Spanish and Portuguese

Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez, Chairperson
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
MSC03 2100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-5907, FAX (505) 277-3885
https://spanport.unm.edu/

Associate Professors
Richard File-Muriel, Ph.D., Indiana University–Hispanic Linguistics
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
Anna Nogar, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin–Hispanic Literature
Mary B. Quinn, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley–Hispanic Languages and Literature
Eva Rodriguez González, Ph.D., University of Kansas–Psycholinguistics
Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz, Ph.D., Brown University–Hispanic Studies
Naomi Lapidus Shin, Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center–Linguistics
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara–Hispanic Languages and Literature
Damián Wilson, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Hispanic Linguistics

Assistant Professors
Jessica Cary-Webb Ph.D., University Texas, Austin - Lieature and Cultures in Spanish and Portuguese
Paulo Dutra, Ph.D., Purdue University–Latin American Literature
Angelica Serna Jeri, Ph.D., University of Michigan–Romance Languages and Literature

Professors Emeriti
Garland D. Bills, Ph.D., University of Texas–Spanish
Anthony J. Cardenas-Rotunno, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Spanish
Pelayo Fernández, Ph.D., Salamanca University–Spanish
Rosa Fernández, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Dick Gerdes, Ph.D., University of Kansas–Spanish
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
María Dolores Gonzales, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Tamara Holzapfel, Ph.D., University of Iowa–Spanish
Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., University of Southern California–Spanish
Margo Milleret, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin–Portuguese
Tey Diana Rebolledo, Ph.D., University of Arizona–Spanish
Susan D. Rivera, Ph.D., University of New Mexico–Spanish
Alfred Rodríguez, Ph.D., Brown University–Spanish


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. The department shares its expertise with the university community, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico, and is 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 SPAN 1210, 1220, 2210, and 2220 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.

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.

Required Placement Evaluation

All UNM students who choose Spanish to fulfill their language requirement(s) must take a Spanish Placement Evaluation for placement at the appropriate level.

  • Students must print their placement results before logging out of the Web site.
  • If a student loses or misplaces their placement results, they have to re‐take the placement evaluation.
  • Students should bring a printout of their placement results to the first day of class.

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.

To Challenge a 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 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

PORT 1110. Portuguese I. (3)



PORT 1120. Portuguese II. (3)



PORT 2110. Intensive Elementary Portuguese. (6)



PORT 2115. Intensive Intermediate Portuguese. (6)



PORT 2120. Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. (6)



PORT 2130. Intermediate Portuguese I. (3)



PORT 311. Culture and Composition. (3)



PORT 312 / 512. Culture and Conversation. (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 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 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 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 570. Seminar in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. (3, no limit Δ)



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



SPAN 1110. Spanish I. (3)



SPAN 1120. Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 1125. Conversational Spanish I. (1)



SPAN 1210. Spanish for Heritage Learners I. (3)



SPAN 1220. Spanish for Heritage Learners II. (3)



SPAN 1996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



SPAN 2110. Spanish III. (3)



SPAN 2120. Spanish IV. (3)



SPAN 2125. Conversational Spanish II. (3)



SPAN 2210. Spanish for Heritage Learners III. (3)



SPAN 2220. Spanish for Heritage Learners IV. (3)



SPAN 2420. Introduction to Medical Spanish. (3)



SPAN 2996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



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



SPAN 302. Developing Spanish Writing Skills. (3)



SPAN 305. Medical Spanish and Public Health. (3)



SPAN 306. Health and Healing in Hispanic Literature. (3)



SPAN 307. Introduction to Hispanic Literature. (3)



SPAN 329. Topics in Health and Culture in the Hispanic World. (3, may be repeated three times Δ)



SPAN **350. Introduction to the Sound Patterns of Spanish. (3)



SPAN 351. Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. (3)



SPAN **352. Spanish Grammar in Society. (3)



SPAN 370. Survey of Chicano Literature. (3)



SPAN 371. Spanish of the Southwest. (3)



SPAN 375. Southwestern Hispanic Folklore. (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 *438. Mexican Literature. (3)



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



SPAN 445 / 545. The Sound Patterns of Spanish. (3)



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



SPAN 461. Spanish Writing Workshop. (3, no limit Δ)



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



SPAN **481. El Arte de la Escritura. (3, may be repeated four times Δ )



SPAN **482. Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



SPAN **483. Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



SPAN **484. Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency. (3, may be repeated four times 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 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 526. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Spanish Peninsular Theater. (3)



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



SPAN 541. Approaches to Language Teaching Methodology. (3)



SPAN 545 / 445. The Sound Patterns of Spanish. (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 and 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 639. Seminar in Spanish American Literature. (3, no limit Δ)



SPAN 681. El Arte de la Escritura. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



SPAN 682. Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



SPAN 683. Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender. (3, may be repeated ten times Δ)



SPAN 684. Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



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



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