Spanish 001 (Elementary Spanish I)
Introduction to speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Spanish. Classes will be conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 002 (Elementary Spanish II)
Introduction to speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Spanish. Classes will be conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 003 (Intermediate Spanish I)
Review of Spanish grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on readings to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 004 (Intermediate Spanish II)
Review of Spanish grammar with emphasis on building speaking and writing skills and on readings to build cultural understanding. Classes conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 010 (Spanish for Heritage Speakers I)
For native speakers with limited experience in grammar and composition. Emphasis on formal language study and writing. Course conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 011 (Spanish for Heritage Speakers II)
For native speakers with limited experience in grammar and composition. Emphasis on formal language study and writing. Course conducted in Spanish.
Spanish 014 (Introduction to Nahuatl Literature, Language and Culture)
Explores Indigenous Mexican texts written by the colonized Nahua about their experience of the Spanish invasion. Students will learn how to access words and phrases in the original Nahuatl language and will compare these to Spanish translations made at the same time. English translations will be made available for both Nahuatl and Spanish texts. Discussion of differences in writing styles, subject matter, and beliefs of the Nahua and the Spanish. Ability to understand Spanish is recommended but not required.
Spanish 050 (Introduction to Hispanic Literatures I)
An examination of representative works of Spanish and Latin American authors produced from Medieval times through the 18th century.
Spanish 060 (Introduction to Chicano/a Culture and Experiences)
Introduction to Chicano/a cultural practices and experiences, with emphasis on the ties between culture, race, gender, social class, language, historical developments, artistic and literary expression, migration and transculturation. We will analyze changes in Chicano/a culture and cultural practices as Chicanos/as adapted to different historical and social circumstances. Taught in English.
Spanish 103: (Spanish Composition and Conversation)
To develop a student's abilities to communicate in spoken and written Spanish, we emphasize the importance of the interaction between writer, reader, purpose and message. We focus on the four major modes of writing: description, narration, exposition and argumentation. Oral practice is also be a major component in this course.
Spanish 107: (Spanish for Health Professionals)
Provides students with the medical Spanish vocabulary and intercultural issues to improve their interaction with Spanish speaking patients.
Spanish 115: (Chicanx Literature)
Offers a representative overview and in-depth study of Chicano/a/x literature, from colonial times to the present. A socio-historical framework is outlined in order to establish a larger context from which this literature can be approached. Through the analysis of works from different genres, the student is exposed to the main themes, techniques, styles, etc. of some of the most influential Chicano/a authors, including writers from the Central Valley. Main aspects to be covered include: literary history (including issues of canonicity and reception), bilingualism and literature (including both stylistic and sociolinguistic approaches), ethnicity and race, gender parameters, the aesthetics of the borderlands, class and regional variations, migration and diaspora, literature and folklore, and the journalistic tradition, among others. Taught in Spanish.
Spanish 121: (Spanish Golden Age)
Study through theater, novel and poetry of Renaissance and Baroque Peninsular literature (1492-1680): the poetry of Garcilaso, Lope de Vega and the Spanish Baroque Theater; Cervantes and the origins of the modern novel; Quevedo and Conceptism; and Góngora and Culteranism.
Spanish 170: (Spanish Linguistics)
An introduction to the study of key areas of Spanish Linguistics such as the sound system, word form, syntactic patterns, the development of language, and regional and social variations.
Spanish 181: (Latin American Cinema)
Addresses topics related to Spanish, Latin American or Latina/o literature and culture not covered in other courses offered by the Spanish Program. Except for special circumstances, the course will be offered in Spanish.
