Note: In order to find a course in the new 4 digit numbering system using an old 3 digit number, please refer to the conversion list below. Before registering for courses with the new 4 digit numbering system, please ensure that you have not previously taken the course in its 3 digit form.
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Note: Students unsure of their language level should contact the Department of Modern Languages about a placement test. In addition, all students, including first-year students, may obtain special permission to register in a higher course if they have sufficient background in the language.
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Spanish
1030 -
Spanish for Beginners
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Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
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Spanish
1030W/X -
Spanish for Beginners (Accelerated)
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Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Prepares students directly for Spanish 2200 or 2200W/X.
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Spanish
2200 -
Intermediate Spanish
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Combining grammar and communication this course prepares students to discuss, read and write about a variety of topics and to explore ideas about Hispanic culture in relation to their own. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
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Spanish 1030 or 1030W/X with a minimum standing of 60%, or Grade 12U Spanish, or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
2200W/X -
Intermediate Spanish (Accelerated)
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Combining grammar and communication this course prepares students to discuss, read and write about a variety of topics and to explore ideas about Hispanic culture in relation to their own. The course includes an optional Community Service Learning component.
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Spanish 1030 or 1030W/X with a minimum standing of 70%, or Grade 12U Spanish, or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
2214A/B -
Comparative Grammar of English and Spanish
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Is Spanish easier to learn than English? In this course you will compare the structure of both. You will learn, for example, that Spanish has more verb forms, and English has a simpler word order. Exploring the contrasts will leads to a deeper understanding of grammar.
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Spanish
2215F/G -
Exploring Hispanic Cultures I
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Introduction to reading, writing and researching in the visual, performing and literary arts and in socio-lingustics. Students develop foundations in these fields through a series of case studies across generic historical, geographical areas of the Hispanic world. Taught by one core professor in conjunction with different specialists.
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The former Spanish 2202F/G, Spanish 2203F/G, Spanish 2218F/G and CLC 2218F/G, the former Spanish 2219F/G and CLC 2219F/G.
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Spanish
2216F/G -
Exploring Hispanic Cultures II
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Introduction to reading, writing and researching in literature, film, popular culture and digital Spanish. Students develop foundations in these fields through a series of case studies across generic, historical, geographical areas of the Hispanic world. Taught by one core professor in conjunction with different specialists.
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The former Spanish 2202F/G, Spanish 2203F/G, Spanish 2218F/G and CLC 2218F/G, the former Spanish 2219F/G and CLC 2219F/G.
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Spanish
2220A/B -
Spanish Conversation
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This course revolves around 12 conversations dealing with current issues in Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America. Topics will range from social, political and economic issues to celebrity culture, food, sports, tourism.
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The former Spanish 2202F/G, Spanish 2203F/G, Spanish 2218F/G and CLC 2218F/G, the former Spanish 2219F/G and CLC 2219F/G.
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Spanish
2223 -
Business Spanish
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An introduction to the Spanish and Latin-American business worlds. The course introduces concepts of commerce, business structure and management, business manners, special business jargon/terminology, commercial relationships etc.
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Spanish 1030 or 1030W/X with a minimum standing of 60%, or Grade 12U Spanish or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
2800F/G -
Digital Spanish
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Introduction to Spanish language and culture on the web: social networking sites, trends in digital culture, and digital repositories, including video and music. The student will learn blogging, text messaging, and digital skills in Spanish.
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Spanish
2901A/B-2905A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Spanish
2906A/B-2910A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Special Topics for Hispanic Language and Culture.
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Spanish
2911A/B-2915A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings. Taught in English.
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Spanish
2951A/B-2955A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Spanish
2956A/B-2960A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Special Topics for Spanish Language and Linguistics.
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Spanish
2981A/B-2985A/B -
Special Topics in Digital Spanish
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Spanish
2986A/B-2990A/B -
Special Topics in Digital Spanish
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Spanish
3300 -
Advanced Spanish Language
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Further development of oral and written skills with systematic acquisition of vocabulary and selective grammar review. Based on a multimedia and communicative approach, this course aims to develop fluency. Discussions, readings, and writing will focus on the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. Includes an optional Community Service Learning component.
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Spanish
3301E -
Spanish for Near-Native Speakers
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Do you already speak Spanish quite well? Using traditional and new approaches, this course will expand your understanding of language and culture.
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Spanish
3303A/B -
The Structure of Spanish
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This course will introduce students to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships between form and meaning.
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Spanish
3314F/G -
Hispanic Sociolinguistics
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This course will examine the ways in which language is related to society in the Spanish speaking world, including regional dialect variation, social class variation, variation due to language contact and different registers. Examples will be taken from various media, including movies and recordings.
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Spanish
3315F/G -
The Acquisition of Spanish
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Using real data, students examine the different stages children go through during first language acquisition and compare this process to second language acquisition. Topics include the age factor for language acquisition and the importance of interaction.
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Linguistics 2224A/B.
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Spanish
3317A/B -
The Spanish Sentence
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Based on practice, this course examines how the different parts of sentences are interconnected. Students will develop an understanding of the role of different phrases, the differences between types of sentences, and the relation between structure and meaning.
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The former Spanish 4411F/G.
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Spanish
3318A/B -
The Sounds of Spanish
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Using samples of recorded interviews, music and movie clips, students discuss Spanish sounds and sound patterns. Topics include the mental representation of speech units, sound change and variation as well as acquisition. Both Spanish of the Americas and Peninsular Spanish will be considered.
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Spanish
3421F/G -
Translation I: Practical Texts
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This course will enhance students lexical and semantic knowledge of Spanish though direct experience in translation. Source texts in English and Spanish are chosen from science, literature, film, advertising, tourism, government and legal documents.
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Spanish
3422F/G -
Translation II: Business Texts and Oral Production
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This course focuses on the business-oriented fundamentals of oral and written communication. Source materials in English and Spanish will be drawn from a variety of newspapers and business documents. The principles of simultaneous translation will be considered.
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The former Spanish 3302.
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Spanish
3501F/G -
Hispanic Visual Arts and Texts
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An introduction to visual arts through artistic literature. Descriptions of important works of art, monuments and cities, biographies of artists, texts written by and/or for the artists will be considered. Examples from diaries, reflections, manuals, and criticism may be included. Cases will come from pre-Columbian civilizations up to contemporary expressions.
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Spanish
3511F/G -
Hispanic Culture on Film
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This course studies a topic from the Hispanic world, such as conquest and colonization, war and dictatorship, or gender and sexuality, as depicted in film. The films may come from Spain, Latin America, Hollywood, and/or Documentary, Ethnographic and Performance Cinema.
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The former Spanish 3331F/G.
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Spanish
3521F/G -
Hispanic Pop Culture
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An introduction to the popular culture in the Hispanic World, including music, films, soap operas, graphic novels, and cartoons. The student will also learn the evolution of the popular artistic forms and their relationship with social movements and changes in social and political values.
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Spanish
3531F/G -
Myths and Legends of the Hispanic World
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This course examines important European and non-European myths, legends and stories and the impact they had and still have on Hispanic culture and fiction.
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Spanish
3541F/G -
Literatures of the Hispanic World
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A Transatlantic approach to the study of the most important literary works on both sides of the Atlantic. Through selected examples the student will learn the cultural and literary connections between Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America since the 16th Century to the present.
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Spanish
3551F/G -
Human Rights and the Hispanic World
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With a Transatlantic perspective, this course examines the complex problems of representations of human rights issues and trauma in novels, films and paintings. The main objective is to study how artists and writers help us understand the effects of violence and trauma.
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Spanish
3561F/G -
Gender and Hispanic Cultures
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Students will engage gender issues in historical, literary and artistic materials either chronologically, geographically, or in the works of specific artists.
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Spanish
3801F/G -
Connecting Cultures
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How is Shakespeare connected to Cervantes, New York to Tokyo, Baroque painting to videogames? Cultural networks grow in time and space through the creation of links among their elements. Through a set of digital tools, this course focuses on the discovery of connections that make culture possible. Taught in English.
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Spanish
3901F/G-3905F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Spanish
3906A/B-3910A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
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Spanish
3911A/B-3915A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Spanish
3916A/B-3920A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Special Topics for Spanish Language and Linguistics.
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Spanish
3921A/B-3925A/B -
Special Topics in Digital Spanish
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Spanish
4410E -
Honors Thesis
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The thesis will be written in the fourth year and will be directed by a member of the Modern Languages and Literatures faculty in Spanish.
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Spanish
4412F/G -
Spanish in Contact
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Throughout its history, Spanish has come into contact with many other languages: Arabic in the Iberian Peninsula, indigenous languages in the Americas, and more recently - English. This course examines how such contact has influenced Spanish and the contact languages.
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Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
4413F/G -
History of the Spanish Language
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The linguistic evolution of Spanish from Latin to Old Spanish to the varieties of present-day Spanish. Topics covered include sound changes, changes in the structure of words, word order and changes in vocabulary.
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The former Spanish 4408A/B.
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Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
4414F/G -
Bilingualism
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This course examines the question of the interactions of Spanish and other languages in the individual mind/brain. It compares early bilinguals and bilinguals who have learned a second (or third) language later in life. Topics include differences between bilingual and monolingual language development, code mixing and transfer between languages.
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Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
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Spanish
4415F/G -
The Spanish Word
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How are Spanish words made up? How do they combine to form new words, and how does each part of a word contribute to the overall meaning? This course will provide you with the tools needed to create new words and expand your vocabulary vastly.
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4422F/G -
Translation III: Theory and Practice
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This course will examine the theory and history of translation. Through intense practice, this course engages translation theories and techniques to enable students to provide accurate and idiomatic written and oral translations in English and Spanish.
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Spanish
4501F/G -
Hispanic Art
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This course studies visual arts in the Hispanic World. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and urbanism may be considered. Topics may include art and propaganda, patronage, gender and identity, spirituality and art, nationalism and regionalism, collection and representation, and art and technology. Considerations on theory, methodology and historiography will also be addressed.
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4511F/G -
Music, Dance, Performance in the Hispanic World
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This course focuses on the performing arts of the Hispanic World and how they incorporate cross-cultural influences and traditions, relate to other art forms such as the literary and visual arts, intersect with the world of mass media and entertainment, and address issues of identity, gender, social (in)justice, and/or resistance.
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Spanish
4521F/G -
Fantastic Fictions of the Hispanic World
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A study of the masters of fantastic fiction such as Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel de Cervantes, Julio Cortázar, Elena Garro, and Carmen Martín Gaite. The student will learn the narrative techniques and theory used by these great writers.
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Spanish
4531F/G-4540F/G -
Hispanic Masters and Masterpieces
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This course offers the opportunity for focused, advanced study of great Hispanic masters and their masterpieces from the Hispanic world. Topics may include visual, cinematographic, performing, musical and literary arts.
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Spanish
4802A/B -
Natural Language Analysis
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For students of Digital Spanish, Linguistics, or Hispanic culture, this course presents the basic concepts of natural language processing, the possibilities for the analysis of large corpora of Spanish language texts lexicons, web sites, chat groups, as well as the basics of programming. Taught in English.
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Spanish
4901F/G-4905F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Spanish
4906A/B-4910A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
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4921F/G-4925F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Spanish
4926A/B-4930A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Special Topics for Spanish language and Linguistics.
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Spanish
4931AF/G-4935F/G -
Special Topics in Digital Spanish
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Spanish
4961F/G-4965F/G -
Directed Studies in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Spanish
4971F/G-4975F/G -
Directed Studies in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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Spanish
4981F/G-4985F/G -
Directed Studies in Digital Spanish
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