Anthony J. Cárdenas-Rotunno, Chairperson
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
MSC03 2100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-5907, FAX (505) 277-3885
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.
Literature courses in translation are not accepted for fulfillment of foreign language group requirements.
Work in the Language Learning Center is assigned in connection with the lower-division language courses and does not carry extra credit.
Language instruction courses develop grammar, vocabulary, the four language skills–listening, speaking, reading and writing–and culture.
Spanish classes 111, 112, 211, and 212 are designated for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. This is a comprehensive program that is designed to accommodate students at all phases of learning: from true beginners to those who are more fluent and are polishing their skills. By drawing upon our connection to the language, we make the study of Spanish more relevant to SHL learners; this serves as a significant motivating factor in language learning. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.
This program is designed for students of Spanish whose native home language is not Spanish. A placement evaluation is required before entering these classes.
Continuing students who are following the sequence of Spanish language courses are not required to take the placement evaluation again, unless, a period of one year or more has passed between Spanish courses.
Continuing students are required to bring an advisement transcript to the first day of class to verify enrollment in the appropriate course.
When a student places into a higher‐level Spanish course, the student not only can advance faster, but also has the option to earn credit for the lower level courses by taking the Spanish language CLEP test. Students also have the option of challenging a course. If a student has earned a grade of B or better in a higher level course, he/she may, upon paying regular tuition for the lower level courses, receive credit for them.
Courses
PORT 101.
Elementary Portuguese I.
(3)
Development of all four language skills. Emphasis on listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.
PORT 102.
Elementary Portuguese II.
(3)
Continued development of four language skills. Emphasis on listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.
PORT 275.
Introduction to Portuguese for Business [Intensive Beginning Portuguese].
(6)
Intensive one-semester multimedia course designed for the Business Profession using authentic models of communication and cultural competencies in Portuguese as related to business.
Students may not receive credit for this accelerated course and the regular sequence (101-102).
PORT 276.
Intensive Intermediate Portuguese.
(6)
An intensive one-semester intermediate multimedia course using authentic models of communication in Portuguese.
Prerequisite: 102 or 275.
PORT 277.
Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers.
(6)
An accelerated multimedia class designed for natives or advanced level Spanish speakers that uses authentic models of communication in Portuguese. Students may not receive credit for this class and the accelerated sequence (275-276).
PORT 301.
Conversation and Pronunciation.
(3)
Practice of spoken Portuguese with an introduction to the phonetic systems and with comparisons to Spanish pronunciation. Discussions of topics from Portuguese-speaking world.
Prerequisite: 276 or 277.
PORT 311 / 511.
Culture and Composition.
(3)
Students develop their vocabulary and improve their writing skills through the study of readings, films and music from the Portuguese-speaking world and through practice writing compositions.
Prerequisite: 276 or 277.
PORT 312 / 512.
Culture and Conversation.
(3)
Students improve skills in oral communication, including pronunciation and intonation, through the study and performance of dramatic scenes, and the filming and editing of those scenes.
Prerequisite: 276 or 277.
PORT 335.
Brazilian Popular Culture.
(3)
Through the lens of Brazilian daily activities and ritual expressions, this course provides the student with an introduction to Brazilian history, culture and society.
Prerequisite: 276 or 277.
PORT 414 / 514.
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 416 / 516.
Brazilian Cinema.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian cinema concentrating on the Cinema Novo movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Cinema is presented as an expression of national identity and is understood in relationship to literature and other cultural expressions.
PORT 417 / 517.
Popular Brazilian Music.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian popular music from 1950 to 2000 concentrating on contemporary sounds from the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as well as new music from Brazil’s other regions.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 421 / 521.
Brazilian Theater.
(3)
A survey of 19th- and 20th-century drama by Brazil’s best known playwrights. Includes the study of plays and their performances, key moments and individuals in theater history and foreign influences.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 457 / 557.
Encounters with the New World I.
(3)
Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 458 / 558.
Encounters with the New World II.
(3)
Thematic study of the history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil during 20th and 21st centuries.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT *461.
Topics in Brazilian Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Individual authors, genres and periods of Brazilian Literature.
Prerequisite: 311 or 312.
PORT 497.
Undergraduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
PORT 498.
Reading and Research for Honors.
(3)
Work under direction of faculty to conduct research in preparation for writing honors thesis.
Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
PORT 499.
Honors Essay or Teaching.
(3)
Write essay or teach undergraduate course under the direction of a faculty member.
Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
PORT 511 / 311.
Culture and Composition.
(3)
Students develop their vocabulary and improve their writing skills through the study of readings, films and music from the Portuguese-speaking world and through practice writing compositions.
PORT 512 / 312.
Culture and Conversation.
(3)
Students improve skills in oral communication, including pronunciation and intonation, through the study and performance of dramatic scenes, and the filming and editing of those scenes.
PORT 514 / 414.
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.
PORT 516 / 416.
Brazilian Cinema.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian cinema concentrating on the Cinema Novo movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Cinema is presented as an expression of national identity and is understood in relationship to literature and other cultural expressions.
PORT 517 / 417.
Popular Brazilian Music.
(3)
Survey of Brazilian popular music from 1950 to 2000 concentrating on contemporary sounds from the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as well as new music from Brazil’s other regions.
PORT 521 / 421.
Brazilian Theater.
(3)
A survey of 19th- and 20th-century drama by Brazil’s best known playwrights. Includes the study of plays and their performances, key moments and individuals in theater history and foreign influences.
PORT 551.
Graduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
PORT 557 / 457.
Encounters with the New World I.
(3)
Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.
PORT 558 / 458.
Encounters with the New World II.
(3)
Thematic study of the history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil during 20th and 21st centuries.
PORT 570.
Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture.
(3, no limit Δ)
Examines works of literature and/or culture and the scholarship written about them from a national or comparative framework.
PORT 599.
Master's Thesis.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
SPAN 101.
Elementary Spanish I.
(3)
Beginning Spanish for students with no previous exposure to Spanish. Development of all four language skills, with emphasis on listening and speaking. (L)
SPAN 102.
Elementary Spanish II.
(3)
Beginning Spanish for students who have completed 101 or equivalent. Continued development of four skills with emphasis on listening and speaking. (L)
SPAN 103 - 104.
Elementary Spanish Conversation I – Elementary Spanish Conversation II.
(1, 1)
Supplementary courses to Spanish 101–102 for students interested in additional practice in speaking. (L)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
Pre- or corequisite: 101 or 102 or 111 or 112.
SPAN 111.
Elementary SHL I.
(3)
Beginning Spanish for students who grew up in a Spanish-speaking environment. Will build upon the language base which the students already possess. Development of all four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. (L)
SPAN 112.
Elementary SHL II.
(3)
Beginning Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 111 or equivalent. Continued development of the four skills with an emphasis on reading and writing, vocabulary building and review of grammar. (L)
SPAN 200.
Intermediate Spanish Abroad.
(3)
Intensive language study with emphasis on culture in an immersion situation. Tied to the University of New Mexico programs in Spain and Spanish America. (L)
SPAN 201.
Intermediate Spanish I.
(3)
Intermediate Spanish for students who have completed 102 or equivalent. Review of grammar and further development of all four skills. (L)
SPAN 202.
Intermediate Spanish II.
(3)
Intermediate Spanish for students who have completed 201 or equivalent. Continued development of all four skills with emphasis on reading. (L)
SPAN 203.
Spanish Conversation.
(3)
For students who have completed or are currently enrolled in Spanish 201, 202 or 276. Small classes designed to increase skills in speaking Spanish. Not for native speakers. (L)
Pre- or corequisite: 201 or 202 or 211 or 212 or 276.
SPAN 205.
Introduction to Medical Spanish.
(3)
This course is designed with a communicative-based methodology (task-based oriented) and engages students in the practice of the four language skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking) using medical-related vocabulary for intermediate-level Spanish proficiency.
SPAN 211.
Intermediate SHL I.
(3)
Intermediate Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 102 or equivalent. Review of grammar and continued development of the four skills with an emphasis on literacy and speaking. (L)
SPAN 212.
Intermediate SHL II.
(3)
Intermediate Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 201 or equivalent. Further development of all four skills, with an emphasis on reading authentic materials, on practical writing needs and communicating with other native speakers. (L)
SPAN 301.
Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language.
(3, no limit Δ)
Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on oral and written expression based on a theme or language related topics (literature, culture, civilization, translation, commercial, etc.) (L)
SPAN 302.
Developing Spanish Writing Skills.
(3)
Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on developing Spanish written expression. (L)
SPAN 305.
Medical Spanish and Public Health.
(3)
Students continue developing language skills through a comprehensive introduction to the field of medical Spanish terminology, heath communication and public health; conducting medical encounters in Spanish through a portfolio of clinical cases.
Prerequisite: 202 or 205 or 212.
SPAN 306.
Health and Healing in Hispanic Literature.
(3)
Introduction to literary and textual analysis from perspectives of health, illness, and medicine. Students develop the practice of close reading of literary and cultural texts and improve attention, representation, and affiliation in human relationships.
Students may not receive credit for both 306 and 307.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 307.
Introduction to Hispanic Literature.
(3)
Examination of selected Spanish and Spanish-American literary texts representing old and new literary currents. Special attention will be given to stylistics and the analysis of style and literary language. (LT)
Students may not receive credit for both 306 and 307.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 329.
Topics in Health and Culture in the Hispanic World.
(3, may be repeated three times Δ)
Special topics related to cultural expressions of health and illness, health care communication and intercultural competence in Spanish-speaking and Hispanic contexts.
Prerequisite: 302 and 305 and (306 or 307).
SPAN **350 [**350L].
Introduction to the Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3 [4])
Students will learn fundamental concepts related to the sound patterns of Spanish, such as Phonetics, Phonology, Laboratory Phonology, and Sociophonetics and will receive hands on training in a laboratory setting. (LPM)
SPAN 351.
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics.
(3)
An introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax and dialectology of the Spanish language. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 302.
SPAN **352.
Advanced Grammar.
(3)
Required for Spanish majors. Taught in Spanish. Analysis of morphological and syntactic structure. (LPM)
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN 370.
Survey of Chicano Literature.
(3)
Study of the major genres of Chicano literature (novel, short story, essay, poetry and drama), with emphasis on post-1960s literature. (SH)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN 371.
Spanish of the Southwest.
(3)
Attention to formal aspects of the Spanish of the Southwest as well as to historical and social factors affecting its status. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351.
SPAN 375.
Southwestern Hispanic Folklore.
(3)
Folkways of Spanish-speaking people of American Southwest: language, customs, beliefs, music, folk sayings.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
SPAN **411.
Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature I.
(3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 11th to the 17th century. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **412.
Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature II.
(3)
A survey of Spanish literature from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN *423.
Cervantes: The Quijote.
(3)
Detailed analysis of the Quijote and treatment of its place in world literature. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **429.
Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture and Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods. (PL)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **430.
Spanish American Short Story.
(3)
Spanish American short story from 19th century to contemporary period. Intensive development and discussion of theoretical bibliography. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **431.
Spanish American Literature Survey I.
(3)
A historical survey of the literary canon in Spanish America from Colonial times through 19th-century Romanticism. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **432.
Spanish American Literature Survey II.
(3)
Continuation of **431. A survey of the literary canon in Spanish America from Modernismo through contemporary times. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **433.
Modern Spanish American Poetry.
(3)
A survey course covering Spanish American poetry from Modernism to the present. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **435.
Modern Spanish American Fiction.
(3)
Study of narrative tendencies in Spanish American fiction between 1915 and 1940, including regionalismo, indigenismo, crítica social, urbanismo, existencialismo and meta-escritura. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN *438.
Mexican Literature.
(3)
Study of readings in Mexican literature emphasizing Mexico’s contribution to Hispanic American literature from pre-Colombian to contemporary times. Examination of diverse genres in Mexico’s literature. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN **439.
Topics in Spanish American Culture and Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods. (SA)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN 445 / 545.
The Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
Students will gain a strong understanding about the sound patterns in different Spanish varieties, how the patterns are represented in the mind, how to describe them and carry out acoustic analyses. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351 or LING 301 or LING 302 or LING 303 or LING 304 or SHS *303.
SPAN 449.
Topics in Hispanic Linguistics.
(3, no limit Δ)
Deals with different areas, approaches and issues. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351.
SPAN **479.
Topics in Southwest Folklore-Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, Hispanic New Mexican literature, Chicano writers, poetry, folk music, orality in folk and Chicano narrative. (SH)
Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).
SPAN 497.
Undergraduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 498.
Reading and Research for Honors.
(3)
Open to juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 499.
Honors Essay.
(3)
Open only to seniors enrolled for departmental honors.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 502.
Proseminar: Research and Critical Methodology.
(3)
Introduction to fundamentals of literary analysis: defining a research question; gaining access to resources; selecting approaches to texts; citing bibliographic data according to current MLA guidelines. (LT)
SPAN 504.
Seminar in Ibero-American Studies.
(3, no limit Δ)
(Also offered as LTAM 504)
(SA)
SPAN 515.
Spanish Medieval Paleography.
(3)
Methodology required to produce an edition–everything from locating an editable text to actually producing the edition. Main emphasis is on deciphering gothic script (13th–17th centuries) and resolving textual problems.
SPAN 519.
Medieval Literature.
(3)
A survey of major Spanish masterpieces from the Jarchas to the Celestina. (PL)
SPAN 520.
Seminar in the Spanish Peninsular Picaresque Novel.
(3)
The study of Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzmán de Alfarache, El buscón and other 17th-century picaresque novels. (PL)
SPAN 522.
Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Poetry.
(3, no limit Δ)
Courses ranging from post-Romanticism (Becquer, Castro), the “Generation of ‘98” (Machado, Unamuno), Jiménez’s “pure poetry,” the fusion of tradition and avant-garde aesthetics in the “Generation of ‘27,” to the post-war poets and more recent tendencies. (PL)
SPAN 526.
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular Theater.
(3)
Modern and contemporary drama of Spain from Benavente to the present. Close study of the works of major playwrights and trends in dramatic criticism and theatrical production. Readings in theater theory. (PL)
SPAN 529.
Spanish Peninsular Post-War Novel.
(3)
The resurgence of the novel following the repressive Civil and post-Civil War years (1936–1939). Includes the introduction of tremendismo (Cela, Laforet), neo-realist novels, experimental ones and the initial boom of women writers (Martín Gaite and Tusquets). (PL)
SPAN 531.
The Modernist Movement in Spanish American Poetry.
(3)
An overview of Modernism in Spanish America from 1870–1920. Writers studied include José Martí, Rubén Darío, Julián del Casal, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, Leopoldo Lugones, Julio Herrera y Reissig, María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira and Delmira Agustini. (SA)
SPAN 536.
Colonial Literature.
(3)
Main authors, periods and problems of textual representation in the New World from 1492 to 1830. Emphasis on the 16th-century European-Amerindian African encounter and on 17th-century treatment of gender and ethnicity. (SA)
SPAN 541.
Approaches to Language Teaching Methodology [Recent Research on the Teaching of Spanish].
(3)
Study of approaches to language teaching methods. Focuses on the practical application of its results to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. Required of all Teaching Assistants in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. (LPM)
SPAN 545 / 445.
The Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
Students will gain a strong understanding about the sound patterns in different Spanish varieties, how the patterns are represented in the mind, how to describe them and carry out acoustic analyses. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351 or LING 301 or LING 302 or LING 303 or LING 304 or SHS *303.
SPAN 546.
Seminar in Hispanic Sociolinguistics.
(3, no limit Δ)
Linguistic variation in relation to internal, social, regional and situational factors. Topics include variation theory, language contact, language and gender, and language planning. The practical application of sociolinguistic approaches will be introduced. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 547.
Seminar in Southwest Spanish.
(3)
Research seminar covering all aspects of Chicano Spanish: linguistic structure, regional and social variation, bilingualism, maintenance and shift, English influence, etc. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 549.
Seminar in the Language of Spain or Spanish America.
(3, no limit Δ)
An advanced course providing students with the opportunity to develop expertise in linguistic analysis. A broad range of branches are covered, including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, phonetics, mophosyntax, semantics and psycholinguisticis. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.
SPAN 551.
Graduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Restriction: permission of instructor.
SPAN 578.
Topics in Southwest Hispanic Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, narrative, poetry, women’s writing, etc. (SH)
SPAN 579.
Topics in Southwest Culture & Folklore.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of oral genres and folkways of Spanish-speaking people of the American Southwest and appropriate theoretical approaches. (SH)
SPAN 599.
Master's Thesis.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
SPAN 601.
Literary Theory.
(3)
This course will offer either an overview of critical theory or an in-depth treatment of a critical school or individual theorist. (LT)
SPAN 629.
Seminar in Spanish Peninsular Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topics may include, but are not limited to, Medieval Witchcraft, Golden Age Prose, Love and Death in Spanish Literature, 19th-Century Novel, Generation of 1898 Prose, Women in Literature and Film, Women Writers. (PL)
SPAN 639.
Seminar in Spanish American Literature.
(3, no limit Δ)
Topical seminars geared to doctoral students, emphasizing the literature of one country or region (e.g., Argentine novel), one genre (e.g., romantic poetry), the literary essay, essential or complete works of one author or trend (e.g., the dictator novel). (SA)
SPAN 699.
Dissertation.
(3-12, no limit Δ)
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
