• SPAN 2016

    Intensive Intermediate Spanish
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: SPAN 1016 & 1026 or equivalent.

  • SPAN 2026

    Intensive Intermediate Spanish
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: SPAN 1016 , 1026 and 2016 or equivalent.

  • SPAN 7559

    New Course in Spanish
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Spanish.

  • SPAN 4600

    Literature and Cinema
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Explores the relationship between literature and film. Students will explore Spanish novels, short stories, and plays and their cinematic adaptations as well as be introduced to film, language and theory. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 8540

    Seminars: Modern Spanish Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Seminars: Modern Spanish Literature

  • ITAL 3559

    New Course in Italian
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian.

  • SPAN 3430

    Contemporary Latin American Voices (1800 to the present)
     Rating

    3.44

     Difficulty

    2.89

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course provides students with a survey of Latin American literature and the context in which it developed from 1800 to the present. This course will cover how the region's cultural production has been shaped by its cultures, peoples, and historical events, the consciousness, memory, and imagination expressed within the region's literature, and how the region's representation has been shaped by who has (and has not) had access to literature.

  • 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 4530

    Special Topics Seminar: Language
     Rating

    3.56

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement; instructor permission.

  • SPAN 3000

    Phonetics: The Sounds of Spanish
     Rating

    4.52

     Difficulty

    2.07

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    An introduction to the sound system of both Peninsular & Latin Am Spanish. Class discussions focus on how the sounds of Spanish are produced from an articulatory point of view, and how these sounds are organized & represented in the linguistic competence of their speakers. When appropriate, comparisons will be made between Spanish & English or Spanish & other (Romance & non-Romance) languages. Course seeks to improve the student's pronunciation. Pre-requisites SPAN 2020 or equivalent (it can be taken simultaneously with SPAN 3010).