Spanish and Portuguese

Enrique Lamadrid, Interim Chairperson
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
MSC03 2100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-5907, 277-5908, FAX (505) 277-3885

Professors
Anthony J. Cárdenas-Rotunno, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Spanish
Enrique R. Lamadrid, Ph.D., University of Southern California–Spanish
Tey Diana Rebolledo, Ph.D., University of Arizona–Spanish

Associate Professors
Kimberle López, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)–Spanish
Miguel López, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)–Spanish
Kathryn McKnight, Ph.D., Stanford University–Spanish
Margo Milleret, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin–Portuguese
Susan D. Rivera, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Spanish
Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz, Ph.D., Brown University–Hispanic Studies
Catherine Travis, Ph.D., La Trobe University–Linguistics

Assistant Professors
Leila Lehnen, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University– Spanish and Portuguese
Anna Nogar, University of Texas, Austin–Hispanic Literature
Mary B. Quinn, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)–Hispanic Language and Literature
Julie Sykes, University of Minnesota–Hispanic Linguistics

Director Language Learning Center
Neddy Vigil, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Spanish

Professors Emeriti
Garland D. Bills, Ph.D., University of Texas–Spanish
Ruben Cobos, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Spanish
Pelayo Fernández, Ph.D., Salamanca University–Spanish
Rosa Fernández, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Spanish
Dick Gerdes, Ph.D., University of Kansas–Spanish
María Dolores Gonzales, Ph.D., University of New Mexico– Spanish
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Spanish
Tamara Holzapfel, Ph.D., University of Iowa–Spanish
Raymond MacCurdy, Ph.D., University of North Carolina–Romance Languages
Alfred Rodríguez, Ph.D., Brown University–Spanish
Jon M. Tolman, Ph.D., The University of New Mexico–Portuguese


Introduction

The mission of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is to promote quality teaching and research that integrate the languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking worlds. We share our expertise with the university community, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico. We are especially committed to revitalizing the Spanish language in New Mexico and to studying the interactions between cultures in the Southwest.

Faculty and students work together in the classroom, in the community, and in study abroad to develop understanding, sensitive communication and critical thinking about our diverse and interconnected world. The Department prepares its students with the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to lead productive and fulfilling lives as citizens and life-long learners.


Group Requirements

Literature courses in translation are not accepted for fulfillment of foreign language group requirements.

Language Learning Center

Work in the Language Learning Center is assigned in connection with the lower-division language courses and does not carry extra credit.

Spanish Language Instruction Program

Language instruction courses develop grammar, vocabulary, the four language skills–listening, speaking, reading and writing–and culture.

Sabine Ulibarrί Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) Program

Spanish courses 111, 112, 211, 212 are reserved for students who grew up in a Spanish-speaking environment. The objective of these classes is to build upon the language base which the students already possess. All four language skills–listening, speaking, reading and writing–are stressed, but time is not spent drilling aspects with which students are already familiar. All students who speak or understand some Spanish as a result of having heard it at home or from grandparents are urged to enroll in these classes. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes. (See Department for times and dates.)

Spanish as a Second Language (SSL) Program

This program is designed for students of Spanish whose native home language is not Spanish. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes. (See Department for times and dates.)

Required Placement Evaluation

All University of New Mexico students who choose Spanish to fulfill their language requirement are required to take the Spanish Placement Evaluation for placement in the appropriate level. This evaluation is administered in the Language Learning Center located in 124 Ortega Hall.

To Challenge a Course

If you place into a higher-level Spanish course, you not only advance faster, but also have the option to challenge the lower-level Spanish course(s) for graduation credit (challenging means you earn credit–grade of B or better–at a higher level and, upon paying regular tuition for lower level courses, may receive credit for them). You can also test out of a Spanish class and earn credit by taking the Spanish CLEP test (check the Web site http://www.unm.edu/~testctr/clep.htm for information on CLEP testing).


Courses in Spanish (SPAN) are categorized in content areas.  The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:

Language (L); Linguistics, Philosophy, and Methodology (LPM); Literature (LT); Peninsular Literature (PL); Spanish American Literature (SA); Southwest Hispanic Studies (SH).


Courses

SPAN 101. Elementary Spanish I. (3)



SPAN 102. Elementary Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 103-104. Elementary Spanish Conversation I–Elementary Spanish Conversation II. (1, 1)



SPAN 111. Elementary SHL I. (3)



SPAN 112. Elementary SHL II. (3)



SPAN 200. Intermediate Spanish Abroad. (3)



SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I. (3)



SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 203. Spanish Conversation. (3)



SPAN 211. Intermediate SHL I. (3)



SPAN 212. Intermediate SHL II. (3)



SPAN 275. Accelerated Beginning Spanish. (6)



SPAN 276. Accelerated Intermediate Spanish. (6)



SPAN 301. Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 302. Developing Spanish Writing Skills. (3)



SPAN 307. Introduction to Hispanic Literature. (3)



SPAN 324. Spanish Literature in Translation. (3)



SPAN **350. Spanish Phonetics. (3)



SPAN 351. Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. (3)



SPAN **352. Advanced Grammar. (3)



SPAN 370. Survey of Chicano Literature. (3)



SPAN 371. Spanish of the Southwest. (3)



SPAN 375. Southwestern Hispanic Folklore. (3)



SPAN 377. Southwestern Hispanic Folk Ballads and Songs. (3)



SPAN **395. Spanish Reading for Graduate Students I. (3)



SPAN **396. Spanish Reading for Graduate Students II. (3)



SPAN **411. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature I. (3)



SPAN **412. Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature II. (3)



SPAN *423. Cervantes: The Quijote. (3)



SPAN **429. Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture and Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN **430. Spanish American Short Story. (3)



SPAN **431. Spanish American Literature Survey I. (3)



SPAN **432. Spanish American Literature Survey II. (3)



SPAN **433. Modern Spanish American Poetry. (3)



SPAN **435. Modern Spanish American Fiction. (3)



SPAN *438. Mexican Literature. (3)



SPAN **439. Topics in Spanish American Culture and Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 449. Topics in Hispanic Linguistics. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN *450. Spanish Mysticism. (3)



SPAN **479. Topics in Southwest Folklore/Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 497. Undergraduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SPAN 498. Reading and Research for Honors. (3)



SPAN 499. Honors Essay. (3)



SPAN 502. Proseminar: Research and Critical Methodology. (3)



SPAN 504. Seminar in Ibero-American Studies. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 515. Spanish Medieval Paleography. (3)



SPAN 519. Medieval Literature. (3)



SPAN 520. Seminar in the Spanish Peninsular Picaresque Novel. (3)



SPAN 522. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Poetry. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 523. Renaissance and Baroque Poetry. (3)



SPAN 526. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular Theater. (3)



SPAN 529. Spanish Peninsular Post-War Novel. (3)



SPAN 531. The Modernist Movement in Spanish American Poetry. (3)



SPAN 532. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 536. Colonial Literature. (3)



SPAN 541. Recent Research on the Teaching of Spanish. (3)



SPAN 542. History of the Spanish Language. (3)



SPAN 545. Spanish Phonology. (3)



SPAN 546. Seminar in Hispanic Sociolinguistics. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 547. Seminar in Southwest Spanish. (3)



SPAN 549. Seminar in the Language of Spain or Spanish America. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 551. Graduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



SPAN 578. Topics in Southwest Hispanic Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 579. Topics in Southwest Culture & Folklore. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 599. Master’s Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



SPAN 601. Literary Theory. (3)



SPAN 629. Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 631. Latin American Vanguard Poetry. (3)



SPAN 633. Spanish American Poetry Since 1950. (3)



SPAN 639. Seminar in Spanish American Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



PORT 101. Elementary Portuguese I. (3)



PORT 102. Elementary Portuguese II. (3)



PORT 201-202. Intermediate Portuguese I–Intermediate Portuguese II. (3)



PORT 275. Intensive Beginning Portuguese. (6)



PORT 276. Intensive Intermediate Portuguese. (6)



PORT 277. Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. (6)



PORT 301. Conversation and Pronunciation. (3)



PORT 311 / 511. Culture and Composition. (3)



PORT 312 / 512. Culture and Conversation. (3)



PORT 335. Brazilian Popular Culture. (3)



PORT 414 / 514. Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 416 / 516. Brazilian Cinema. (3)



PORT 417 / 517. Popular Brazilian Music. (3)



PORT 421 / 521. Brazilian Theater. (3)



PORT 457 / 557. Encounters with the New World I. (3)



PORT 458 / 558. Encounters with the New World II. (3)



PORT *461. Topics in Brazilian Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 497. Undergraduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PORT 498. Reading and Research for Honors. (3)



PORT 499. Honors Essay or Teaching. (3)



PORT 511 / 311. Culture and Composition. (3)



PORT 512 / 312. Culture and Conversation. (3)



PORT 514 / 414. Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 516 / 416. Brazilian Cinema. (3)



PORT 517 / 417. Popular Brazilian Music. (3)



PORT 521 / 421. Brazilian Theater. (3)



PORT 551. Graduate Problems. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PORT 557 / 457. Encounters with the New World I. (3)



PORT 558 / 458. Encounters with the New World II. (3)



PORT 561. History of the Portuguese Language. (3)



PORT 570. Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



PORT 599. Master’s Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PORT 601. Literary Theory. (3)



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