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SPAN 1220
Elementary Spanish II

While building language proficiency and accuracy through communicative activities, the course encourages students to actively interact with one another. The instructor facilitates communication and provides ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6115 SPAN 1220   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.

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  •  6116 SPAN 1220   LEC 002

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1210 or LPS 37-44 or SAT II 370-450. Class meets 5 times a week: 4 class sessions and 1 lecture.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6117 SPAN 1220   DIS 201

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6118 SPAN 1220   DIS 202

    • MTRF Uris Hall 312

    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6119 SPAN 1220   DIS 203

    • MTRF Uris Hall 312

    • Linarejos Jimenez, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6120 SPAN 1220   DIS 204

    • MTRF White Hall B02

    • Garrote Pascual, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  7420 SPAN 1220   DIS 205

    • MTRF Uris Hall 312

    • Rosario Ortiz, F

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  7421 SPAN 1220   DIS 206

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  8915 SPAN 1220   DIS 207

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SPAN 1230
Continuing Spanish

The goal of this low-intermediate course is to achieve a higher level of comprehension as well as to advance oral and written expression in a cultural context. Classes are in Spanish and the language is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16070 SPAN 1230   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6121 SPAN 1230   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6122 SPAN 1230   SEM 103

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6123 SPAN 1230   SEM 104

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16071 SPAN 1230   SEM 105

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1120, 1220, OR LPS 45-55, or SAT II 460-580.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16072 SPAN 1230   SEM 106

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16461 SPAN 1230   SEM 107

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SPAN 1305
FWS:Narrating the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 started as a domestic conflict that soon became an international event as the first confrontation between democracy and fascism. The support of the right-wing military ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17527 SPAN 1305   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

SPAN 1321
Music of Mexico and the Mexican Diaspora

This class is a survey of music practices among Mexican communities both in Mexico and in the U.S. Taking contemporary musical practices as a point of departure, the class explores the historical, cultural, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16927 SPAN 1321   LEC 001

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SPAN 2070
Intermediate Spanish for the Medical and Health Professions

Provides a conversational grammar review, with dialogues, debates, compositions, and authentic readings on health-related themes. Special attention is given to relevant cultural differences and how cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16084 SPAN 2070   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, Spanish language AP 4; CASE Q, or permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16085 SPAN 2070   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, Spanish language AP 4; CASE Q, or permission of instructor.

SPAN 2090
Intermediate Spanish I (Composition and Conversation)

This intermediate course develops accurate and idiomatic oral and written expression in a cultural context. Students achieve a higher level of syntactical and lexical competence through reading and discussing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6124 SPAN 2090   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6125 SPAN 2090   SEM 102

    • MWF Uris Hall 312

    • Antezana Quiroga, S

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6127 SPAN 2090   SEM 104

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6128 SPAN 2090   SEM 105

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6129 SPAN 2090   SEM 106

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7731 SPAN 2090   SEM 107

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7732 SPAN 2090   SEM 108

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7979 SPAN 2090   SEM 109

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7980 SPAN 2090   SEM 110

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8282 SPAN 2090   SEM 111

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56-64, or SAT II 590-680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2070. Class meets 3 times a week.

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SPAN 2091
Oral Practice for Study Abroad

This one-credit course is focused on oral communication in Spanish; to take this course students must be concurrently enrolled in SPAN 2090.  Because the course is designed especially to encourage students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  •  9626 SPAN 2091   SEM 001

  •  
    • TBA

    • Mursi, E

  • Must be concurrently enrolled in SPAN 2090

SPAN 2095
Spanish Intermediate Composition and Conversation II

This advanced-intermediate course is designed to prepare students for study abroad, entry into the major, and advanced-level courses. Students study stylistics, analyze and discuss texts, view films, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9086 SPAN 2095   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9087 SPAN 2095   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9088 SPAN 2095   SEM 103

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9089 SPAN 2095   SEM 104

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070, or SPAN 2090, OR CASE Q+.

SPAN 2130
Advanced Spoken Spanish

This advanced course will focus on spoken Spanish in its formal and informal registers, regional dialects, and pronunciations.  Authentic texts from across different genres of film, newspapers, fiction, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16081 SPAN 2130   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++. Core course for the Spanish minor.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16082 SPAN 2130   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++. Core course for the Spanish minor.

SPAN 2140
Modern Spanish Survey

Introductory survey of modern Spanish literature. Students develop their analytical skills and learn basic literary concepts such as genre (drama, lyric, short story, and novel) and style (romanticism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6112 SPAN 2140   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

SPAN 2150
Contemporary Latin American Survey

Readings and discussion of representative texts of the 19th and 20th centuries from various regions of Latin America. Among the authors considered are Sarmiento, Hernández, Martí, Darío, Agustini, Cortázar, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6106 SPAN 2150   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

SPAN 2170
Early Modern Iberian Survey

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2170, MEDVL 2170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6108 SPAN 2170   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

SPAN 2180
Advanced Spanish Writing Workshop

This course, which is required for the major, is designed to help the learner develop increased accuracy and sophistication in writing in Spanish for academic purposes and continued oral practice in Spanish. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6113 SPAN 2180   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7733 SPAN 2180   SEM 103

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  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++ or equivalent. Core course for the major.

SPAN 2200
Perspectives on Latin America

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring. Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8561 SPAN 2200   LEC 001

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  • Conducted in English.

SPAN 2205
Perspectives on Latin America in Spanish

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring.  Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10042 SPAN 2205   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 302

    • Broner Szychowski, M

SPAN 3020
Spanish in the Disciplines (FLAC)

Spanish-language discussion section supplementing the course materials during the lecture section including conversation in Spanish and discussion of course lecture in Spanish. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Latinos in the United States

  • 10115 SPAN 3020   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Quijano Carde, E

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled into LSP 2010/AMST 2655/DSOC 2650/SOC 2650

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Latinos in the United States

  • 10116 SPAN 3020   SEM 102

  •  
    • TBA

    • Quintanilla, N

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled into LSP 2010/AMST 2655/DSOC 2650/SOC 2650.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Modern Latin America

  • 10117 SPAN 3020   SEM 103

  •  
    • T Uris Hall 438

    • Antezana Quiroga, S

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled in HIST 1960/LATA 1960

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: History of the Caribbean from Columbus to Louvertu

  • 10153 SPAN 3020   SEM 104

  •  
    • TBA

    • Monterroso, G

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled in HIST 1970/ASRC 1970

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Global Health

  • 18520 SPAN 3020   SEM 105

    • TBA

    • Shenk, T

  • Students must be concurrently be enrolled in to NS 420

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Intro to Comparative Government &Politics

  • 18521 SPAN 3020   SEM 106

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled in GOVT 1313

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Human Rights at War

  • 18522 SPAN 3020   SEM 107

    • TBA

    • Sanchez Gomez, J

  • Students need to be concurrently enrolled into GOVT 3897

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: International Development

  • 18523 SPAN 3020   SEM 108

    • TBA

    • Pena, K

  • Students are concurrently enrolled into DSOC 2050/DOC 2206

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic

  • 18613 SPAN 3020   SEM 109

  •  
    • TBA

    • Roque, M

  • Students must be concurrently enrolled into LAW 7857.

SPAN 3240
Iberian Modern Political Cultures

This course seeks to explore the cultural and linguistic diversity of Spain and its political stakes by analyzing texts from regions that still remain in the periphery of Peninsular studies: Catalonia, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16090 SPAN 3240   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Uris Hall G88

    • Rodriguez de Rivera, I

  • Prerequisites: SPAN 2180 or permission of instructor. All readings will be available in Spanish.

SPAN 3900
Latin American Film

This course gives students an overview of some of the best-known movies of Latin American cinema, from the political films for the 1960's and 1970's such as Memories of Underdevelopment to more recent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16514 SPAN 3900   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in Spanish.

SPAN 4200
Special Topics in Spanish Literature

Guided independent study of special topics. For undergraduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6114 SPAN 4200   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Erber, P

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9094 SPAN 4200   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Keller, P

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9095 SPAN 4200   IND 603

    • TBA

    • McDaniel, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9096 SPAN 4200   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Pinet, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SPAN 4280
Between Democracy and Authoritarianism

What is democracy?  What constitute its basic conditions and limits?  How does income distribution relate to democracy?  What about class, gender, and racial relations?  With a focus on Brazil and encompassing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16744 SPAN 4280   SEM 101

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  • This is the senior seminar for all Spanish undergraduate majors/minors.

SPAN 4300
Honors Work in Spanish

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6110 SPAN 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Howie, C

  • Year-long course. R grade given at end of fall semester and final letter grade at end of spring semester. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. Consult director of honors program for more information.

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SPAN 4660
Inventions of Brazil

Musician Caetano Veloso once claimed that while the United States is a country without a name (since "America" names, after all, the continent as a whole), Brazil, on the other hand is a name without a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PORT 4660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18020 SPAN 4660   SEM 101

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SPAN 6360
Dandies, Drugs & Fetishes: Modernismo

This course examines the literary and somatic aesthetics of Spanish American modernismo (1880s-1920s), the European influences and transatlantic conversations that animate it (Baudelaire, Huysmans, Verlaine, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17993 SPAN 6360   SEM 101

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SPAN 6400
Special Topics in Spanish Literature

Guided independent study for graduate students. For graduates interested in special problems not covered in courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16111 SPAN 6400   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Erber, P

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16112 SPAN 6400   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Keller, P

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16113 SPAN 6400   IND 603

    • TBA

    • McDaniel, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16114 SPAN 6400   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Pinet, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SPAN 6750
Cinema, History, Violence

The advent of cinema brought with it the contradictory forces of assemblage and severance, and by extension the language of accumulation-gathering, collecting, archiving-with the action of the cut-editing, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16739 SPAN 6750   SEM 101

  •  

  • This is the mandatory graduate seminar for 1st year Spanish graduate students.