SPA 110-111 Elementary Spanish I and II * [3-3] Development of basic
language skills, reading, writing, and speaking. The course also covers cultural material of the
country (Spain/Latin America/U.S. Latino) studied.

SPA 115 Spanish for the Health Professions [3] The course is designed to assist health care
professionals in their communication with Spanish-speaking clients. Students are immersed in
an intensive conversational Spanish environment. Diversity and acculturation issues are
illustrated through the experiences and interactions of Hispanic populations with health
professionals. The course is not limited to health care majors, other students are welcome to
take the course as an elective.

SPA 116 Intensive Elementary Spanish [6] Intensive introduction to Spanish. Intensive
training in understanding, speaking, reading, writing and the use of basic structural patterns.

This course is the accelerated equivalent of the SPA 110-111 sequence.

SPA 210-211 Intermediate Spanish I and II [3-3] An intensive review and continued
development of the four skills with emphasis on reading literary and cultural texts. Prerequisite:
SPA 110-111 or equivalent.

SPA 214-215 Structure, Conversation and Composition [3-3] Improvement of oral skills and
intensive practice in writing. Continued cultural readings. Prerequisite: SPA 210-211 or
equivalent.

SPA 216 Intensive Intermediate Spanish [6] Continues intensive training in understanding,
speaking, reading, writing, and the use of more advanced structural patterns. This course is the
accelerated equivalent of the SPA 210-211 sequence. Prerequisites: Completion of SPA 116 or
its equivalent and permission of instructor.

SPA 331 Early Spanish Literature: Lyric Poetry and Drama [3] Survey of lyric poetry from
the early medieval jarchas to the late 17th century, with special attention to the works of Jorge
Manrique, Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Teresa de Avila,
Góngora, Sor Juana, Luisa de Carvajal, María de Zayas, and Quevedo. Selected verse plays by
Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca. Prerequisite: SPA 226-227 or
equivalent.

SPA 332 Studies in Modern Spanish Literature [3] Selected topics in the literature of
Bourbon Spain (1700-1931) and of the Second Republic (1931-39). Emphasis will be placed
on Nobel Prize winners Benavente, Échegaray, Camilo José Cela, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and
Vicente Aleixandre. Selections vary from year to year. Prerequisite: SPA 226-227 or
equivalent.

SPA 337 Classics of Spanish-American Literature [3] Study of selected major texts from the
colonial period (1492-1820) and the national period prior to 1940. Major figures include the
Inca Garcilaso, Ercilla, Sor Juana, Bello, Heredia, Sarmiento, Palma, Hernández, Isaacs, and
the poets of Modernism (Darío, Lugones, etc.). Selections vary from year to year. Prerequisite:
SPA 226-227 or equivalent.

SPA 342, 343 Studies in Spanish Culture [3, 3] An intensive study of major figures, works and
cultural movements. Content varies from semester to semester. Courses are taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 211, its equivalent, or permission of instructor.

SPA 430-431 Advanced Studies in Recent Literature [3-3] This course will focus on
movements such as the Boom, Magic Realism, and Post-Modernism, and the testimonio in Latin
American fiction. Emphasis will be on the Nobel Prize winners Gabriela Mistral, Pablo
Neruda, Miguel Angel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, and Octavio Paz, and on Luisa
Valenzuela, Griselda Gambaro, Cristina Peri-Rossi, María Luisa Bombal, Teresa de la Parra.
Selections vary from year to year. Available for graduate credit as SPA 530-531. Prerequisite:
SPA 226-227 or permission of instructor. Every third year.

SPA 470, 471 Hispanic Culture and Civilization [3, 3] The culture and civilization of Spain
and Latin America from ancient times to the present. Special emphasis on the arts, the history of
ideas, and aspects of contemporary Hispanic societies. Available for graduate credit as SPA
570, 571. Prerequisite: SPA 214-215, or SPA 226-227, or permission of instructor. Every third
year.

SPA 484, 485, 486, 487 Independent Study [Variable credit, 1 to 3 per semester] Individual
work in the field of Hispanic studies, under faculty supervision. By special arrangement only.
Open to graduates as well as undergraduates. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and
signature of department chairman, on the basis of a written prospectus submitted in advance.