• SPAN 4210

    Historical Panorama of the Spanish Language II
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    The course examines the development of the Spanish language through texts produced from the Middle Ages to the present day. The main goal will be the interpretation of individual texts as a source of linguistic data and the analysis of language in its cultural, social and historical context. Including texts from Latin American and Spain, the commentary will cover the analysis of phonological, grammatical and lexical aspects.

  • SPAN 4402

    Don Quixote
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    4.50

     GPA

    3.54

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 4500

    Special Topics Seminar: Literature
     Rating

    3.70

     Difficulty

    2.91

     GPA

    3.73

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 4510

    Special Topics Seminar: Literature
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.76

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    A landscape through the history of Romanticism in Europe, with special focus on English, German, Italian and Spanish literature. The course aims to introduce students to the history and art of the 19th century through poetry and imagination. Therefore, it has been declared as a TECH-FREE COURSE with the permission of the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese department. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 4520

    Special Topics Seminar: Culture and Civilization
     Rating

    3.17

     Difficulty

    4.17

     GPA

    3.59

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement

  • SPAN 4530

    Special Topics Seminar: Language
     Rating

    3.56

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement; instructor permission.

  • SPAN 4559

    New Course in Spanish
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.86

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Spanish. Prerequisite:SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.

  • SPAN 4615

    Spanish Cinema
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Cultural history of Spanish cinema covering the basics of film analysis and introducing a diverse array of approaches to studying movies. Students will view feature-length films and complete readings in Spanish. Class discussions will be in Spanish.

  • SPAN 4665

    Encoding Maya Stories
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Explores the historical, cultural, and linguistic analysis of Indigenous Mesoamerican literatures, especially the Maya K'iche' narrative Popol Wuj. Includes use of DH tools like text encoding, mapping, and modeling. The course blends traditional literary analysis and project-based collaborative learning with Maya scholars abroad.

  • SPAN 4700

    Spanish Culture and Civilization
     Rating

    4.20

     Difficulty

    2.76

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course focuses on the major political events in the history of Spain, from 1900 to the present, as well as on the study of the most important Spanish artistic movements, and their most relevant contemporary representatives, in the fields of music, painting, architecture, and dance. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement.