• ITTR 3685

    Italy on Screen: Sex, Gender, & Racial Identities
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    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course considers representations of sex, gender and racial identities in Italian films, television, advertisements and other forms of visual culture. With a focus on the contemporary Italian context, students will explore issues of intersectionality from a global perspective. What can Italian critically acclaimed and more mainstream works tell us about diversity and inclusion in the worldwide context?

  • SPAN 4210

    History of the Spanish Language II
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    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The course examines the development of the Spanish language through texts produced from the Middle Ages to the present day. The main goal will be the interpretation of individual texts as a source of linguistic data and the analysis of language in its cultural, social and historical context. Including texts from Latin American and Spain, the commentary will cover the analysis of phonological, grammatical and lexical aspects. Prerequisites: SPAN 3000 or SPAN 3200

  • SPAN 4559

    New Course in Spanish
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    3.86

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Spanish. Prerequisite:SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 4615

    Spanish Cinema
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    Fall 2025

    Cultural history of Spanish cinema covering the basics of film analysis and introducing a diverse array of approaches to studying movies. Students will view feature-length films and complete readings in Spanish. Class discussions will be in Spanish.

  • SPAN 4665

    Encoding Maya Stories
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    Spring 2025

    Explores the historical, cultural, and linguistic analysis of Indigenous Mesoamerican literatures, especially the Maya K'iche' narrative Popol Wuj. Includes use of DH tools like text encoding, mapping, and modeling. The course blends traditional literary analysis and project-based collaborative learning with Maya scholars abroad.

  • SPAN 4712

    Travelers in Latin America
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    3.74

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    In this course we will study diaries and accounts of travelers in Latin America since the first European got in contact with the continent for the first time What did they see? What did they want to see? How did the describe it? How much influence their account had in the construction of continental imaginary. We will start with el Diario of Christopher Columbus, and finish with some diaries of today. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

  • SPAN 4800

    Language House - Casa Bolívar
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    Fall 2025

    Fully immersive living experience in Spanish, with daily active participation in weekly events.

  • SPAN 4850

    Romantic, Moderns, and Nations Builders
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    Fall 2025

    The 19th century was a century of great commotions and contrasts in both Americas. The vast territories of the Spanish and English Crowns saw the birth of new republics that achieved independence at the beginning of the century. The tasks of construction these new countries were numerous, beginning with the creation of national identities.

  • PORT 4920

    Independent Study
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    Fall 2025

    Luso-Brazilian Culture Independent Study - Instructor Permission Required

  • SPAN 4980

    Distinguished majors colloquium
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    Fall 2025

    The Colloquium allows DMPs in Spanish to meet regularly with the DMP coordinator to discuss research strategies, documentation styles, and structure and style in extended expository writing as they are working independently on a thesis. It also provides a forum for presenting and discussing work-in-progress. Pre-requisite: Acceptance in DMP