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Spanish 301 and 302 are bridge courses to all upper-division Spanish courses. They apply grammar and vocabulary patterns in order to develop advanced writing and conversation skills, while introducing basic tools for literary analysis.  Grammar review, reading, vocabulary building, and class discussion will lead to essays and presentations on relevant cultural topics. These courses may be taken in any order.

Spanish 301 and 302 are bridge courses to all upper-division Spanish courses. They apply grammar and vocabulary patterns in order to develop advanced writing and conversation skills, while introducing basic tools for literary analysis.  Grammar review, reading, vocabulary building, and class discussion will lead to essays and presentations on relevant cultural topics. These courses may be taken in any order.

Intense review of Spanish grammar which will benefit those who have a high proficiency in the language and need a thorough review of concepts in order to enhance writing, reading, oral, and speaking skills. Of special benefit to education majors who seek a Spanish endorsement and will be teaching the language at the elementary or secondary level.

SPN 308 is a bridge to all upper-division Spanish courses that advances heritage speakers' writing, reading, and presentational skills, while introducing basic tools for literary analysis. Designed for bilingual and bicultural students, the course also emphasizes Hispanic cultures in the United States. Students self-select for this course and take it instead of SPN 301-302.

This course studies cultural production during the Spanish “Golden Age” of the 1500s and 1600s. Readings and discussions will examine issues including love and its attendant emotions, religious identity, societal honor, attitudes towards death, and the perspectives of female authors and characters. Students will relate their understanding of Renaissance and Baroque literature to the 21st century and their own experiences.

Canonical dramas, tragedies, and comedies illuminate stasis, change, and conflict in Spanish society across three centuries. Discussion of the plays focuses on the individual's struggle for rights against the reassertion of traditional social mores with a focus on gender identity.  Embedded grammar instruction includes close reading of text, frequent writing, and live theater performance by students for oral practice.

Short stories, essays, novel excerpts, poems (including readings from mass culture), and films present Spain's most recent artistic production to explore diverse aspects of Spanish society such as urban life, gender identity formation, and consumerism.  This course offers introductory skills to literary and cultural analysis as well as continued advanced grammar review.

This course aims to deepen students’ understanding of the historical and cultural transformations in Latin America through the experiences, artistic productions, and testimonies of women whose actions were crucial to social changes. It has a multidisciplinary approach that includes traditional literary texts and visual and performative forms of expression. Course embeds grammar to build advanced reading and writing skills.

This course introduces students to major directors of Latin America, and examines the various cultural and national issues that these artists explore in their films. The course includes a basic introduction to the technical aspects of filmmaking and terminology used to analyze films. It also aims to improve students’ writing and reading skills.

Through the study of different cultural manifestations such as literature, film, music, comics, painting, cuisine, and folklore this course introduces students to significant aspects of Mexican history, sociocultural traits, and current affairs that have shaped the country and its people. This class also focuses on literary analysis, interpretation, and refining advanced writing skills.

Close reading of short stories by prominent contemporary Latin American writers with the goal of enhancing reading comprehension and improving grammatical accuracy in writing, while enhancing understanding of the cultures and history of the region. The course focuses on vocabulary building, linguistic analysis, and literary interpretation, in order to acquire a deeper understanding of how the Spanish language carries meaning.

This course introduces students to Ecuador’s present-day culture and society. To achieve this goal, the course covers significant aspects of Ecuadorian history, sociocultural traits, and current affairs that provide students with some of the fundamental facts and information that have shaped the country and its people. This course is offered in the Quito, Ecuador, Summer Program.

Course is designed for students in professional programs who need a thorough review of oral and written Spanish language skills in addition to specific terminology related to health and social issues: immigration, education, employment, workers compensation and domestic violence, and their influence in Latino health and medical services.

Participants will become familiar with how experts in the field consider the language learning process and how theories of second language acquisition connect to their own efforts to learn a foreign language. More importantly, participants will reframe how they go about learning a foreign language, try new strategies, and document what they have done through a diary research project.