Fall 2023
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
Professor Carmen Del Castillo-Zerbe
MWF 10:00-10:50
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 316: Business Spanish
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
TR, 11:55-1:10
Introduction to the Spanish of commerce and international business as well as the art of negotiation in the Spanish-speaking world. Emphasis on oral and written communication, including basic commercial practices, terminology, and documents.
SPAN 311: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature: Short Story
Dr. Gladys Robalino
MWF 1:00-1:50
A formal and cultural analysis of selected literary movements, authors, and themes of Spanish Peninsular literature. Development of a critical and analytical capacity and sensitivity toward literary language through the reading of a selection of poetic, dramatic, or narrative works.
Spring 2024
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
TBD
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 302: Culture and Identity in Latin America
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
Survey of Spanish American culture and civilization from pre-Columbian civilizations to the present.
SPAN 331: Trans-Atlantic Literature
Dr. Gladys Robalino
A study of the role that the written word played in building a transatlantic literary culture that linked the Spanish peninsula to the American colonies: the ways in which Spain shaped the literature of its colonies, and how the discovery shaped Spanish readers' understandings of the world and their place in it. Beginning with travel accounts and letters from America, students will explore the ways in which these reports depict and construct the image of the American other, the African slave, and the Spanish colonizer-particularly the role of intellectuals in the development of a circum-Atlantic identity.
Fall 2024
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
TBD
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 301: Topics in Latin American Literature: LA Short Stories
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
Selected literary works from contemporary authors and genres.
SPAN 312: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Culture: Cinema
Dr. Gladys Robalino
A study of various topics in Spanish culture that shaped or represented national, regional, and European identities in Spain. Topics may include the political, religious, literary, and artistic expression in Spain during the Arab occupation, the reconquest and unification, the colonization of the Americas, the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties, the crisis of 1898, the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the Civil War, the Franco regime, and post-Franco Spain.
Spring 2025
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
TBD
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 301: Topics in Latin American Literature: LA Boom and Beyond
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
Selected literary works from contemporary authors and genres.
SPAN 3xx: Translation
Dr. Gladys Robalino
New course. Description forthcoming.
Fall 2025
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
TBD
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 320: Spanish Linguistics
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
A linguistic study of Spanish, to include its morphology, syntax, and contemporary dialectal variations. Concepts from general and descriptive linguistics will be introduced to allow exploration of the subject matter in Spanish.
SPAN 311: Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature: Spanish Women Writers
Dr. Gladys Robalino
A formal and cultural analysis of selected literary movements, authors, and themes of Spanish Peninsular literature. Development of a critical and analytical capacity and sensitivity toward literary language through the reading of a selection of poetic, dramatic, or narrative works.
Spring 2026
SPAN 206: Spanish Conversation and Composition
TBD
Advanced practice in oral and written Spanish based on everyday situations. Study of Hispanic culture through selected readings.
SPAN 306: Contemporary Mexico
Dr. Sheila Rodriguez
An exploration of Mexican society and culture through the examination of topics such as social class, education, urbanization, religious faith and expression, indigenous and national identity, the family, and economic development. Some attention will also be given to U.S.-Mexican relations and border issues.
SPAN 3xx: Advanced Conversation
Dr. Gladys Robalino
New course. Description forthcoming.