Spanish (SPAN)

SPAN803
Syntactic Structures of SpanishCrosslisted with SPAN 403

Prerequisites: SPAN 317 or equivalent.

Description: Comparative study of the structure of complex sentences in Spanish and English: Translation and composition.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN805
Advanced GrammarCrosslisted with SPAN 405

Prerequisites: SPAN 317 or equivalent

Description: Theoretical and practical aspects of Spanish grammar.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN807
History of the Spanish LanguageCrosslisted with SPAN 407

Prerequisites: SPAN 317 or SPAN 319

Description: Changes in the sound system, evolution of morphological paradigms and general patterns of semantic change.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN821
Medieval LiteratureCrosslisted with SPAN 421

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Spanish Medieval literature. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN832
Spanish Speaking Proficiency and PedagogyCrosslisted with SPAN 432

Prerequisites: SPAN 303 or SPAN 304 or SPAN 300A

Description: Development of spoken Spanish alongside analysis of grammar points known to be challenging for native speakers of English to acquire. Graduate level includes a review of pedagogical theory, research and methodology pertaining to classroom instruction of Spanish as a second language.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN841
Golden Age PoetryCrosslisted with SPAN 441

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Spanish Golden Age Poetry. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN842
Golden Age ProseCrosslisted with SPAN 442

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Early-Modern Spanish Prose. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN845
Golden Age DramaCrosslisted with SPAN 445

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of important forms and themes in the history of Early-Modern Spanish Drama. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN853
Nineteenth-Century Spanish LiteratureCrosslisted with SPAN 453

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and study of nineteenth-century Spanish literature: drama, essay, novel, poetry, and short story. Such authors as Larra, Zorrilla, Duque de Rivas, Espronceda, Tamayo y Baus, Echegaray, Bécquer, Pérez Galdós, Clarín, and Valera.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN854
Gender and Sexuality in SpainCrosslisted with SPAN 454, WMNS 454, WMNS 854

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Analysis of gender and sexuality in the culture and literature of Spain, covering topics related to women's studies, masculinities and LGBTQ+ issues.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN855
Human Rights in Latin AmericaCrosslisted with SPAN 455

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and analysis of Latin American texts dealing with human rights issues. Topics selected from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN856
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish PoetryCrosslisted with SPAN 456

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and analysis of Spanish poetry, with emphasis on A. Machado, F. García Lorca, E. Champourcin, G. Celaya, and G. Fuertes.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN857
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish NarrativeCrosslisted with SPAN 457

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and analysis of significant Spanish narratives.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN858
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish DramaCrosslisted with SPAN 458

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and analysis of dramas written by such playwrights as Benavente, Valle-Inclán, García, Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, and Arrabal.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN861
History and Fiction in Latin AmericaCrosslisted with SPAN 461

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Analysis of the relationships between history and fiction in Latin American literature, movies and/or other cultural artifacts.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN862
Spanish-American Short StoryCrosslisted with SPAN 462, ETHN 462

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Reading and discussion of the Spanish-American short story from its origins. Works of the twentieth century by authors such as Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Maria Luisa Bombal, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortazar, Rosario Castellanos, and Luisa Valenzuela.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN863
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish and Spanish-American EssayCrosslisted with SPAN 463

Prerequisites: SPAN 321 or SPAN 331; and one of SPAN 311, SPAN 312, SPAN 314, or SPAN 315

Description: Reading and analysis of Spanish and Spanish-American essays, with emphasis on Unamuno, Maeztu, Ortega y Gasset, Marañón, Marías, Picon Salas, Arciniegas, Mañach, Reyes, and Paz.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN865
Caribbean Literature and CultureCrosslisted with SPAN 465

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Explore some of the great leitmotifs that have shaped the cultural production of the Spanish speaking Caribbean and the Caribbean diasporas in the U.S. Topics include colonial and postcolonial exploitation, race and transculturation, displacement and migration, environmental issues and natural disasters, among others.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN866
Spanish-American PoetryCrosslisted with SPAN 466, ETHN 466

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Spanish-American poetry.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN867
Spanish-American NovelCrosslisted with SPAN 467, ETHN 467

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Spanish-American novels.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN870
Feminisms in Latin AmericaCrosslisted with SPAN 470, WMNS 470, WMNS 870, ETHN 470

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of a variety of feminist Latin American texts including poetry, fiction, history, philosophy and political manifestos from a cultural and literary studies perspective. Consideration of pop culture and visual artists.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN873
Don Quixote and the Birth of the Modern NovelCrosslisted with SPAN 473

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Examination of Cervantes' masterpiece in its literary and social context. Emphasis on the impact of digital tools on the humanities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN875
Advanced Translation for the ProfessionsCrosslisted with SPAN 475

Prerequisites: Senior standing

Description: Theory and practice of translation in professional settings. Introduction to linguistic and cultural challenges of Spanish/English, English/Spanish translation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN876
Exile and MigrationCrosslisted with SPAN 476

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Analysis of exile and migration in Spain and/or Latin America, covering topics such as memory, political and national ideology, work, gender and sexuality, and the second generation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN878
Introduction to the Digital Analysis of Hispanic CultureCrosslisted with SPAN 478

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Shift from printed to digital texts and its implications for the humanities. Definitions of digital research, various theoretical and methodological approaches, and the consequences for the academy, publishers, classrooms, and libraries. Analysis of representative electronic projects related to Hispanic literature and culture. Design of a digital humanities research projects.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN884
Repeating Islands: Caribbean Literature and Culture Across LanguagesCrosslisted with FREN 484, SPAN 484, FREN 884

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or 302 (for French students) OR one of the following: SPAN 311, 312, 314, or 315 (for Spanish students)

Taught in English.

Description: Examines the way Caribbean subjects see and represent themselves within a globalized world though contemporary Caribbean literature and culture with a focus on the French-speaking and the Spanish-speaking islands. Analyzes how authors and artists have undertaken topics such as migration, rebellion, violence, slavery, race, gender, and environmental disaster.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN886
Spanish in the United States: Variation and ContactCrosslisted with SPAN 486

Prerequisites: SPAN 303 or SPAN 304 or SPAN 300A

Description: Approximation to the linguistic and social diversity of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Examination of issues of linguistic contact, bilingualism, language ideologies, linguistic maintenance/shift, and linguistic policies from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Groups:CAS Diversity in the US

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN888
Heritage Speaker PedagogyCrosslisted with SPAN 488

Prerequisites: SPAN 303 or SPAN 304 or SPAN 300A

Description: Introduction to the theoretical framework and classroom methodology for the teaching of Spanish to bilingual students who acquired the language at home. Exploration of differences between bilingual, monolingual, and second language acquisition of Spanish.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN891
Special Topics in SpanishCrosslisted with SPAN 491

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Language, literature, and culture.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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SPAN896
Independent Study in SpanishCrosslisted with SPAN 496

Prerequisites: SPAN 300A, SPAN 303, or SPAN 304 and an additional 3 hours of SPAN at the 300 level.

Description: Independent reading or research under direction by a faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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SPAN899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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SPAN922A
Teaching for Intercultural Communicative Competence in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922A

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching culture and intercultural communicative competence in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922B
The Interpretive Mode: Reading and Listening in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922B

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching reading, listening and viewing in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922F
Interpersonal and Presentational Writing in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922F

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching writing in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922K
Interpersonal and Presentational Speaking in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922K

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching both interpersonal and presentational speaking with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922O
Assessment in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922O

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores the fundamental concepts and principles of assessment in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922S
Planning in the Spanish Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922S

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of instructional planning strategies for the purposes of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN922W
Technology-Enhanced Spanish Language InstructionCrosslisted with TEAC 922W

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of Spanish (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of Spanish language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of technology tools for foreign language with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN925
Spanish Modernism

Description: Analysis of the culture and literature of Spanish Modernism, from 1898 to 1936.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN942
Golden Age
Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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SPAN943
Colonial Spanish America
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN952
Spanish Medieval Literature

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Medieval Spanish literature. Seminars in Spanish Under the headings listed below the works of one author, or a group of works centering in a period, or those illustrating the development of a literary age are studied with respect to content, sources, style, and influence.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN953
The Spanish Civil War and Francoism

Description: Study of the Spanish Civil War and Francoism, focusing on the history, ideology and cultural production during those years, as well as the presence of the war and dictatorship through historical memory until present times.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN955
Avant-Garde and Postmodernism

Description: Dedicated to avant-garde and/or postmodern literature and art in the Hispanic world. Covers both artistic movements, or focus on one of them.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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SPAN990
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish Studies
Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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SPAN991
Special Topics
Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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SPAN993
Contemporary Spanish America
Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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SPAN996
Research Problems in Spanish

Prerequisites: Permission and successful completion of a graduate seminar Individual research on a literary or linguistic problem involving original investigation in areas not covered by seminars or thesis

Course details
Credit Hours:1-8
Max credits per semester:8
Max credits per degree:8
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-8

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SPAN997
Directed Readings in Spanish

Prerequisites: Permission

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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SPAN999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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