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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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
1032 -
Spanish for Beginners (Blended Format)
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Speaking Spanish opens the door to a broad and exciting world. This beginners course with a blended methodology combines the advantages of face-to-face instruction with the flexibility and rich feedback provided by online learning. The course includes 2 hours of traditional classroom instruction and 2 hours of engaging online activities.
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2102A/B -
Mexico City
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Examine Mexico City through its history of continuous transformations from Aztec empire to the megalopolis it is today. Identify traces of the various pasts in the city’s contemporary urban landscape and daily life, through art, film and literature. Comparisons to other Latin American cities will be drawn. Taught in English.
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Spanish
2105F/G/Z -
Barcelona: Culture through the Ages
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This 3-week course in Barcelona explores cultural differences between Mediterranean and North American life through artistic expressions, history, food, and values. You will engage with the local culture, discover new places, and be exposed to new perspectives; ultimately, this experience will likely re-shape your identity in the global context.
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Registration in second year or above and permission of Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
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Spanish
2121A/B -
Bilingualism: Context and Cognition
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What does it mean to be bilingual? How does bilingualism affect our intercultural abilities? This course examines the use of two or more languages by an individual from linguistic, social, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Topics include cognitive advantages of being bilingual, and differences between bilingual and monolingual.
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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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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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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 lead to a deeper understanding of grammar.
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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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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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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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2500F/G -
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English and Spanish.
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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, museums and heritage sites. The student will learn blogging, text messaging, and digital skills in Spanish. May include community engaged learning component.
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2901A/B-2905A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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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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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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2951A/B-2955A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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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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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 2200, 2200W/X with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
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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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Admission by interview only.
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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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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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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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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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3319A/B -
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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3322A/B -
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 and commercial relationships.
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Spanish 2200, 2200W/X with a minimum standing of 60%, or Grade 12U Spanish or permission of the Department.
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3325A/B -
Advanced Business Spanish
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This course is a continuation of Business Spanish 3322A/B, emphasizing a greater understanding of concepts previously presented. The focus on intercultural competence will lead to in depth-- knowledge of international business interactions in the diverse cultures represented in the Spanish world.
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3327A/B -
Advanced Spanish Conversation
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This advanced 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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3421F/G -
Translation I: Practical Texts
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This course will enhance student’s 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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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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3500G -
Community Service Learning in the Hispanic World: Culture, People and History in Context
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Learn about the Hispanic world through classroom study and community service learning in a Spanish-speaking country. The course contemplates, culture, history and contemporary social issues. Community Service Learning activities, destination and length of the stay abroad will vary.
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Be at least in second year of a Spanish module at the time of applying and have permission of Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. See Department for information on application procedure.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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3571F/G -
Hispanic Visual Arts
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An introduction to visual arts in the Hispanic world. Different media will be considered, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, engraving, photography and cinema, from a broad historical perspective. Topics may vary, including gender, identity, and spirituality. Considerations on theory, methodology and historiography will also be addressed.
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Spanish 3501F/G, the former 4501F/G.
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3581F/G -
Fantastic Fictions in the Hispanic World
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Explore the rich tradition of fantastic literature and/or cinema in the Hispanic world in a wide range of texts. The course will examine the characteristics of the fantastic genre, its links to specific philosophical traditions and the complex questions about reality and its representations that said texts raise.
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3591F/G -
Music, Dance and 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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CLC 3882F/G.
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3600F/G/Z -
Internship in Spanish
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The Academic Internship is an unpaid, credit internship with minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses or community groups with interests related to Spanish.
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Permission of the Department and ICC 2200F/G. Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in Spanish, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
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3901F/G-3905F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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3906A/B-3910A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
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3911A/B-3915A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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3915A/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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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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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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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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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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4500F/G -
Senior Research Project
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In this capstone course, students develop their own research project with a specific historical or geographical perspective centred on a designated general theme. Students work in conjunction with peers and professors and choose their own medium of presentation ranging from the traditional to the experimental.
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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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4901F/G-4905F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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4906A/B-4910A/B -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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4921F/G-4925F/G -
Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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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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4961F/G-4965F/G -
Directed Studies in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures
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4971F/G-4975F/G -
Directed Studies in Spanish Language and Linguistics
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