These courses may count towards either the peninsular Spanish literature or Latin American Spanish literature requirements with prior approval from the Spanish Graduate Coordinator.

SPAN 7452 - 19th and 20th Century Hispanic Culture and Literature

Literary developments and major cultural events affecting Spain and Latin America, including issues pertaining to the question of national identity, modernismo, the Generation of 1898, the narrative of the Mexican revolution, and Hispanic avant-garde artistic movements. 

SPAN 7691 - Research in Hispanic Studies

May be repeated for credit toward the concentration in Spanish for up to 12 hours.

SPAN 7692 - Research in Literature and Culture

Directed readings in the field. Several reports and a research paper will be required. May be repeated for credit toward the concentration in Spanish up to 9 hours.

SPAN 7693 - Hispanic Cinema

Professor(s):  Dr. Vania Barraza Toledo
A survey of Hispanic film; emphasis on historical, social, and political issues. Study of Latin American and/or Spanish cinematic production through the analysis of representative films. Readings and discussions are in Spanish. Recommended: SPAN 4510-6510. May be repeated. 

SPAN 6306 - Applied Spanish Linguistics

Professor(s):  Dr. Brianna Butera
Current research in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics and their contribution to second language teaching and second language learning.

SPAN 7301 - Spanish Phonology

Professor(s):  Dr. Brianna Butera
Principles of analysis of the sound system of human language; general sound system (phonetics) of Spanish; and phonemic contrastive analysis of sound systems of Spanish and English. 

SPAN 7304 - Evolution of Spanish

Professor(s):  Dr. Brianna Butera
A general history of the Spanish language based on the political and cultural history of Spain and Spanish America, the history of the sound system, grammatical structures, word borrowings, and changes in meaning.

SPAN 7305 - Spanish Dialectology

Professor(s):  Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos
Fundamental notions of language variation, regional and social varieties, stylistic varieties, and linguistic demography of general features of Spanish with respect to phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics.

SPAN 7306 - Spanish in the U.S.

Professor(s):  Dr. Brianna Butera, Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos
Study of linguistic features of Spanish in the U.S. and the sociolinguistic factors (historical, political, social, and cultural) that affect U.S. Spanish. 

SPAN 7420 - Medieval Span Literature 

Professor(s):  Dr. Francisco Vivar
Reading of Old Spanish; Medieval Spanish literature from Mozarabic lyric through La Celestina.

SPAN 7421 - The Golden Age

Professor(s):  Dr. Pilar Alcalde, Dr. Francisco Vivar
Don Quixote and other classic works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

SPAN 7430 - 18th and 19th Century Spanish Literature

Professor(s):  Dr. Pilar Alcalde
Romantic and post-romantic poetry and drama; costumbrismo and rise of the regional novel, realistic novel, and naturalistic novel. 

SPAN 7431 - 20th Century Peninsular Literature

Professor(s):  Dr. Pilar Alcalde
A look at different aspects of the literary culture of this century through various genres (poetry, novel, theatre, and film). Special attention is dedicated to Modernism, the Civil War, Literature during the Franco years, and Postmodernism.

SPAN 7451 - Studies in Spanish Culture

A literary history of Spanish autonomous regions as viewed through important writers; emphasis on regional dialects, character, economy, and culture; readings and discussions in Spanish. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. RECOMMENDED: SPAN 6410. 

SPAN 7453 - Studies in Latin American Culture

Professor(s):  Dr. Vania Barraza Toledo
Literary survey of social issues that affect perceptions of Latin America, its peculiar problems, and its social upheaval; readings and discussions in Spanish. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. RECOMMENDED: SPAN 6510. 

SPAN 7561 - Pre-Contemporary Spanish American Prose

Professor(s):  Dr. Fernando Burgos Pérez
Evolution of the Spanish American novel and short story from their beginnings through the early twentieth century.

SPAN 7562 - Contemporary Spanish American Prose/Fiction

Professor(s):  Dr. Fernando Burgos Pérez, Dr. Fatima Nogueira
Representative Spanish American novels and short stories of the twentieth century since 1940. 

These courses may count towards the Spanish linguistics requirement.

SPAN 7101 - Intro to Hispanic Culture and Business
Professor(s): Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos, Dr. Diana Ruggiero
Hispanic community and family, customs, geography, and demography of Spain and Spanish America; United States business in Latin America and Hispanic business in the United States. The course is conducted in Spanish. Open only to students admitted to the International MBA program.

SPAN 7102 - Communication in the Hispanic World
Professor(s):  Dr. Diana Ruggiero
Hispanic markets and techniques of penetrating them; international advertising, import-export, and economic review of Hispanic nations; history and circumstances of the Hispanic corporate world. The course is conducted in Spanish. Open only to students admitted to the International MBA program.

SPAN 7895 - Teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes
Professor(s):  Dr. Diana Ruggiero
Methodology, theory, and practice of teaching Spanish for specific purposes (medical, business, art, etc). The course will be conducted in Spanish. 

SPAN 7897 - Research in Spanish for Professional Purposes
Professor(s):  Dr. Diana Ruggiero
Theoretical frameworks for world languages for specific purposes (WLSP) as critical pedagogy, intercultural communicative competence, WLSP research in global and domestic settings, experiential language learning, community service learning, and WLSP course design. Standard Letter

These courses may count towards either the peninsular Spanish literature, Latin American Spanish literature, or Spanish linguistics requirements with prior approval from the Spanish Graduate Coordinator.

SPAN 7790-7799 - Special Topics in Hispanic Literature and Linguistics
Topics in Spanish Linguistics, Literature, or Culture are designed to be of special interest to the advanced student in Spanish. Selected topics in Hispanic literature and linguistics; may include, but are not limited to Latin-American short fiction, nineteenth-century Peninsular literature, Latin-American drama, and a variety of sociolinguistic studies. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.

Some special topics include:

• 17th-century women studies in the areas of gender, national and community building, materialism, and class identities, Dr. Pilar Alcalde
• Children's Literature in Spanish, Dr. Vania Barraza Toledo
• Concepts of Temporality and Becoming in Latin American Literary and Sociocultural Constructions, Dr. Fatima Nogueira
• Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Literature, Dr. Vania Barraza Toledo
• Legal Interpreting, Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos
• Modernity and Postmodernity in Latin American Literature, Dr. Fernando Burgos Pérez
• Poéticas del devenir: Lispector y Valenzuela, Dr. Fatima Nogueira
• The perception of women in literature, nation and literature building in Spain and Spanish Civil War, Dr. Pilar Alcalde
• Translation and Interpretation, Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos