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Spanish and Portuguese Studies B.A.

Spanish & Portuguese Studies
College of Liberal Arts
  • Program Type: Baccalaureate
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
  • Required credits within the major: 32 to 72
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts
The program develops analytical skills and methodologies needed to explore Hispanic, Hispanic-American, and Luso-Brazilian languages and cultures. The department offers two majors (Spanish studies and combined Spanish-Portuguese studies) and two minors (Spanish studies and Portuguese studies). It is important to note that department majors and minors are not simply Spanish and Portuguese language programs; rather, they are liberal arts programs concentrating on Spanish, Latin American, and/or Luso-Brazilian literary, cultural, and linguistics studies with language skills as the foundation. All major and minor options in this department begin with prerequisite language courses, followed by advanced language skills courses (special arrangements may be made for native speakers of Spanish or Portuguese). These are followed by critical analysis skills courses in Hispanic/Lusophone literature, culture, and linguistics that prepare students to take advanced coursework in specific areas. The major options culminate in the completion of a capstone through a SPPT 5xxx course, a PORT 5xxx course, or SPAN 3972W. The department strongly encourages majors and minors to study abroad in a Spanish or Portuguese speaking country or territory. Students who wish to complete department program requirements through study abroad must meet with the department advisor prior to departure. Detailed information regarding undergraduate Spanish and Portuguese studies academic issues is printed in the Undergraduate Advising Handbook (also available at https://cla.umn.edu/spanish-portuguese).
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the liberal education requirements. Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of Spanish and Portuguese with a grade of C-, or better, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department or college. The Spanish and Portuguese Studies BA requires 5-6 semesters of language above and beyond the CLA second language requirement. CLA BA degrees require 18 upper division (3xxx-level or higher) credits outside the major designator. These credits must be taken in designators different from the major designator and cannot include courses that are cross-listed with the major designator. The major designator for the Spanish and Portuguese Studies BA is SPPT. The Spanish and Portuguese Studies BA is completed with a minimum of 32 credits and 10 courses: -0-40 credits (0-8 courses) of preparatory coursework - 32 credits (10 courses) beyond the preparatory courses Majors are required to study abroad in a Spanish or Portuguese speaking country or territory for at least 6 weeks or take a semester-long service learning course. At least 17 upper division credits in the major must be taken at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The Spanish and Portuguese Studies BA may be combined with the Spanish Language Advanced Level Proficiency Certificate. All incoming CLA first-year (freshmen) must complete the First-Year Experience course sequence. All incoming CLA first-year (freshmen) students earning a BA, BS, or BIS degree must complete the second-year career management course CLA 3002.
Preparatory Courses
Choose from the following two options: (1) complete the Spanish language sequence and PORT 3001, or (2) complete the Spanish language sequence and the Portuguese language sequence. Students may start above SPAN 1001 based on language placement.
Take 0 - 8 course(s) totaling 0 - 40 credit(s) from the following:
Option 1
SPAN 1001 - Beginning Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1002 - Beginning Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1022 - Alternate Second-Semester Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1003 - Intermediate Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1004 - Intermediate Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1034 - Business Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1044 - Intermediate Medical Spanish (5.0 cr)
PORT 3001 - Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (4.0 cr)
· Option 2
SPAN 1001 - Beginning Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1002 - Beginning Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1022 - Alternate Second-Semester Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1003 - Intermediate Spanish (5.0 cr)
SPAN 1004 - Intermediate Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1034 - Business Spanish (5.0 cr)
or SPAN 1044 - Intermediate Medical Spanish (5.0 cr)
PORT 1101 - Beginning Portuguese (5.0 cr)
PORT 1102 - Beginning Portuguese (5.0 cr)
PORT 1103 - Intermediate Portuguese (5.0 cr)
PORT 1104 - Intermediate Portuguese (5.0 cr)
Advanced Language Courses
Students must complete PORT 3003 and one additional course from Advanced Language Courses.
PORT 3003 - Portuguese Conversation and Composition (4.0 cr)
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 4 credit(s) from the following:
· SPAN 3019W - Composition and Communication for Spanish Speakers of the U.S [WI] (4.0 cr)
· SPAN 3015W - Spanish Composition and Communication [WI] (4.0 cr)
or SPAN 3015V - Honors: Spanish Composition and Communication [WI] (4.0 cr)
Critical Analysis and Cultural Foundation Courses
Students must take SPAN 3107W and one additional course from Critical Analysis and Cultural Foundation Courses
SPAN 3107W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics [WI] (3.0 cr)
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 3 credit(s) from the following:
· SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures [LITR, WI] (3.0 cr)
or SPAN 3104V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures [LITR, WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3105W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures [WI] (3.0 cr)
or SPAN 3105V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures [WI] (3.0 cr)
Spanish Studies Electives
1 of the 2 Spanish Studies Electives must have a Critical Analysis prerequisite (SPAN 3104W/V, SPAN 3105W/V, or SPAN 3107W). Students pursuing their honors thesis in Spanish and Portuguese Studies must take a PORT5xxx course (or SPPT 5xxx with coursework in Portuguese) as one of their electives and SPAN 3972V as their capstone. These students must also take SPAN 3994 Directed Research (3 cr.) or PORT 3994 Directed Research (3 cr.) the semester before they take SPAN 3972W.
Take exactly 2 course(s) totaling 6 - 8 credit(s) from the following:
Spanish Electives with a Critical Analysis prerequisite
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
· SPAN 3211 - Interpreting Imperial Spain, 1492-1800 (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3221 - Interpreting Colonial Latin America: Empire and Early Modernity (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3222 - Interpreting Modern and Contemporary Latin America (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3301 - Advanced Oral Proficiency Workshop (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3502 - Modern Spain (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3503 - Pre-modern Spanish Culture and Thought [HIS] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3510 - Issues in Hispanic Cultures (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3512 - Modern Latin America (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3701 - Structure of Spanish: Phonology and Phonetics (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3702 - Structure of Spanish: Morphology and Syntax (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3703 - Origins and History of Spanish and Portuguese (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3704 - Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-Speaking World (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3706 - Spanish Applied Linguistics (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3707 - Linguistic Accuracy Through Translation (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3708 - Spanish in the United States (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3730 - Topics in Hispanic Linguistics (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3800 - Film Studies in Spanish (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3807 - Medical Humanities and Latin American Film: Narratives of Health, Illness & Trauma [AH] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3910 - Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3920 - Topics in Spanish-American Literature (3.0 cr)
· Spanish Electives without a Critical Analysis prerequisite
A course may only count towards this requirement if it was not used as a Critical Analysis Course.
Take 0 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
· SPAN 3034 - Advanced Business Spanish (4.0 cr)
· SPAN 3044 - Advanced Medical Spanish (4.0 cr)
· SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures [LITR, WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3401 - Latino Immigration and Community Engagement [CIV] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3403 - Latino Immigration on US/Mexican Border [CIV] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3404 - Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3105W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures [WI] (3.0 cr)
or SPAN 3105V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures [WI] (3.0 cr)
Portuguese Studies Electives
Students pursuing their honors thesis in Spanish and Portuguese Studies must take a PORT5xxx course (or SPPT5xxx with coursework in Portuguese) as one of their electives and SPAN 3972W as their capstone.
Portuguese Electives
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 - 12 credit(s) from the following:
· PORT 3501W - Global Portuguese: 1300-1900 [WI] (3.0 cr)
· PORT 3502W - Global Portuguese: 1900-present [WI] (3.0 cr)
· PORT 3800 - Film Studies in Portuguese (3.0 cr)
· PORT 3910 - Topics in Lusophone Literatures (3.0 cr)
· PORT 3920 - Topics in Lusophone Cultures (3.0 cr)
Immersion Experience
Students must enroll in a minimum 6-week study abroad experience, or a semester-long SPAN service learning course.
Option 1 Study Abroad
The study abroad requirement must be fulfilled in a Spanish or Portuguese-speaking country or territory, involve at least one 3-credit course taught in Spanish or Portuguese, and include courses related to Spanish/Portuguese studies. Students must meet with the departmental advisor prior to departure.
or Option 2 Service Learning
The service learning requirement must be fulfilled by one of the following courses, taught during a full semester.
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
· SPAN 3401 - Latino Immigration and Community Engagement [CIV] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3404 - Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning (3.0 cr)
· Other course with advisor consent (3.0 cr)
Capstone
A primary focus of the Capstone is sustained research. Students completing their Honors thesis in Spanish and Portuguese Studies must enroll in SPAN 3972W. Students not pursuing their honors thesis in Spanish and Portuguese Studies may fulfill their capstone by enrolling in either SPAN 3792W or a PORT/SPPT 5xxx course with instructor permission.
Students who double major in CLA and choose to complete the capstone requirement in their other major may waive the Spanish and Portuguese Studies BA capstone, but they do need to replace the 3 credits with another PORT 3xxx/5xxx elective (excludes PORT 3001). Students whose other major is outside of CLA must complete the Spanish and Portuguese Studies capstone.
SPAN 3972W - Capstone Seminar [WI] (3.0 cr)
or PORT 5xxx
or SPPT 5xxx
Upper Division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
· PORT 3501W - Global Portuguese: 1300-1900 [WI] (3.0 cr)
· PORT 3502W - Global Portuguese: 1900-present [WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3015V - Honors: Spanish Composition and Communication [WI] (4.0 cr)
· SPAN 3015W - Spanish Composition and Communication [WI] (4.0 cr)
· SPAN 3104V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures [LITR, WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures [LITR, WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3107W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics [WI] (3.0 cr)
· SPAN 3972W - Capstone Seminar [WI] (3.0 cr)
 
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SPAN 1001 - Beginning Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1001/Span 4001
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Emphasizes development of communicative competence. Cultural readings. Prereq: Less than 2 yrs of high school Spanish and/or three or more years away from Spanish language study; and dept consent
SPAN 1002 - Beginning Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1002/Span 1002/Span 1022/
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Emphasizes development of communicative competence. Cultural readings. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 1001 completed at UMNTC, and dept consent
SPAN 1022 - Alternate Second-Semester Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1002/Span 1002/Span 1022/
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
For students who have studied Spanish in high school or at community college, or who are transfer students. Begins with accelerated review of 1001 followed by material covered in 1002. prereq: Placement above 1001 (Span 1022 is designed for students who have had two or more years of high school Spanish, or one semester of college Spanish).
SPAN 1003 - Intermediate Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1003/Span 1003
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Speaking/comprehension. Developing reading/writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Grammar review. Compositions, oral presentations. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 1002 or SPAN 1022 or EPT placement of SPAN 1003
SPAN 1004 - Intermediate Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Speaking/comprehension. Developing reading/writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Grammar review. Compositions, oral presentations. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 1003 or EPT placement of SPAN 1004
SPAN 1034 - Business Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Vocabulary, report writing skills. Proper format for business communications. Conversational fluency on trade-related topics. Previously offered as Span 1014. prereq: 1003
SPAN 1044 - Intermediate Medical Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Language needed by health-care workers who interact with Spanish-speaking patients. Basic medical vocabulary, questions/answers in common medical situations. Vocabulary/phrases to conduct patient interviews and physical exams. Readings on Latin American view of health and health care. prereq: 1003 or equiv
PORT 3001 - Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Listening, reading, speaking, writing. Uses communicative approach. prereq: SPAN LPE Pass
SPAN 1001 - Beginning Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1001/Span 4001
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Emphasizes development of communicative competence. Cultural readings. Prereq: Less than 2 yrs of high school Spanish and/or three or more years away from Spanish language study; and dept consent
SPAN 1002 - Beginning Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1002/Span 1002/Span 1022/
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Emphasizes development of communicative competence. Cultural readings. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 1001 completed at UMNTC, and dept consent
SPAN 1022 - Alternate Second-Semester Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1002/Span 1002/Span 1022/
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
For students who have studied Spanish in high school or at community college, or who are transfer students. Begins with accelerated review of 1001 followed by material covered in 1002. prereq: Placement above 1001 (Span 1022 is designed for students who have had two or more years of high school Spanish, or one semester of college Spanish).
SPAN 1003 - Intermediate Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Madr 1003/Span 1003
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Speaking/comprehension. Developing reading/writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Grammar review. Compositions, oral presentations. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 1002 or SPAN 1022 or EPT placement of SPAN 1003
SPAN 1004 - Intermediate Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Speaking/comprehension. Developing reading/writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Grammar review. Compositions, oral presentations. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 1003 or EPT placement of SPAN 1004
SPAN 1034 - Business Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Vocabulary, report writing skills. Proper format for business communications. Conversational fluency on trade-related topics. Previously offered as Span 1014. prereq: 1003
SPAN 1044 - Intermediate Medical Spanish
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 1004/Span 1034/Span 1044
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Language needed by health-care workers who interact with Spanish-speaking patients. Basic medical vocabulary, questions/answers in common medical situations. Vocabulary/phrases to conduct patient interviews and physical exams. Readings on Latin American view of health and health care. prereq: 1003 or equiv
PORT 1101 - Beginning Portuguese
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Summer
Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Portuguese-speaking Africa. Workbook assignments, paired/small group activities.
PORT 1102 - Beginning Portuguese
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Port 1102/Port 4102
Typically offered: Every Spring
Reading, writing, speaking, listening. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Portuguese-speaking Africa. Workbook assignments, paired/small group activities. prereq: 1101 or instr consent
PORT 1103 - Intermediate Portuguese
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: Port 1103/Port 4103
Typically offered: Every Spring
Advancing listening, speaking, reading, writing skills based on materials from Portugal, Brazil, or Portuguese-speaking Africa. Paired and small-group communicative activities, focused on interpreting and producing audio(visual) and written texts at the intermediate level. This class is partially online. prereq: 1102 or instr consent Meets concurrently with 4103.
PORT 1104 - Intermediate Portuguese
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Emphasizes speaking, comprehension. Reading/writing skills based on Portuguese-language materials. Cultures of Portugal, Brazil, or Lusophone Africa. Grammar review. Compositions, short presentations. prereq: 1103 or instr consent
PORT 3003 - Portuguese Conversation and Composition
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Port 3003/4003
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Development of oral/written skills. Cultural information from Portuguese-speaking world. prereq: 1104 or 3001 or Port LPE
SPAN 3019W - Composition and Communication for Spanish Speakers of the U.S (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Students in this course will further develop the main linguistic skills taught in the foundational SPAN 1001-1004 sequence, modified appropriately for students born and/or raised in the US and who speak/spoke Spanish in the home. Instruction will target the linguistic forms and rhetorical organization necessary for the genres of narration, exposition, and comparison-contrast while exploring cultural texts. Through guided activities, students will identify their linguistic and communicative strengths and weaknesses and also steps that they can take to advance in their language development. This course may be used as a substitute for SPAN 3015W or SPAN 3011W, but cannot be used for both. prereq: Instructor consent (recommended SPAN 1004 Pass or SPAN LPE Pass)
SPAN 3015W - Spanish Composition and Communication (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3015/Ecdr 3015/Span 3015/
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Comprehending written/spoken texts. Speaking, reading, writing beyond intermediate level. prereq: SPAN LPE pass
SPAN 3015V - Honors: Spanish Composition and Communication (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3015/Ecdr 3015/Span 3015/
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Comprehension of written/spoken text. Speaking/reading/ writing. prereq: SPAN LPE pass, Honors student
SPAN 3107W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3107W/Tldo 3107W
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Structure of Spanish. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, language/gender, sociolinguistics. History of Spanish. prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures (LITR, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3104W/Span 3104W/Tldo3104
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course will introduce the principal literary genres--narrative prose, poetry, and theater?and the methods used to study literary art produced in a Hispanic context across the centuries. Structures, meaning, and social/historical function of diverse literary texts. Prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3104V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures (LITR, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3104W/Span 3104W/Tldo3104
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Structures, meaning, and social/historical function of diverse literary texts. prereq: 3015, Spanish [major or minor]or Span-Port major
SPAN 3105W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3105W/Span 3105V/Tldo 310
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course familiarizes students with different issues central to the development of the Hispanic world as a cultural entity, and to practice analyzing and questioning received notions of culture in this context. Cultural issues pertaining to Spain or Spanish America. prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3105V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3105W/Span 3105V/Tldo 310
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Span 3105V is a writing-intensive course centered on major issues of culture in the context of the Spanish-speaking world. It is not a history of civilization, nor is it a survey of either Latin American or Peninsular literature. Rather, our objective here is to familiarize ourselves with the different issues central to the development of the Hispanic world as a cultural entity, and to practice analyzing and questioning received notions of culture in this context. We will examine all sorts of texts--literary, visual, musical, and filmic--from all periods of both Latin American (including Brazil) and Peninsular history, reading them through the lens of a series of topics. These topics are as follows: Mapas del mundo hispánico/Maps of the Hispanic world, Política y legado del encuentro cultural/Politics and legacies of cultural encounter, Discursos de identidad social/Discourses of social identity, Coerción y subversion/Coercion and subversion, Las naciones modernas/Modern nations, and Cultura élite-cultura popular-cultura de masas/High culture-popular culture-mass culture.
SPAN 3211 - Interpreting Imperial Spain, 1492-1800
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3211/Tldo 3211
Typically offered: Every Fall
Novels, places, poems, aphorisms, emblems, letters, and political treatises. Questions of ethnicity, gender, class, colonization, early mass culture, and subjectivity. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V
SPAN 3221 - Interpreting Colonial Latin America: Empire and Early Modernity
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3221/Tldo 3002
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Conquest, colonization, and forms of resistance in Latin America. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V
SPAN 3222 - Interpreting Modern and Contemporary Latin America
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3222/Tldo 3222
Typically offered: Every Spring
Late modern and contemporary discourses in literature, popular culture, mass media, and film. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V
SPAN 3301 - Advanced Oral Proficiency Workshop
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The main goal of this course is to advance students' oral proficiency in Spanish in a variety of genres of spoken discourse, including description, narration, argumentation, explanation, and hypothesizing. In addition, instruction will focus on developing the range of topics about which students can speak and the internal organization of discourse produced by students. These functions are characteristic of speakers at the advanced level of proficiency on the ACTFL scale. Students will engage in a variety of activities, among which are discussions, debates, oral presentations, and analysis of oral speech samples. Prereqs: Span 3104W, or 3105W, or 3107W AND Span 3211, or 3212, or 3221, or 3222, or 3502, or 3503, or 3510, or 3512, or 3701, or 3702, or 3703, or 3704, or 3706, or 3707, or 3730, or 3800, or 3910, or 3920, and oral interview required.
SPAN 3502 - Modern Spain
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3502/Tldo 3502
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Spanish culture, from beginning of 19th century to present. Cultural change and its conflicts as represented in Spanish art, literature, film, and diverse political developments. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W
SPAN 3503 - Pre-modern Spanish Culture and Thought (HIS)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Notions of nation, empire, and race precipitated by presence of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Iberia in 12th and 13th centuries. Toledo as center of translation, technology, innovation, design, and philosophical inquiry for all of Europe. How Iberian literary works differed from those produced in the rest of Western Europe. Readings from Saint Isidore, Ibn Hazm, Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and Maimonides. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V
SPAN 3510 - Issues in Hispanic Cultures
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Analysis of practices that have shaped cultural identity of Spanish or Portuguese-speaking areas. Topics vary. prereq: A grade of C- or better in Span 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3104 or Tldo 3105 or Venz 3104 or Venz 3512 or Argn 3104W or Span 3104v or Span 3105v
SPAN 3512 - Modern Latin America
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Impact of various forms of modernization on cultural production in Latin American racial, ethnic, class relations, institutional, and ideological structures. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V
SPAN 3701 - Structure of Spanish: Phonology and Phonetics
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3701/Tldo 3236/Venz 3705
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Analysis of phonetics/phonology of modern Spanish. Regional/social variants of the language in Spain and Spanish America. Emphasizes improving Spanish pronunciation. prereq: A C- or better in Span 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3702 - Structure of Spanish: Morphology and Syntax
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3702/3802
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Using linguistic concepts such as morpheme, flexional affix, noun phrase, subject, subordination, and coordination to identify different morphological/syntactic components of Spanish. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3703 - Origins and History of Spanish and Portuguese
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Development of Spanish from its Latin roots. Phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and sociolinguistic aspects of language variations over time. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in Span 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3704 - Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-Speaking World
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3704/3804
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Spanish dialects. Spanish in contact with other languages. Bilingualism, language attitudes. Pragmatic analysis of Spanish. Impact of recent cultural, political, and socioeconomic transformations on language. prereq: A C- or better in Span 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3706 - Spanish Applied Linguistics
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to second language acquisition processes as they relate to fundamental analysis of linguistic concepts of Spanish. Features that present difficulties for English speakers. Sociolinguistic aspects of language learning. Application to Spanish language teaching. prereq: A C- or better in Span 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3707 - Linguistic Accuracy Through Translation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Analysis of style/audience/lexicon of various texts in Spanish (popular press, business, academic) examined as framework for training to communicate with accuracy in different contexts. Students apply lexical/grammatical choices in translating texts. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or 3107W or instr consent
SPAN 3708 - Spanish in the United States
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Sociolinguistic overview of Spanish-speaking communities in the US; language use patterns in bilingual communities; linguistic characteristics of Spanish in the US; use of Spanish in schools and public life; language ideologies. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3107W or TLDO 3107W
SPAN 3730 - Topics in Hispanic Linguistics
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3107W or TLDO 3107W or VENZ 3107 or instr consent
SPAN 3800 - Film Studies in Spanish
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Films from Spain or Spanish-speaking world in their historical, (geo)political, and socioeconomic contexts. Films analyzed under interdisciplinary frameworks, noting aspects related to cinematography/rhetoric. prereq: Span 3104W or Span 3105W or Tldo 3104 or Tldo 3105 or Venz 3104 or Venz 3512 or Argn 3104W or Span 3104v or Span 3105v
SPAN 3807 - Medical Humanities and Latin American Film: Narratives of Health, Illness & Trauma (AH)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
In this course, we will study the representations of health, illness, and trauma in Latin American films. We will focus on the different ways in which the moving image account for different stories and perspectives. We will pay particular attention to the use of the camera in relation to the stories told by the different characters of the film, in particular, doctors and health workers, patients and their families. We will focus on the process of storytelling of illness and trauma, and on the essential role that the study of cultural and socio-political frameworks have in the study of narratives. Our objective will be to explore the visual, acoustic and narrative strategies through which pain, illness, trauma, and death are represented, as well as the role of those who listen to these narratives (friends, family, health professionals and, of course, ourselves as spectators) in the process of interpretation (and the cultural aspects of interpretation). In this course, students will reflect on the human condition, and in the use of storytelling to understand and communicate one?s life story, focusing on the moments in which that the experience of illness or trauma interrupts and transforms a life story. Students will work in groups to create narratives based on the films studied in class and to analyze films (and their own narratives) with critical approaches coming from, visual and acoustic studies, philosophy, literary studies, and narrative medicine. prereq: A Grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or instr consent
SPAN 3910 - Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
SPAN 3920 - Topics in Spanish-American Literature
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Focus on central theme related to important groups of writers, literary movements, trends, critical approaches, and methods. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: SPAN 3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105 or VENZ 3512 or instructor consent
SPAN 3034 - Advanced Business Spanish
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3022/Tldo 3022/Tldo 3023/
Typically offered: Every Spring
Major issues of culture in relation to business in context of Spanish-speaking world. Important historical-social factors that contribute to understanding of economy/business relationships with industrialized nations. prereq: A C- or better in SPAN 3015W or SPAN 3015V or SPAN 3019W or TLDO 3231 or ECDR 3015W or ARGN 3015W
SPAN 3044 - Advanced Medical Spanish
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3044/ Tldo 3044
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
How to communicate more effectively in linguistic/cultural terms with Spanish speaking patients. Advanced/specific medical vocabulary, communication strategies, and related cultural aspects. Conducting patient interviews/medical history. Using vocabulary/conversation to conduct physical exams. Latin American views on health/health care. prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures (LITR, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3104W/Span 3104W/Tldo3104
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course will introduce the principal literary genres--narrative prose, poetry, and theater?and the methods used to study literary art produced in a Hispanic context across the centuries. Structures, meaning, and social/historical function of diverse literary texts. Prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3401 - Latino Immigration and Community Engagement (CIV)
Credits: 3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Service-learning course. U.S. power structures associated with emigration from Latin America. Rapid demographic change. Global economic system/emigration. Human rights. Federal immigration reform. Language issues. Inclusive political, economic, educational systems. Dialogue with Latino immigrants, community visits, civic engagement. Instructor approval required for January or summer offering. Pre-req SPAN 3015
SPAN 3403 - Latino Immigration on US/Mexican Border (CIV)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
This course takes place off campus, through an organization called "Border Links" that is located in Tucson and works with migrants. Students will experience firsthand many issues that directly affect the migrant journey and meet with many immigrants to hear their personal stories. In addition to learning the history of the situation on the border, students will take a tour of the border wall, visit neighboring communities that work with immigrants, do a legal immigration simulation, walk the migrant trails in the Sonoran Desert and leave water there with Humane Borders, go to a Operation Streamline Deportation Court hearing, visit migrants seeking political asylum in Florence Detention Center, talk with a leader in Southside Workers Center, meet with an author focusing on Border Patrol, and more. Themes explored in this course include the connection between the roots of emigration and the global economy of violence in Central America; human rights on the border; and issues immigrants face in the US such as immigrants living in the US with or without legal documents, detention and deportation and the work they are doing to make a more just immigration system. Students will gather information during their stay and create a presentation to be shown to people in Minnesota upon returning from the border.
SPAN 3404 - Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Medical Spanish and Community Health Service an advanced language and culture course is designed to train Spanish Studies majors/ minors to work with materials to achieve effective communication with Spanish-speaking patients. In addition, Span 3404 has a service-learning component in which students apply academic knowledge to work done with community health care partners that work with the Latin American immigrant population at Minnesota. It should be noted that students in Span 3404 will not be involved in direct patient health care. prereq: SPAN 3015W with grade of at least C- or better and instructor permission. Recommended one additional upper division Spanish class.
SPAN 3105W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3105W/Span 3105V/Tldo 310
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course familiarizes students with different issues central to the development of the Hispanic world as a cultural entity, and to practice analyzing and questioning received notions of culture in this context. Cultural issues pertaining to Spain or Spanish America. prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3105V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3105W/Span 3105V/Tldo 310
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Span 3105V is a writing-intensive course centered on major issues of culture in the context of the Spanish-speaking world. It is not a history of civilization, nor is it a survey of either Latin American or Peninsular literature. Rather, our objective here is to familiarize ourselves with the different issues central to the development of the Hispanic world as a cultural entity, and to practice analyzing and questioning received notions of culture in this context. We will examine all sorts of texts--literary, visual, musical, and filmic--from all periods of both Latin American (including Brazil) and Peninsular history, reading them through the lens of a series of topics. These topics are as follows: Mapas del mundo hispánico/Maps of the Hispanic world, Política y legado del encuentro cultural/Politics and legacies of cultural encounter, Discursos de identidad social/Discourses of social identity, Coerción y subversion/Coercion and subversion, Las naciones modernas/Modern nations, and Cultura élite-cultura popular-cultura de masas/High culture-popular culture-mass culture.
PORT 3501W - Global Portuguese: 1300-1900 (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Expressions of Portuguese and Brazilian cultures from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries from an anti-racist, decolonial perspective. Literary, religious, visual, architectonic, and musical works will be studied. prereq: 3003
PORT 3502W - Global Portuguese: 1900-present (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Significant expressions of Brazilian culture, from colonial period to present. Emphasizes 20th/21st centuries. Literature, history, visual/sound culture, architecture. prereq: 3003
PORT 3800 - Film Studies in Portuguese
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Films from Portuguese-speaking world in their historical, (geo)political, and socioeconomic contexts. Films from Brazil, Portugal, or Lusophone Africa analyzed under interdisciplinary framework, noting aspects related to cinematography/rhetoric. prereq: 3003 or instr consent or dept consent
PORT 3910 - Topics in Lusophone Literatures
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Course Equivalencies: Port 3310/3910
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Issues studied through literature, visual, sound, media culture from one or more Portuguese-speaking countries. Topics may include gender/sexuality, postcolonialism/globalization, transatlantic studies. prereq: 3003
PORT 3920 - Topics in Lusophone Cultures
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Critical studies of various aspects of Portuguese-speaking cultures (Portugal, Brazil, or Lusophone Africa). Topics may include popular music, visual/media culture, religion, diaspora, and Amazon. prereq: [1101, 1102, 1103, 1104] or [3001, 3003] or equiv
SPAN 3401 - Latino Immigration and Community Engagement (CIV)
Credits: 3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Service-learning course. U.S. power structures associated with emigration from Latin America. Rapid demographic change. Global economic system/emigration. Human rights. Federal immigration reform. Language issues. Inclusive political, economic, educational systems. Dialogue with Latino immigrants, community visits, civic engagement. Instructor approval required for January or summer offering. Pre-req SPAN 3015
SPAN 3404 - Medical Spanish and Community Health Learning
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Medical Spanish and Community Health Service an advanced language and culture course is designed to train Spanish Studies majors/ minors to work with materials to achieve effective communication with Spanish-speaking patients. In addition, Span 3404 has a service-learning component in which students apply academic knowledge to work done with community health care partners that work with the Latin American immigrant population at Minnesota. It should be noted that students in Span 3404 will not be involved in direct patient health care. prereq: SPAN 3015W with grade of at least C- or better and instructor permission. Recommended one additional upper division Spanish class.
SPAN 3972W - Capstone Seminar (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3972/3974
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Completion of a research paper on cultural, literary, or artistic issue in Spanish or Portuguese speaking worlds or on a topic related to Hispanic linguistics. In-depth research/consultation with instructor. SPAN 3972W needs to be taken during the semester in which student completes major course work. Prereq: Spanish Studies Major (for those who declared before Fall 2018): C- or better in SPAN 3015w, 3104w, 3105w, 3107w and 3 SPAN electives with a critical analysis prerequisite. Spanish Studies major (for those who declare Fall 2018 and after): C- or better in Span 3015w, 2 Span 31xx courses, and 4 electives with a Critical Analysis prerequisite. Spanish/Portuguese Studies Majors (for those who declared before Spring 2022): C- or better in SPAN 3015w, PORT 3003, SPAN 3104w, 3107w, 1 PORT 35xx class, 2 upper level SPAN or PORT electives. Spanish/Portuguese Studies Majors (for those who declared Spring 2022 and after): C- or better in SPAN 3015W, PORT 3003, SPAN 3104W or 3105W & 3107W, 1 PORT elective, 2 additional upper level Spanish or Portuguese electives
PORT 3501W - Global Portuguese: 1300-1900 (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Expressions of Portuguese and Brazilian cultures from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries from an anti-racist, decolonial perspective. Literary, religious, visual, architectonic, and musical works will be studied. prereq: 3003
PORT 3502W - Global Portuguese: 1900-present (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Significant expressions of Brazilian culture, from colonial period to present. Emphasizes 20th/21st centuries. Literature, history, visual/sound culture, architecture. prereq: 3003
SPAN 3015V - Honors: Spanish Composition and Communication (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3015/Ecdr 3015/Span 3015/
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Comprehension of written/spoken text. Speaking/reading/ writing. prereq: SPAN LPE pass, Honors student
SPAN 3015W - Spanish Composition and Communication (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3015/Ecdr 3015/Span 3015/
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Comprehending written/spoken texts. Speaking, reading, writing beyond intermediate level. prereq: SPAN LPE pass
SPAN 3104V - Honors: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures (LITR, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3104W/Span 3104W/Tldo3104
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Structures, meaning, and social/historical function of diverse literary texts. prereq: 3015, Spanish [major or minor]or Span-Port major
SPAN 3104W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures (LITR, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Argn 3104W/Span 3104W/Tldo3104
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course will introduce the principal literary genres--narrative prose, poetry, and theater?and the methods used to study literary art produced in a Hispanic context across the centuries. Structures, meaning, and social/historical function of diverse literary texts. Prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3107W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3107W/Tldo 3107W
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Structure of Spanish. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, language/gender, sociolinguistics. History of Spanish. prereq: a grade of C- or better in SPAN 3015W or 3015V or 3019W
SPAN 3972W - Capstone Seminar (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Span 3972/3974
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Completion of a research paper on cultural, literary, or artistic issue in Spanish or Portuguese speaking worlds or on a topic related to Hispanic linguistics. In-depth research/consultation with instructor. SPAN 3972W needs to be taken during the semester in which student completes major course work. Prereq: Spanish Studies Major (for those who declared before Fall 2018): C- or better in SPAN 3015w, 3104w, 3105w, 3107w and 3 SPAN electives with a critical analysis prerequisite. Spanish Studies major (for those who declare Fall 2018 and after): C- or better in Span 3015w, 2 Span 31xx courses, and 4 electives with a Critical Analysis prerequisite. Spanish/Portuguese Studies Majors (for those who declared before Spring 2022): C- or better in SPAN 3015w, PORT 3003, SPAN 3104w, 3107w, 1 PORT 35xx class, 2 upper level SPAN or PORT electives. Spanish/Portuguese Studies Majors (for those who declared Spring 2022 and after): C- or better in SPAN 3015W, PORT 3003, SPAN 3104W or 3105W & 3107W, 1 PORT elective, 2 additional upper level Spanish or Portuguese electives