• PORT 3010

    Advanced Grammar, Conversation and Composition
     Rating

    3.50

     Difficulty

    2.75

     GPA

    3.82

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies advanced grammar through analysis of texts; includes extensive practice in composition and topical conversation. Prerequisite: PORT 2120 or by permission.

  • SPAN 3010

    Finding your Voice in Spanish
     Rating

    3.93

     Difficulty

    2.95

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper.

  • SPAN 3020

    Elevate your Spanish: Mastering Writing and Grammar
     Rating

    3.43

     Difficulty

    3.12

     GPA

    3.69

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    SPAN 3020 seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive analysis and discussion of literary and journalistic texts, as well as documentaries and films from the Spanish-speaking world. We will also focus on students' acquisition of advanced grammatical structures and on how grammar and meaning interact to develop and consolidate the linguistic and textual tools needed to produce an op-ed, a literary review, and an academic essay.

  • SPAN 3030

    Cultural Conversations
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.33

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Conversation course devoted to different aspects of Spanish, Spanish American, or Latino culture. Student-led discussion of materials ranging from films and music videos to radio programs, newspapers, and the Internet. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 3040

    Business Spanish
     Rating

    3.77

     Difficulty

    2.48

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    SPAN 3040 is a Language for the Professions course intended for students with interest in Business and Economy related fields. Upon completion of this course, students will have acquired the vocabulary and the intercultural competence that will allow them to comfortably and successfully participate in professional settings in Spanish. International students that are native speakers of Spanish are ineligible to take the course.

  • SPAN 3050

    Spanish for Medical Professionals
     Rating

    4.06

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.76

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain familiarity with non-technical and semi-technical functional vocabulary, along with idiomatic expressions and situational phrases that are used in medical Spanish.

  • SPAN 3200

    Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
     Rating

    2.94

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.47

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course provides an introduction to core areas of linguistic analysis using Spanish. Areas covered include sounds of Spanish (phonetics & phonology), word formation (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), meaning of words, phrases, sentences, & larger chunks of discourse, also in social context (semantics & pragmatics), history of the Spanish language, regional & social variation (dialectology & sociolinguistics), & language acquisition. Pre-requisites SPAN 2020 or equivalent (it can be taken simultaneously with SPAN 3010).

  • SPAN 3300

    Texts and Interpretation
     Rating

    4.06

     Difficulty

    2.98

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    In this course we will be covering a variety of basic approaches to literary texts that enable us to analyze & understand them better. The course will be organized on the basis of literary genre (narrative, theater, poetry, etc.), with a portion of the semester dedicated to each. Short texts in Spanish for readings will be drawn from both Spanish & Latin Am literature, and from a range of time periods. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or dept. placement.

  • SPAN 3400

    Spain: From Kingdom to Empire (1200 - 1700)
     Rating

    3.46

     Difficulty

    2.71

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course will explore medieval and early modern works written in Castilian from El Cid to Calderón's theater. We will focus on the function of these literary texts in the European and Mediterranean context. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement. Exclude Spanish majors on their 4th year.

  • SPAN 3410

    Perspectives on Modern Spain (1800 to the Present)
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    2.60

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course focuses on the emergence and consolidation of modernity in Spain from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings and discussions of representative literary and artistic movements of modern Spain, including the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, the Avant Garde, Modernism, and Postmodernism in terms of their historical, intellectual, artistic and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement. Spanish 4th year majors are excluded from taking this course