Graduate Program

Development of all four language skills. Emphasis on listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.

Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Continued development of four language skills. Emphasis on listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.

Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Intensive one-semester multimedia course designed for the Business Profession using authentic models of communication and cultural competencies in Portuguese as related to business.

Credit for both this course and PORT 1110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 1120 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2120 may not be applied toward a degree program.

An intensive one-semester intermediate multimedia course using authentic models of communication in Portuguese.

Credit for both this course and PORT 2120 may not be applied toward a degree program.

An accelerated multimedia class designed for natives or advanced level Spanish speakers that uses authentic models of communication in Portuguese.

Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Credit for both this course and PORT 2115 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Third-semester intermediate language course in which students further develop the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking along with an examination of cultural aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world.

Prerequisite: 1120.

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: 2115 or 2120.

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: 2115 or 2120.

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: 2115 or 2120.

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: 2115 or 2120.

An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.

Prerequisite: 311 or 312.

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.

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.

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.

Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.

Prerequisite: 311 or 312.

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.

Individual authors, genres and periods of Brazilian Literature.

Prerequisite: 311 or 312.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Work under direction of faculty to conduct research in preparation for writing honors thesis.

Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.

Write essay or teach undergraduate course under the direction of a faculty member.

Restriction: juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.

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.

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.

An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.

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.

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.

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.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Thematic study of history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil from 16th to 19th centuries.

Thematic study of the history, culture, and literature based on key moments and movements in Brazil during 20th and 21st centuries.

Examines works of literature and/or culture and the scholarship written about them from a national or comparative framework.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Beginning Spanish for students with no previous exposure to Spanish. Development of all four language skills, with emphasis on listening and speaking. (L)

Beginning Spanish for students who have completed 1110 or equivalent. Continued development of four skills with emphasis on listening and speaking. (L)

Supplementary course to 1110-1120 for students interested in additional practice in speaking.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Pre- or corequisite: 1110 or 1120 or 1210 or 1220.

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)

Beginning Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 1210 or equivalent. Continued development of the four skills with an emphasis on reading and writing, vocabulary building and review of grammar. (L)

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)

Intermediate Spanish for students who have completed 1120 or equivalent. Review of grammar and further development of all four skills. (L)

Intermediate Spanish for students who have completed 2110 or equivalent. Continued development of all four skills with emphasis on reading. (L)

For students who have completed or are currently enrolled in 2110 or 2120. Small classes designed to increase skills in speaking Spanish. Not for native speakers. (L)

Pre- or corequisite: 2110 or 2120 or 2210 or 2220.

Intermediate Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 1220 or equivalent. Review of grammar and continued development of the four skills with an emphasis on literacy and speaking. (L)

Intermediate Spanish for heritage language students who have completed 2210 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)

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.

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)

Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on developing Spanish written expression. (L)

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: 2120 or 2220 or 2420.

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.

Credit for both this course and SPAN 307 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Prerequisite: 301.

Pre- or corequisite: 302.

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)

Credit for both this course and SPAN 306 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Prerequisite: 301.

Pre- or corequisite: 302.

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).

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)

An introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax and dialectology of the Spanish language. (LPM)

Prerequisite: 302.

Analysis of Spanish grammatical structures and the current and historical sociopolitical factors that shape how we use them. (LPM)

Pre- or corequisite: 302.

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). 

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.

Folkways of Spanish-speaking people of American Southwest: language, customs, beliefs, music, folk sayings.

Prerequisite: 301.

Pre- or corequisite: 302.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

Deals with different areas, approaches and issues. (LPM)

Prerequisite: **350 or 351.

Advanced writing skills in Spanish, considering audience, genre, process, lexical and linguistic structures for narration and argumentation. Focus varies: academic or creative genres, print or digital media. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.

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).

Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.

Prerequisite: 306 or 307.

Topics explore relationships between space, place, and cultural expression. How does cultural expression fix, reinforce or deconstruct socio-symbolic spaces such as kingdom, nation, favela, or prison? What meanings are shaped by conquest, migration or globalization?

Prerequisite: 306 or 307.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Open to juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Open only to seniors enrolled for departmental honors.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

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)

(Also offered as LTAM 504)

(SA)

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.

A survey of major Spanish masterpieces from the Jarchas to the Celestina. (PL)

The study of Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzmán de Alfarache, El buscón and other 17th-century picaresque novels. (PL)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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) 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, narrative, poetry, women’s writing, etc. (SH)

Study of oral genres and folkways of Spanish-speaking people of the American Southwest and appropriate theoretical approaches. (SH)

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

This course will offer either an overview of critical theory or an in-depth treatment of a critical school or individual theorist. (LT)

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)

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)

Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.

Topics explore relationships between space, place, and cultural expression. How does cultural expression fix, reinforce or deconstruct socio-symbolic spaces such as kingdom, nation, favela, or prison? What meanings are shaped by conquest, migration or globalization?

Topics examine the construction, representation, and contestation of identity, considering race, ethnicity, class, gender and/or their intersection. Focus may be on representation, performance or the emergence of new subjectivities.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.