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

This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or placed out of SPAN 3010.

This course examines the cultural and socio-political transformations that took place in Italy during its recent history. By discussing different cultural artifacts (films, essays, literature), we shall ultimately try to answer the following questions : does Italy still have space for works that resist populist and consumer culture? What are the ethical and political consequences of Italy's present culutral condition? Is there an Italian identity?

Includes idiomatic Italian conversation and composition, anthological readings of literary texts in Italian, plus a variety of oral exercises including presentations, skits, and debates. Italian composition is emphasized through writing assignments and selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Prerequisite: ITAL 2020.

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

Introduces students to the expressions and experiences of people in the early Americas. By studying primary source materials, students will enrich their knowledge of the colonial period while further developing methods of historical and literary analysis. By the end of the course, students will be able to close read primary sources, situate them within specific historical contexts, and explain their analysis in spoken and written Spanish.

Introduces speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese, especially as used in Brazil. Three class hours and one hour of online homework. Followed by PORT 2120. No prior foreign language experience necessary. Requires instructor permission.

An interactive course designed to help students build fluency in spoken Spanish. Created for Spanish majors and minors, the course encourages students to strengthen communication skills through discussions, creative projects, and real-world engagement. Students will explore the cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean by analyzing film, visual and plastic arts, performance, graphic novels, and visual poetry.

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.

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 3300 or placed out of SPAN 3300. Enrollment not allowed for 4th year Spanish majors.