Spanish (SPAN)
1110.
Spanish I.
(3)
Designed for students with little exposure to Spanish, this course develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. During this course, students perform better and stronger in the Novice-Mid level while some abilities emerge in the Novice High range. This is an introductory course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish in everyday familiar situations via recognition and production of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
1120.
Spanish II.
(3)
Designed for students with some degree of exposure to Spanish in high school and/or at home, this course continues to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines, although a few abilities may emerge in the Intermediate Low Level. Students in this course communicate in Spanish in familiar topics using a variety of words, phrases, simple sentences and questions that have been highly practiced and memorized. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
1125.
Conversational Spanish I.
(1)
This third-semester Spanish course emphasizes oral communication, idiomatic usage and the development of vocabulary, with a review of basic syntax.
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
Pre- or corequisite: 1110 or 1120 or 1210 or 1220.
1210.
Spanish for Heritage Learners I.
(3)
This is a beginning-level Spanish course designed for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. Some students have had very little exposure to the language and enter the class to develop beginning-level skills. Other students may have grown up hearing the heritage language in the community and may understand some Spanish and speak at a basic level as a result. The objective is to draw upon the connection to the heritage language as a source of motivation and engagement for our learning communities. At the same time, we build upon the language base that students may already have as a result of their heritage learner experience in order to develop new proficiencies in Spanish and reactivate the Spanish that students have learned previously. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe their home, campus surroundings and common activities including cultural traditions. At the same time, students gain cultural competency and develop a critical understanding of their linguistic and cultural background. (L)
1220.
Spanish for Heritage Learners II.
(3)
A second semester class designed for students who have developed some basic Spanish proficiency from previous classes and/or from community experiences. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their proficiency in the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Class activities are designed to strengthen oral communication skills (speaking and listening) through a variety of group activities. By the end of the course students will be able to understand and produce narrations of past events in oral and written Spanish. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language in the US context we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of what it means to be part of a specific speech community. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
1996.
Topics.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
2110.
Spanish III.
(3)
This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
2120.
Spanish IV.
(3)
This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Intermediate High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
2125.
Conversational Spanish II.
(3)
A conversational Spanish course designed for the "intermediate" level student. The course provides intensive conversation practice and a review of selected grammar items. It emphasizes vocabulary expansion and enhancement. (L)
Pre- or corequisite: 2110 or 2120 or 2210 or 2220.
2210.
Spanish for Heritage Learners III.
(3)
A third semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, some Spanish as a result of hearing it in the home, and in the community by family, friends, and neighbors. Students in this course will continue to develop their ability to narrate events in the past and will be able to describe hypothetical situations. Students will also develop their ability to express wishes, desires, and necessities. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of wider issues facing Spanish speakers in the US context. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
2220.
Spanish for Heritage Learners IV.
(3)
A fourth-semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, Spanish as a result of having heard it in the home and in the community. It is also for students with a cultural connection to heritage language speech communities or who have achieved proficiency from study in previous courses. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In addition to scaffolding skills that students already have, in this class they will expand their ability to describe abstract and hypothetical situations. Students will write essays, reaction papers, and creative pieces. Students will also examine formal and informal contexts of language use in speaking and writing. By studying the cultural and historical background shared by students as part of the program, students will develop an increased critical awareness of Spanish language speech communities. (L)
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
2420.
Introduction to Medical Spanish.
(3)
This class has been designed specifically for those entering or already practicing in the medical field. The purpose of the class is to have each student become compliant with the Spanish language federal requirement in order to function better at the bedside with Spanish-speaking patients with little or no English abilities.
Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.
2996.
Topics.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
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)
302.
Developing Spanish Writing Skills.
(3)
Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on developing Spanish written expression. (L)
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: 2120 or 2220 or 2420.
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.
Credit for both this course and SPAN 307 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
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)
Credit for both this course and SPAN 306 may not be applied toward a degree program.
Prerequisite: 301.
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
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).
**350.
Introduction to the Sound Patterns of Spanish.
(3)
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)
351.
Introduction to Spanish Linguistics.
(3)
An introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax and dialectology of the Spanish language. (LPM)
Prerequisite: 302.
**352.
Spanish Grammar in Society.
(3)
Analysis of Spanish grammatical structures and the current and historical sociopolitical factors that shape how we use them. (LPM)
Pre- or corequisite: 302.
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).
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.
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.
**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).
**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).
*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).
**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).
**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).
**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).
**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).
**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).
*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).
**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).
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.
449.
Topics in Hispanic Linguistics.
(3, no limit Δ)
Deals with different areas, approaches and issues. (LPM)
Prerequisite: **350 or 351.
461.
Spanish Writing Workshop.
(3, no limit Δ)
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.
**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).
**481.
El Arte de la Escritura.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ )
Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
**482.
Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
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.
**483.
Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
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.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
**484.
Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics study intersections between the humanities and political processes, including regime shift, insurgency, and social movements. Literature, film, and performance are examined as spaces of decolonization and contestation of state, nation and hegemonic groups.
Prerequisite: 306 or 307.
497.
Undergraduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
498.
Reading and Research for Honors.
(3)
A faculty-supervised course culminating in a comprehensive paper or research proposal that integrates knowledge attained through coursework, research, and experience.
Open to juniors and seniors approved by Honors Committee.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
499.
Honors Essay.
(3)
A faculty-taught course emphasizing writing, critique and revision within the context of a particular genre or academic discipline.
Open only to seniors enrolled for departmental honors.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
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)
504.
Seminar in Ibero-American Studies.
(3, no limit Δ)
(Also offered as LTAM 504)
Course emphasizes investigation, evaluation, and discussion of areas of specialized knowledge or inquiry relevant to the profession or field of study. (SA)
519.
Medieval Literature.
(3)
A survey of major Spanish masterpieces from the Jarchas to the Celestina. (PL)
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)
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)
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)
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)
541.
Approaches to Language Teaching Methodology.
(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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
551.
Graduate Problems.
(1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)
Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of instructor.
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)
579.
Topics in Southwest Culture and Folklore.
(3, no limit Δ)
Study of oral genres and folkways of Spanish-speaking people of the American Southwest and appropriate theoretical approaches. (SH)
599.
Master's Thesis.
(1-6, no limit Δ)
Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a master’s thesis.
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
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)
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)
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)
681.
El Arte de la Escritura.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics explore a particular genre, period, writer, region, and/or literary movement. Topics vary.
682.
Topics in Cultural Geographies in the Spanish-Speaking World.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
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?
683.
Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender.
(3, may be repeated ten times Δ)
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.
684.
Topics in Social Justice, Rights, and Insurgency.
(3, may be repeated four times Δ)
Topics study intersections between the humanities and political processes, including regime shift, insurgency, and social movements. Literature, film, and performance are examined as spaces of (de)colonization and contestation of the state, nation and hegemonic groups.
699.
Dissertation.
(3-12, no limit Δ)
Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a doctoral dissertation.
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
