumentative prose, essays, and research papers. Introduction to the analysis of literary genres. Compositions, journals, individual and group projects. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 023 or SPA 023S.

Course Description: Course one of a three quarter series providing bilingual students whose heritage language is Spanish with the linguistic and learning skills required for successfully completing upper division courses in Spanish. Oral presentations and compositions on themes relevant to the Latinx/Chicanx experience in the U.S.

Course Description: Course two of a three quarter series providing bilingual students whose heritage language is Spanish with the linguistic and learning skills required for successfully completing upper division courses in Spanish. Oral presentations and compositions on themes relevant to the Latinx/Chicanx experience in the U.S.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 031; consent of instructor.

Course Description: Course three of a three quarter series providing bilingual students whose heritage language is Spanish with the linguistic and learning skills required for successfully completing upper division courses in Spanish. Oral presentations and compositions on themes relevant to the Latinx/Chicanx experience in the U.S.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 032; consent of instructor.

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Course Description: Primarily for lower division students. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chairperson.

Course Description: Student facilitated course intended primarily for lower division students.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Special study for undergraduates.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Principles of literary criticism applied to the study of fiction, drama, poetry, and essay of major literary writers of the Hispanic world.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

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Course Description: Principles of literary criticism applied to the study of fiction, drama, poetry and essay of major literary writers of the Hispanic world. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of a UC Davis faculty/lecturer.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033.

Course Description: Practice in expository writing with emphasis on clarity and idiomatic expression. Practical application and review of selected grammar topics. (Part of former SPA 110A & SPA 110B.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033.

Course Description: Linguistic description of the sound patterns of Spanish and how those sounds can be used to form larger units, such as morphemes and words. Theoretical and practical comparisons with English and with other Romance languages. (Former SPA 132.)

Prerequisite(s): (SPA 024 or SPA 033); or consent of instructor. LIN 001 recommended.

Course Description: Study of Spanish word and phrase structure, with special emphasis on the constituent structure of noun and verb phrases. Theoretical and practical comparisons with English and with other Romance languages. (Former SPA 131.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 111N; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Sound structure of modern Spanish; theoretical analysis of selected problems in pronunciation. Strongly recommended for prospective teachers of Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): (SPA 024 or SPA 033); LIN 001 recommended.

Course Description: Contrastive analysis of English and Spanish, error analysis, introduction to structuralist and transformational linguistics. Individual and group conferences. (Former SPA 137.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor. SPA 111N and SPA 112N recommended.

Course Description: Spanish language from its roots in spoken Latin to modernity. Emphasis on the close relationship between historical events and language change, and the role that literature plays in language standardization.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor. LIN 001 recommended.

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Course Description: Spanish language from its roots in spoken Latin to modernity. Emphasis on the close relationship between historical events and language change, and the role that literature plays in language standardization. Taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of a UC Davis faculty/lecturer.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor. LIN 001 recommended.

Course Description: Exploration of the major theoretical and practical issues concerning learning Spanish as a second language. For students interested in teaching Spanish as a career.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor; LIN 001 recommended.

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Course Description: Exploration of the major theoretical and practical issues concerning learning Spanish as a second language. For students interested in teaching Spanish as a career. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country, in Spanish, under the supervision of UC Davis faculty.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor. LIN 001 recommended.

Course Description: Designed for students interested in teaching Spanish to native speakers. Focus on cultural diversity of the Spanish speaking population in the United States; applied language teaching methodologies in the context of teaching Spanish to native speakers at different levels.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor. LIN 001 recommended.

Course Description: Study of specialized topics in Spanish linguistics, for example: language and use; text and context; language and society; bilingualism; Spanish dialectology; syntax and semantics.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 111N; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Intensive writing of poetry or fiction in Spanish or in a bilingual (Spanish/English) format. Students will write both in prescribed forms and in experimental forms of their own choosing.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033; or consent of instructor.

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Course Description: Survey of Spanish literature (narrative, poetry and drama) to 1700, Emphasis on the multicultural birth of the Spanish culture, the formation and growth of the Spanish language and letters through its written records and the literature of the early period.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Survey of modern Spanish literature, providing an overview of main literary movements (romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, avantgarde). Emphasis on the philosophical and historical background and on the European context for modern Spanish literature. (Part of former SPA 104A & SPA 104B.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Golden Age drama: text and performance. Study of Spanish Baroque drama as performance art. Close reading of plays and related aspects of 17th-century theater: theatrical spaces, staging, performance, actors, public, language, costumes. Final project is performance of a play.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Introduction to the study of the principal authors and literary movements of 16th- and 17th-century Spain and Spanish American colonial literature.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Critical interpretation of Don Quijote Part One by Cervantes. Focused study of key elements within the socio-cultural context of Golden Age Spain. Don Quijote as prototype for the modern novel.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

Course Description: Critical interpretation of Don Quijote Part Two by Cervantes. Focused study of key elements within the socio-cultural context of Golden Age Spain. Don Quijote as prototype for the modern novel.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 134A.

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Course Description: Romanticism as a philosophical concept, and as a literary movement in Spain, with emphasis on its distinctive, specific "romantic" qualities and its literary expression in five leading authors of the early-19th century. (Former SPA 114.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Literary realism in Spain, focusing on Leopoldo Alas (Clarín), Emilia Pardo Bazán and Benito Pérez Galdós unique characteristics of Spanish realism and its historical roots in Cervantes and the picaresque.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Study of the main literary trends and authors of the modern Spanish novel and short story. Selected works by Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Sender, Cela, Matute, Ayala and others.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Study of the main literary trends and authors of modern and contemporary Spanish poetry. Selected works by Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, García Lorca, Guillén, Aleixandre, Hernández Hierro and others. Offered in alternate years. (Former SPA 120C.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Study of the main dramatic trends and playwrights of modern Spanish theater. Selected works by Valle Inclán, García-Lorca, Mihura, Buero-Vallejo, Arrabal and others. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Ortega, Unamuno and the modern Spanish essay. Their concept of Spain and their relations with other movements and thinkers.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

Course Description: Introduction to history, geography and culture of Spain. Art, history of ideas, and everyday cultural manifestations. Introduction to critical reading and textual analysis.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

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Course Description: Introduction to history, geography and culture of Spain. Art, history of ideas, and everyday cultural manifestations. Introduction to critical reading and textual analysis. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of UC Davis faculty.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

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Course Description: Special topics in the study of Spanish literature and culture. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Spanish art and the different historical, sociological and political manifestations that frame it. History of art, including Paleolithic, Roman, Visigothic, Romanesque, Goth, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassic and Contemporary art. May be taught abroad.

Course Description: Study of specific historical tendencies in Spanish culture(s) from the Romans to the present. Sources studied may include literature, film, art, journalism, and performance. Approaches to material may address issues of aesthetics, politics, identity, and globalization.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Starting Winter Quarter 2025, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Examination of anti-Hispanic prejudice in the United States focusing on the "Black Legend," a 16th-century, anti-Spanish myth underpinning the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny." Exploration of the Legend's presence in contemporary American society through interviews and analysis of school textbooks.

Course Description: Analysis of the culture of the Spanish-speaking world through film in translation. Emphasis on the cultural information illustrated by the films; no prior knowledge of cinematography required. Films with subtitles.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

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Course Description: Analysis of the culture of the Spanish-speaking world through film in translation. Emphasis on the cultural information illustrated by the films; no prior knowledge of cinematography required. Films with subtitles. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country, in Spanish, under the supervision of UC Davis faculty.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033.

Course Description: Reading, lectures and discussions in English of works by Borges, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez, Paz and others.

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Course Description: Latin American literature from preconquest texts and the chronicles of the Conquest to romanticism and modernism. Reading selections include fiction, poetry, drama and essays.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Latin American literature from 1900 to the present. Reading selections include fiction, poetry, drama, essays, testimonio, etc.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Evolution of the Latin American short story from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis on the contemporary period.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Evolution of the Latin American novel from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis on significant contemporary works.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Evolution of the Mexican novel from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis on the narrative of the Revolution and significant contemporary works.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Modernism as an authentic expression of Latin American literature and its influence on 20th-century poetry and prose. In depth analysis of the works of Darío and other major writers of the era. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Study of major works of Latin American literature/culture and their cultural and literary milieus. May include novels, poetry, film, etc. Works may be analyzed in terms of style, influence, cultural significance, political importance, and/or commercial success.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Study of vanguardism, surrealism, and more recent movements of Latin American poetry. An in-depth analysis of the works of such major poets as Neruda, Vallejo, and Paz.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Special topics in the study of Latin American literature and culture.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Special topics in the study of Latin American literature and culture. May be taught abroad in a Spanish speaking country under the supervision of UC Davis faculty.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

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Course Description: Special topics in the study of Latin American literature and culture. Hybrid format combining classroom instruction with technologically based materials.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 100 or SPA 100S or SPA 141 or SPA 141S or SPA 170 or SPA 170S.

Course Description: Latin American women writers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Recent theoretical approaches to literature by women in Latin America. Discussions in English of works by Matto de Turner, Avellaneda, Storni, Ocampo, Agustini, Mistral, Castellanos, and others.

Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Analysis of cultural dynamics of border contexts (contact zones) in which Spanish speaking populations are prominent. Contexts may include one or more of the following: US-Mexico, US-Caribbean, Mexico-Central America, Dominican Republic-Haiti, Spain-Portugal, Colombia-Venezuela, Argentina-Brazil, among others.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Introduction to histories and cultures of Latinx (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran American, Ecuadorian American, etc.) populations of the US. Multiple genres of cultural production and representation, with a focus on cultural diversity and regional difference. Introduction to critical analysis across multiple genres of cultural production (literature, visual culture, media culture, etc.).

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Special topics in the study of Chicanx and/or Latinx literature and culture.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Introduction to history, geography and culture of Latin America. Multiple genres of cultural production and representation, with a focus on cultural diversity and regional difference. Introduction to critical reading and textual analysis.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

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Course Description: Introduction to history, geography and culture of Latin America. Multiple genres of cultural production and representation, with a focus on cultural diversity and regional difference. Introduction to critical reading and textual analysis. May be taught abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: Examination of music from Latin America. Characteristic music (i.e. tango, bossa nova, salsa, musica motena, musica andina) as well as its implications in other musical genres. Taught in English or Spanish depending on instructor.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

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Course Description: Examination of music from Latin America. Characteristic music (i.e. tango, bossa nova, salsa, musica motena, musica andina) as well as its implications in other musical genres. May be taught abroad in English or Spanish depending on instructor.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Study of Mexican culture through a diversity of cultural expression, including elite, popular and mass media culture. Focus on national icons and archetypes, multiculturalism, transnationalism.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: Understanding Latin American cultures through cinema. History and critical analysis of Latin American film. Focus on a national cinematic tradition. Comparative experiences in different parts of Latin America and/or a particular era. Conducted entirely in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: Interdisciplinary survey of Chicano culture. Topics include literature, art, folklore, oral tradition, music, politics, as well as everyday cultural manifestations. Conducted in Spanish. (Former SPA 124.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033.

Course Description: Specific historical tendencies and issues in Latin American culture(s) from precolombian times to present. Studies of literature, film, art, journalism and performance. Focus on issues of aesthetics, politics, identity, and globalization.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: Survey of the literary and cultural contributions of the main Spanish-speaking populations present in the U.S.: Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cuban-Americans, Central Americans, and other Latinos.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 033.

Course Description: Interdisciplinary survey on the relationship between California and Latin America (1500s-present). Latin American representations of California and Californian representations of Latin America, as well as borderlands texts, with a special focus on Mexican-American perspectives. Conducted in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: For students with an advanced level of Spanish interested in the use of Spanish in the health care, legal and law enforcement and marketing and business professions. Field trips documenting the use of Spanish in the public context.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 024 or SPA 024S or SPA 033.

Course Description: Interaction between the interpretations of scientific ideas, philosophical issues, and politics concerning the human body in the Spanish- speaking world through different historical periods.

Course Description: Interaction between the interpretations of scientific ideas, philosophical issues, and politics concerning the human body in the Spanish-speaking world through different historical periods.

Course Description: Group study of a special topic drawn from Spanish linguistics. Independent research project.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; a major in Spanish or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Group study of a special topic drawn from Spanish literary or cultural studies. Independent research project.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; a major in Spanish or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Group study of a special topic drawn from Latin American literary or cultural studies. Independent research project.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing; a major in Spanish or consent of instructor.

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Course Description: Internships in fields where Spanish language skills can be used and perfected (teaching, counseling, translating-interpreting). May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 023; and consent of instructor; junior standing; major in Spanish, Chicano Studies, or a related field.

Course Description: Guided research, under the direction of a faculty member, leading to a senior honors thesis on a topic in Spanish literature, civilization, or language studies.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; senior standing and qualificaiton for the Spanish honors program.

Course Description: Tutoring in undergraduate courses including leadership in small voluntary discussion groups affiliated with departmental courses.

Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and permission of the chairperson.

Course Description: Tutoring in public schools under the guidance of a regular teacher and supervision by a departmental faculty member.

Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and permission of the chairperson.

Course Description: Directed group study. May be taught abroad.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and department chairperson.

Course Description: Student facilitated course intended primarily for upper division students.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Special study of a topic or an author to be determined in consultation with an individual faculty member. May be taught abroad.

Course Description: Under the supervision of a faculty member, an undergraduate student plans and develops the course they will offer under 098F/198F.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Course Description: Student-facilitated course under the supervision of a faculty member, an undergraduate student teaches a course under 098F/198F.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 199FA; consent of instructor.

Course Description: Basic theories and practical approaches to modern and contemporary Hispanic literature. Emphasis on formalism, poststructuralism, socio-cultural discourses, and ideologies.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Major contemporary critical theories including recent, innovative approaches to Hispanic literature and culture. Readings from Semiotics and Deconstructionism to Psychological and Socio-ideological approaches. Emphasis on Postmodern and Neo-colonial discourse.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Introduction to the range of scholarly research methodologies currently being realized in Spanish linguistics, literary and cultural studies: archival research, textual analysis, discourse analysis, statistics for linguistics, etc.; introduction to scholarly writing (MLA style) and scholarly publishing.

Course Description: Analyzes the sound patterns of Spanish from both linear and non-linear perspectives. Students will develop a clear understanding of what phonology is and the nature of Spanish phonology, as defined by modern linguistic analysis.

Prerequisite(s): Some knowledge of phonetics is required and consent of instructor; LIN 109 and LIN 139 highly recommended.

Course Description: An examination of Spanish word order within the framework of general linguistic theory. The student will investigate how to write a grammar of Spanish with particular attention to the structure of noun and verb clauses.

Prerequisite(s): LIN 165; LIN 140.

Course Description: History of the Spanish language. (Former SPA 220A.)

Prerequisite(s): LAT 001.

Course Description: An in-depth linguistic examination of Old Spanish texts from the 12th to the 15th centuries, with particular attention to the significance of orthographic changes.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 207.

Course Description: Descriptive and historical study of the distinctive features of Peninsular and American Spanish dialects. (Former SPA 221.)

Prerequisite(s): SPA 220; or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Focuses on the relevant linguistic aspects of teaching Spanish. Designed for graduate students who have an interest in second-language learning and teaching.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and SPA 215 and SPA 216 recommended.

Course Description: Specialized topics in Hispanic linguistics (e.g., pragmatics, sociolinguistics, topics in syntax, semantics, or diachronic studies). May be repeated for credit when topic differs.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. SPA 205 and SPA 206 recommended.

Course Description: Descriptive and critical overview of the linguistic practices of the different Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Sociohistorical migration patterns and settlements; bilingualism; linguistic characteristics of Spanish in contact with English, code-switching, Spanish/English language use and attitude patterns.

Course Description: Foundation for the acquisition of Catalan oral, reading and elementary writing level skills for students of Spanish (Iberianists or Hispanists), with the capacity to interpret educated written language. Emphasis on weekly review of grammar and all language skills.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; good command of Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian and graduate level of studies in any of these languages.

Course Description: Critical approaches to Spanish narrative and essay.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Critical approaches to Spanish poetry and drama.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Artistic development of a major Spanish writer and his/her intellectual and literary milieu or study of a special topic, period, or genre. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Discussion of select contemporary theoretical debates in Latin American Cultural Studies. Application of critical questions to the analysis of cultural texts.

Course Description: Survey of methodologies of investigation for crosscultural or comparative projects in the geographical context of the Americas. Focus on particular problems of language, discipline, national definitions, and global hierarchies of knowledge that complicate such projects. Readings of interamerican cultural texts.

Course Description: Discussion of select contemporary theoretical debates in Latinx Cultural and Literary Studies. Application of critical questions to the analysis of literary and cultural texts.

Course Description: An exploration of the major genres of Medieval Spanish prose from its origins to 1450.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Medieval Spanish epic narratives. Major theoretical perspectives on the genesis, diffusion, and character of the Medieval epic. Relationship of epic to ballad literature.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Analysis of the most representative lyric poetry in the various Peninsular languages and in provencal, troubadour poetry, kharjas, villancicos, cantigas de amigo, and courtly lyric.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Spanish Literature, 1450-1550, with emphasis on La Celestina. (Former SPA 229.)

Course Description: Extensive critical study of the main currents of Renaissance and Baroque Spanish poetry through its language structures, styles (Culteranismo-Conceptismo), rhetorical devices, myths, and themes (love, death, time).

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Exploration of major 16th and 17th century literary and cultural developments through the study of selected dramas.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Origins and development of the Spanish novel during the Renaissance and the Spanish Golden Age.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Narrative works of Miguel de Cervantes with special emphasis on Don Quijote.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Topics of Spanish literature, from 1700-1920.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Critical analysis of modern Spanish poetry from a wide spectrum of poetic currents.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Study of the 20th-century novel and short story with emphasis on the avant-garde, existentialism, social realism, and postmodern trends.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: The Spanish theatrical production of the last 70 years.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Major thinkers from Ganivet to Unamuno and Ortega y Gassett. Emphasis will be placed on the relationships between Spanish thought and European philosophical currents.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Introduction to the development of a feminine consciousness in the Spanish contemporary literary scene. Selected texts represent particularly innovative typologies of feminine discourse in the realm of the historical, psychoanalytical, and metafictional, erotic, and allegorical fiction.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Development of Latin American literary periods and currents in narrative (novel, short story, and essay), from early colonial times to the present.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Development of Latin American literary periods and currents in poetry and drama, from early Colonial times to the present.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Artistic development of a major Latin American writer and his/her intellectual and literary milieu or study of a special topic, period, or genre.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: An examination of pre-Hispanic and Colonial narrative, poetry and theatre. Emphasis on historical, anthropological, and ethnographic approaches to Colonial discourse.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Graduate standing.

Course Description: Major Latin American dramatists from Florencio Sánchez to the present. (Former SPA 240.)

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Study of main trends and key authors in Latin America in the first half of the 20th century. (Former SPA 241A.)

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Recent developments in Latin American narrative. Emphasis on innovative language and structure. (Former SPA 241B.)

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Study of the evolution of Mexican narrative. Emphasis on the narrative of the Revolution and significant contemporary works.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Description: Works by major writers with emphasis on 20th-century authors such as Quiroga, Borges, García Márquez, Cortázar, and Rulfo. (Former SPA 243).