Fall 2016
Fall 2016 Undergraduate Course Schedule
*Denotes class taught in English
SPANISH-LANGUAGE COURSES
Spanish 101-1 Elementary Spanish
Course Description: For students who have studied Spanish less than two years. Communicative method. Development of speaking, listening, conversation, and grammar skills, as well as knowledge of Hispanic culture, through context. Three class meetings a week. Outside online video program twice a week.
Prerequisites: None
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Course Coordinator: Susan Pechter
Offered: MWF 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Instructors: Heather Colburn, Benay Stein, and Susan Pechter
Spanish 105-6 First-Year Seminar: Women At The Border: The Marginalization Of Latinas In The U.S.
Course Description: Latina immigrants to the U.S. often leave intolerable circumstances and brave life-threatening border crossings in pursuit of the American dream. Yet, those who succeed in crossing the geographic border almost inevitably find that the marginalized existence they hoped to leave behind takes on an equally powerful form in their new world as they confront economic, political, racial, and cultural barriers ‘north’ of the border. Immigration has become one of the ‘hot’ buttons of contemporary social and political dialogue. Through the prism of the Latina experience in the United States, this class will explore causes and consequences of global migration in the 21st century, analyze the marginalization of third-world immigrants in first-world society, and seek to develop an understanding of the evolving ‘face’ of America. Students will further examine how their own ancestral experiences have helped shape their perceptions of this new world order.
Offered: MWF 2pm
Instructors: Patricia Nichols
Spanish 121-1 Intermediate Spanish
Course Description: Communicative method. Further development of grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills through emphasis on cultural content and functional use of Spanish language. Three class meetings a week. Outside online video program twice a week.
Prerequisites: 101-3, 115-2, or Spanish Language Placement Exam
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Instructors: Stewart Adams, Rifka Cook, Anna Diakow, Raquel Amorese, Shannon Millikin, Jill Felten, Tasha Seago-Ramaly, and Chyi Chung
Spanish 125-0 Accelerated Intermediate Spanish
Course Description: Communicative method. Further development of grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills through readings and short films. Three class meetings a week. Outside online video. Offered in fall only.
Prerequisites: AP score of 3 or Spanish Language Placement Exam.
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Course Coordinator: Maria Teresa Villanueva
Instructors: Stewart Adams, Asha Nagaraj, and Maria Teresa Villanueva
Spanish 127-0 Accelerated Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Language Learners
Course Description: Communicative method. Further development of grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills through readings and short films. Three class meetings a week. Outside online video. Offered in fall only.
Prerequisites: AP score of 3 or Spanish Language Placement Exam
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 1pm
Instructors: Maria Teresa Villanueva
Spanish 199-0 Language in Context: Contemporary Spain
Course Description: An introduction to the culture and politics of contemporary Spain in the basis for review and further development of some of the most problematic grammatical patterns in Spanish.
Prerequisites: 121-3, 125-0, AP score of 4, or Spanish Language Placement Exam.
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Course Coordinator: Elena Lanza
Instructor: Asha Nagaraj and Elena Lanza
Spanish 201-0 Conversation on Human Rights: Latin America
Course Description: First course of a sequence designed to develop speaking strategies and structures through analysis of modern (20th- and 21st-century) Latin American culture. Emphasis on accurate informal conversation.
Prerequisites: 199 or Spanish Language Placement Exam.
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 9am, 10am
Course Coordinator: Patricia Nichols
Instructor: Patricia Nichols
Spanish 203-0 Individual and Society through Written Expression
Course Description: First course of a sequence that develops writing skills and structures through examination of the relationship between individual and society. Emphasizes textual analysis and development of descriptive, narrative and argumentative essays.
Prerequisites: 201, AP score of 5, or Spanish Language Placement Exam.
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 9am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 3pm
Course Coordinator: Elisa Baena
Instructor: Elisa Baena and Rifka Cook
Spanish 204-0 Reading and Writing the Art of Protest
Course Description: Second course of a sequence designed to develop writing skills and structures through analysis of socially committed art. Emphasis on cultural analysis and development of longer essays.
Prerequisites: 203 or 207.
Restrictions: No P/N; First class required
Offered: MWF 10am, 12pm, 3pm
Course Coordinator: Denise Bouras
Instructors: Denise Bouras
COURSES ON LITERATURE & CULTURE
Spanish 220-0 Introduction to Literary Analysis
Course Description: Introduction to textual analysis and to topics such as genre, narratology, prosody, and figurative language, aiming to prepare the student to read, discuss, and write analytically in Spanish about literature and culture.
Prerequisite: 204 or AP 5 in Spanish Language AND Literature.
Offered: MWF 10am TTh 11am
Instructor: Lucille Kerr and Dierdra Reber
Spanish 250-0 Literature in Spain before 1700
Course Description: Survey of the origins of the Spanish language and the development of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the Spanish Golden Age. Study of representative figures and major literary developments in conjunction with political and cultural history.
Prerequisite: Span 220.
Offered: TTh 12:30pm
Instructor: Dario Fernandez-Morera
Spanish 261-0 Literature in Latin America since 1888
Course Description: Survey of the modern period, including modernismo, the historical avant-garde, the “Boom,” and recent literary trends. Authors such as Delmira Agustini, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Rubén Darío, Gabriel García Márquez, José Martí, Pablo Neruda, Cristina Peri Rossi, and Elena Poniatowska.
Prerequisite: Span 220.
Offered: MWF 12pm
Instructor: Casey Drosehn
Spanish 310-0 Origins of Spanish Civilization
Course Description: Introduction to Spanish civilization from its origins to 1453. The course focuses on the Roman, Visigoth, and Muslim conquests and their differences, the Christian Reconquest, and the evolution of Spanish from Latin, with attention to representative literary, artistic, musical, and historical materials.
Prerequisite: 1 course from 250, 251, 260, or 261.
Offered: TTh 3:30pm
Instructor: Dario Fernandez-Morera
Spanish 342-0 Region and Rootedness in Latin America
Course Description: Literary and filmic definitions of Latin America and visions of its place on the world stage from the 19th-century independence era to the twenty-first century, especially in relation to Europe and the United States. Authors, politicians, and filmmakers such as Simón Bolívar, Andrés Bello, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, José Martí, Rubén Darío, Alejo Carpentier, Fidel Castro, Fernando "Pino" Solanas and Octavio Getino, Alberto Fuguet and Sergio Gómez, Lucrecia Martel, and Walter Salles.
Prerequisite: 1 course from 250, 251, 260, or 261.
Offered: TTh 3:30pm
Instructor: Dierdra Reber
Spanish 395-0 Topics in Latin American Latina and Latino, and Iberian Cultures: Icons and Imaginaries: Culture and Politics in Latin America: The purpose of this course is to study the cultural history of Latin America by focusing on a selection of iconic figures, while also interrogating the cultural and political processes in which these figures are constructed. As we consider the representation and political function of people like Christopher Columbus, Símon Bolívar, Frida Kahlo, Eva Perón, and Ernesto ´Che` Guevara, our goal will be to replace this Pantheon of Heroes with a more critical concept of these national icons as central, albeit fluctuating, elements of a society in its historical condition.
Offered: MWF 11am
Instructor: Casey Drosehn
Spanish 397-0 Topics in Latin American: Jewish Argentina: From Jewish Gauchos to Contemporary Culture
Course Description: What’s “Jewish” about Argentina? This seems an odd question to ask about a predominantly Catholic Latin American country--even though its small Jewish population is the largest in Latin America and the third largest in the Americas overall. Yet this seemingly homogeneous nation is more multi-ethnic and multi-cultural than one might suppose. Indeed, the story of the Jewish presence in Argentina is a surprising--and yet surprisingly familiar--story. We will explore episodes in this story through works of literature and film that will also push us to think about identity and difference, memory and history, testimony and truth, immigration and assimilation, among other topics. Our close readings and analyses will focus on four writers and one film maker: Alberto Gerchunoff (1884-1950), Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Jacobo Timerman (1923-1999), Ana María Shua (1951- ), and Daniel Burman (1973- ). Secondary materials will include essays and documentary films on history, culture, and literature.
Offered: MWF 1pm
Instructor: Lucille Kerr
PORTUGUESE-LANGUAGE COURSES
Portuguese 101-1 Elementary Portuguese
Course Description: Introduction to grammar and development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as the history and culture of Portuguese-speaking countries.
Offered: MWF 12pm
Instructor: Raquel Amorese
Portuguese 115-2: Reading and Speaking Portuguese
Course Description: For students proficient in Spanish. Comparative sociolinguistic and interactive approach to communicative competence emphasizing pronunciation, intonation, sentence structure, and patterns of spoken and written Portuguese.
Prerequisite: AP 5 or equivalent on the Spanish Language Placement Exam.
Offered: MWF 1pm
Instructor: Ana Thome Williams
Portuguese 121-1 Elementary Portuguese
Course Description: Based on the communicative approach, Port 121 helps students achieve an intermediate language level of proficiency through furthering development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese will continue to be developed through meaningful cultural contexts. The course also offers insights into the history and culture of the Portuguese speaking countries in Europe, Africa and America.
Offered: MWF 10:00am
Instructor: Ana Thome Williams
Portuguese 202-0 Contemporary Brazil: Literature and Film
Course Description: Instruction in reading and writing expository and narrative prose. Emphasis on vocabulary, linguistic skills, and syntax appropriate to formal written Portuguese.
Offered: MWF 2pm
Instructor: Ana Thome Williams