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| Italian | |
| ITAL 116 | Intensive Introductory Italian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for ITAL 1016. | |
| ITAL 126 | Intensive Introductory Italian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for ITAL 1026. | |
| ITAL 216 | Intensive Intermediate Italian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for ITAL 2016. | |
| ITAL 226 | Intensive Intermediate Italian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for ITAL 2026. | |
| ITAL 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and Philosophical Inquiry. | |
| ITAL 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| ITAL 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Historical Perspectives. | |
| ITAL 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| ITAL 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Inquiry | |
| ITAL 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| ITAL 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| ITAL 1010 | Elementary Italian I (4) |
| Introduction to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Italian. Five class hours and one language laboratory hour. Followed by ITAL 1020. | |
| ITAL 1016 | Intensive Introductory Italian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| ITAL 1020 | Elementary Italian II (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of ITAL 1010. Prerequisite: ITAL 1010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| ITAL 1026 | Intensive Introductory Italian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ITAL 1016 or equavalent. | |
| ITAL 2010 | Intermediate Italian I (3) |
| Continued grammar, conversation, composition, readings, and an introduction to Italian literature. Prerequisite: ITAL 1020 or the equivalent. Note: The following courses have the prerequisite ITAL 2010, 2020, or permission of the department. | |
| ITAL 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Italian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: ITAL 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. | |
| ITAL 2020 | Intermediate Italian II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of ITAL 2010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ITAL 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Italian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisite: ITAL 1016 , 1026 and 2016 or equivalent. | |
| ITAL 2030 | Intermediate Italian II for Professionals (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is the fourth class in the four-course sequence that fulfills the language requirement with modules on issues applicable to the work context. Films, TV series and articles from Italian newspapers will help students to learn more about the Italian society of the new millennium and strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at a high intermediate level appropriate for an intercultural professional environment. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 |
| ITAL 3010 | Advanced Italian I (3) |
| Includes idiomatic Italian conversation and composition, anthological readings of literary texts in Italian, plus a variety of oral exercises including presentations, skits, and debates. Italian composition is emphasized through writing assignments and selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Prerequisite: ITAL 2020. | |
| ITAL 3020 | Advanced Italian II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Emphasis is placed on conversation, as well as composition and vocabulary. Students attending this class will deepen their knowledge of Italian culture and society, with a special focus on socio-cultural debates concerning politics, migration and gender issues. This course is designed with a series of activities focused on experiential learning to achieve fluency in Italian through real-life situations. Prerequisite: ITAL2020. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| ITAL 3030 | How to Do Things with Words (3) |
| One of three required core courses for the Italian Studies Major and Minor (with ITAL 3010 and 3020). ITAL 3030 focuses on interpretative and critical approaches to various genres of Italian textual and visual-linguistic expression. These include poetry, fiction, cinema, and theater. ITAL 3030 introduces students to the history and conventions of each genre, as well as the analytical methodologies suited to intelligent engagement with each.
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in or have taken ITAL 3010 or ITAL 3020 Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| ITAL 3040 | Advanced Italian III (3) |
| This course aims at perfecting student's command of Italian language, in all major skill areas: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Idiomatic Italian conversation promoted via readings and discussions in Italian on current subjects. Writing proficiency promoted through composition work. In Italian. Prerequisites: Completion of ITAL 2020 or its equivalent. | |
| ITAL 3050 | Advanced Italian IV (3) |
| Continued perfection of Italian language proficiency, in all major skill areas: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Selective review of the fine points of grammar and syntax. Idiomatic Italian conversation promoted via readings and discussions in Italian on current subjects. Writing proficiency promoted through composition work. In Italian. Prerequisites: Completion of ITAL 3040 or its equivalent. | |
| ITAL 3110 | Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces (3) |
| Introduction to relevant Italian medieval and renaissance literary works. Prerequisites: ITAL 2020 | |
| ITAL 3120 | Contemporary Literature (3) |
| Study of selected masterpieces from the modern period of Italian literature. Readings and discussions in Italian. Exercises in essay writing. Prerequisite: ITAL 2020 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| ITAL 3250 | Italian Love Poetry in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3) |
| This course treats the production of major poets and writers of Italian Medieval and Renaissance times (Dante, Petrarca, Ariosto, and Tasso) and focuses on the theme of love. It illustrates how central the topic of love was to Italian poetry in the early modern age, its development from classical love verse, and the immense influence of Italian love poetry in the diffusion of Italian culture abroad. Taught in Italian. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ITAL 3460 | Growing Up Italian Style: Children's Culture (3) |
| In this course, we will explore how major works of literature for children, from Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, to the poetry of Gianni Rodari, reflect changing views of childhood and parenting in Italy. Students will learn how children's literature of the 19th-century helped to create an Italian national identity. We will also examine how new media inventions changed story time for children in Italy. Prerequisite: ITAL 3010 | |
| ITAL 3559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |
| ITAL 3720 | Novella (Italian Short Narrative) (3) |
| Novella (Italian Short Narrative) | |
| ITAL 3750 | Critica (Italian Literary Criticism) (3) |
| Critica (Italian Literary Criticism) | |
| ITAL 4200 | Umanesimo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Humanistic Period) (3) |
| Umanesimo (Italian Culture and Literature in the Humanistic Period) | |
| ITAL 4460 | Italian Mystery Novels (3) |
| In this course, we will explore the various subgenres that are most often associated with mysteries: the police procedural, the detective novel, the political thriller, and true crime. Together, we will study the defining features of each genre through close readings of Italian short stories, novels, films, comics, mini-series, and documentaries. Students will learn about how the mystery novel evolved in Italy during the 20th-century Prerequisite: 3010 | |
| ITAL 4559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian. | |
| ITAL 4980 | Distinguished Majors Colloquium - Italian Studies (3) |
| The Colloquium allows DMPs in Italian Studies to meet regularly with the DMP coordinator to discuss research strategies, documentation styles, and structure and style in extended expository writing as they are working independently on a thesis. It also provides a forum for presenting and discussing work-in-progress. Prerequisite: Acceptance in DMP. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| ITAL 4989 | Distinguished Major in Italian Studies Thesis (3) |
| Distinguished majors in Italian Studies will meet individually with their thesis advisors to discuss progress and revise drafts of their theses. At the end of the semester, they will present the results of their research in a public forum. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| ITAL 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Independent Study Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| ITAL 5559 | New Course in Italian (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| ITAL 5600 | Baroque Italian Literature (3) |
| Baroque Italian Literature | |
| ITAL 5650 | Italian Literature of the Enlightenment (3) |
| Italian Literature of the Enlightenment | |
| ITAL 7300 | Teatro Italiano (3) |
| Graduate-level seminar, for students in Italian, and graduate students in other depts who desire a course on Italian theater and are proficient in Italian language. Survey of major authors and texts of dramatic and theatrical literature in Italy, from its origins to the present. Works are contextualized within cultural realities and institutions surrounding the development of drama, theater, and performance. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: Complete language competence in Italian. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ITAL 7375 | Three Crowns of Florence: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio (3) |
| Focuses on masterpieces of Florence's three luminaries: Dante's Commedia, Boccaccio's Decameron, and Petrarch's Rime sparse and the critical traditions surrounding these works. Prerequisite: permission of instructor if student does not know Italian | |
| ITAL 7425 | Quattro-Cinquecento (3) |
| A thorough survey of Humanistic culture and literature; Petrarchism; Machiavelli and surroundings; and the birth of epic (Ariosto and Tasso). Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2010 | |
| ITAL 7559 | New Course in Italian (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. | |
| ITAL 7600 | Sei-Settecento (3) |
| Studies Manierismo in poetry and prose; the birth of Italian theater; and major authors of the Enlightenment (Parini and Alfieri). | |
| ITAL 7900 | Italian Avant-Garde Literature (3) |
| This graduate course discusses texts belonging to the Italian Avan-garde and Modernist periods. Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of Italian. | |
| ITAL 7920 | Romanzo Storico nel 20 e 21 secolo (3) |
| This course discusses the evolution of the historical novel in Italy after Alessandro Mazoni's controversial abjuration of the historical novel in his "Discorso del romanzo storico e, in genere, de' componimenti misti di storia e di invenzione." Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| ITAL 7995 | Guided Research (3) |
| Guided Research | |
| ITAL 8210 | Teaching Foreign Languages (3) |
| This course provides graduate students teaching foreign languages at UVA with the opportunity to observe and apply new ideas and teaching principles through practical activities and to develop their own personal theories of teaching through systematic reflection and experimentation. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| ITAL 8300 | Ariosto (3) |
| This course is a monographic study of Ludovico Ariosto's masterpiece, Orlando furioso. Will read this epic-chivalric poem, place it in the cultural context of the Italian Renaissance and discuss the major critical issues it continues to pose. Prerequisite: knowledge of Italian | |
| ITAL 8400 | Seminars: Major Author (3) |
| A thorough study of a major author's opus. Includes authors from alL eight centuries of Italian literature. Specific authors will be announced in the Course Offering Directory. | |
| ITAL 8559 | New Course in Itialian (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian. Course was offered Spring 2014, Spring 2013 | |
| ITAL 8995 | Independent Research (3) |
| Independent Research | |
| ITAL 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Required of all teaching assistants; not part of the curricular credit requirement for the M.A. in Italian. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Italian in Translation | |
| ITTR 2150 | Italian Phonetics (3) |
| Italian Phonetics | |
| ITTR 2260 | Dante in Translation (3) |
| Close reading of Dante's masterpiece, The Inferno. Lectures focus on Dante's social, political, and cultural world. Incorporates The World of Dante: A Hypermedia Archive for the Study of the Inferno, and a pedagogical and research website (www.iath.virginia/dante), that offers a wide range of visual material related to The Inferno. | |
| ITTR 2270 | Petrarch in Translation (3) |
| Petrarch in Translation | |
| ITTR 2300 | Machiavelli in Translation (3) |
| Machiavelli in Translation | |
| ITTR 2310 | Ariosto in Translation (3) |
| Ariosto in Translation | |
| ITTR 2360 | Tasso in Translation (3) |
| Tasso in Translation | |
| ITTR 2420 | Goldoni and Alfieri in Translation (3) |
| Goldoni and Alfieri in Translation | |
| ITTR 2430 | Foscolo and Leopardi in Translation (3) |
| Foscolo and Leopardi in Translation | |
| ITTR 2440 | Manzoni in Translation (3) |
| Manzoni in Translation | |
| ITTR 2450 | Verga in Translation (3) |
| Verga in Translation | |
| ITTR 2559 | New Course in Italian in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian in translation. | |
| ITTR 2620 | The Modern Italian Novel in Translation (3) |
| The Modern Italian Novel in Translation | |
| ITTR 2630 | Italian History and Culture Through Film: 1860s - 1960s (3) |
| This course uses the medium of film to discuss the developments in Italian culture and history over a period of one hundred years, from 1860 to 1960. | |
| ITTR 2710 | Italian Cultural History (3) |
| This course traces the general history and culture of Italy from the Middle Ages to the present. It covers the Renaissance, the Baroque, the 'Risorgimento,' the new problems of post-unification, Fascism and the post-World War II Italian Republic. The aim is to provide historical background to comprehend both the complexity of Italian political and social evolution and the multifaceted nature of its cultural identity Taught in English. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| ITTR 3107 | Evolution of Media in Italy: From Unification to the Present (3) |
| The course will explore the specific features of Italian mass media from the Unification to the present, considering how the press, cinema, radio, television and the Internet have affected and shaped Italian society. It will trace the evolution of Italian media in relation to key events such as the Risorgimento, Fascism, both World Wars, reconstruction and industrialization, and the political rise of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. | |
| ITTR 3215 | Dante's Italy (3) |
| This course investigates Italian history and culture through the prism of Dante Alighieri's Comedy, one of the most important works in European literature. The three canticles of the Comedy offer a meditation on the social and political life of the Italian city-states, a critique of contemporary Christianity, and a commentary on art and literature at the end of the Middle Ages. | |
| ITTR 3280 | Michelangelo: The Artist, The Man, and His Times (3) |
| Michelangelo's name conjures genius and a nearly superhuman achievement in the arts. Contemporaries elevated him as the supreme sculptor, painter, and architect of his age. This course examines Michelangelo's creativity in all these media as well as his poetry and letters. The course investigates the extraordinary achievements of this Renaissance luminary through close analysis of his works, secondary studies, and contemporary reinventions. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| ITTR 3559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| ITTR 3580 | Sister Arts Literary Artistic Relations in the Italian Renaissance (3) |
| This course focuses on the literary and cultural traditions that inform treatments of art and artists in the Italian Middle Ages and Renaissance. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| ITTR 3610 | Italian Political Thinkers (3) |
| Students of this course will study the political theories of Dante, Machiavelli, Beccaria, and Gramsci through a close-reading of each author's major works. We will also examine how their ideas influenced contemporary politics, literature, and the visual arts both in Italy and in the United States. These goals will be accomplished through regular reading assignments, short essays, and presentations. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| ITTR 3660 | Italian American Cinema: The Immigrant Experience on Film (3) |
| Following the unification of Italy in 1861, immigrants from that nation began coming to the USA in record numbers. While they arrived in search of better lives, they often faced many challenges. Through it all, their experiences have been documented on film. In this course, we will explore these cinematic representations of Italian Americana. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| ITTR 3670 | Contemporary Italian Cinema: From Canon to the Fringe (3) |
| Examines the social, political and economic evolution of contemporary Italy through cinema and other visual culture forms; cinema is also examined from an aesthetic point of view, as its iconographic and stylistic developments are crucial elements of a visual culture that complements and references traditional modes of representation such as painting and sculpture, as well as architecture, literature and the oral folk tradition. | |
| ITTR 3680 | Eve's Sinful Bite: Foodscapes in Women's Writing Culture and Society (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course explores how Italian women writers have represented food in their short stories, novels and autobiographies in dialogue with the culture and society from late nineteenth century to the present. These lectures will offer a close reading of the symbolic meaning of food in narrative and the way it intersects with Italian women's socio-cultural history, addressing issues of gender, identity and politics of the body. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| ITTR 3685 | Italy on Screen: Sex, Gender, & Racial Identities (3) |
| This course considers representations of sex, gender and racial identities in Italian films, television, advertisements and other forms of visual culture. With a focus on the contemporary Italian context, students will explore issues of intersectionality from a global perspective. What can Italian critically acclaimed and more mainstream works tell us about diversity and inclusion in the worldwide context? | |
| ITTR 3690 | Mafiosi vs Goodfellas: Organized Crime on Film in Italy & The USA (3) |
| Organized crime has long fascinated filmmakers from both Italy and the USA. But, how does each country portray this phenomenon and its effects on law, politics, and the individual? What socio-cultural and historical factors explain the different presentations? In this course, we will examine these questions through discussion and analysis of films from Italy and the United States, primary source documents, and novels. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| ITTR 3758 | Love Affair with Tuscany: Utopias and Beyond (3) |
| This course aims to examine the Anglo-American love affair with Tuscany/Florence, and deepen students' understanding of it by providing richer, more complex knowledge of the region and its culture. The class will simultaneously explore notions of utopia and dystopia, against the background and actual lived experience of this sought-after destination. | |
| ITTR 3770 | The Culture of Italian Comedy (3) |
| Treats Italian comedy from historic, generic, and theoretical viewpoints; divided into 4 units: 1) medieval comic-realist verse (poetry and song), 2) Renaissance comic theater, including plays by Machiavelli, Ariosto and the Sienese Intronati Academy, 3) the commedia all'italiana film, focusing on cinema by Germi and Monicelli, and 4) modern comic performances by Italians. Special units on Tuscan- and Neapolitan-style humor. Taught in English. | |
| ITTR 3775 | Acting Italian: Benigni, Goldoni, Fo (3) |
| Watch, read, and laugh at performances by Italy's most famous comic stars! Plays, films, and one-man shows form the texts, which include not only modern productions by contemporary masters Roberto Benigni and Dario Fo, but also the comedies of the originator of middle-class Italian humor, Carlo Goldoni. Works of these writers/actors/producers introduce important aspects of Italian literary, performative, and cultural traditions. In ENGLISH. | |
| ITTR 3880 | Reinventing Dante: Influence, Adaptation and Transformation (3) |
| Dante's Inferno has captivated the imagination of artists as diverse as Botticelli, Milton, Keats, and David Fincher. Artists, writers and filmmakers re-imagine Dante for their own purposes. This course will explore reinventions of Dante's Inferno, the most enduring vision of the afterlife that has ever been created. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| ITTR 4010 | Narrating (Un-)sustainability: Ecocritical Explorations in Italy & Mediterr (3) |
| This course focuses on the potential narratives have to convey messages that are relevant to our ethical and environmental awareness, and to help us imagine alternatives to existing systems of knowledge and distributions of power. We shall learn about the origins and general objectives of ecocriticism, its relevant theories and methodologies, and various approaches to the notion of sustainability. | |
| ITTR 4559 | New Course in Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2009 | |
| ITTR 4655 | Early Modern Theater: The Drama of Marriage (3) |
| Course will investigate marriage as represented on the early modern European stage. Italian, Spanish, French and English plays comprise our subject matter. We'll consider the legal, social, and cultural history of matrimony to background our study of the stageworks; we will analyze scripts and performances to learn how dramatic and theatrical convention intersected w/ marital institution and negotiations, onstage and off. Taught in English. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| ITTR 4820 | Italian Pop Culture From the 1960s to the Present (3) |
| This course examines the cultural and socio-political transformations that took place in Italy during its recent history. By discussing different cultural artifacts (films, essays, literature), we shall ultimately try to answer the following questions : does Italy still have space for works that resist populist and consumer culture? What are the ethical and political consequences of Italy's present culutral condition? Is there an Italian identity? | |
| ITTR 4993 | Italian Independent Study (3) |
| Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in Italian. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| ITTR 5250 | Dante's Purgatory in Translation (3) |
| This course explores canto-by-canto Dante's second realm of the Afterlife. Particular attention will be paid to how various themes and motifs (the phenomenology of love, the relationship between church and state, status of classical antiquity in a Christian universe, Dante's representation of the saved), differ from those explored in the Inferno. Prerequisite: ITTR 2260 or permission of instructor. | |
| ITTR 5559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. | |
| ITTR 6010 | Narrating (Un-)sustainability: Ecocritical Explorations in Italy & Mediterr (3) |
| This course focuses on the potential narratives have to convey messages that are relevant to our ethical and environmental awareness, and to help us imagine alternatives to existing systems of knowledge and distributions of power. We shall learn about the origins and general objectives of ecocriticism, its relevant theories and methodologies, and various approaches to the notion of sustainability. | |
| ITTR 6559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| ITTR 7350 | Early Modern Theater: The Drama of Marriage (3) |
| Seminar examines the ways dramatic literature and theater from roughly 1500-1800 engaged the institution of marriage. Study of plays, operas and other literary and stage genres from several national traditions (Italian, Spanish, potentially French and English), looking at their mediations of the tumultuous evolution of early modern family formation, in light of legal, social, and cultural history of matrimony. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| ITTR 7559 | New Course: Italian in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Italian in Translation. Course was offered Summer 2015, Spring 2013 | |
| Maya K'iche | |
| KICH 1010 | Introduction to Maya K'iche' I (3) |
| This class is an introduction to K'iche', a Maya language spoken by about a million people in the western Highlands of Guatemala; it is one of the major indigenous languages in the Americas. This class aims to make students competent in basic conversation and to introduce students to Maya culture. It is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in less commonly taught languages. | |
| KICH 1020 | Introduction to Maya K'iche' II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This class is the second part of a year-long introductory sequence to K'iche', a Maya language spoken by about a million people in the western Highlands of Guatemala, and one of the major indigenous languages in the Americas. Students will enrich and expand their conversational skills and cultural knowledge from K'iche' 1010. It is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in less commonly taught languages. The completion of KICH 1010 with a grade of C- or higher. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| KICH 2010 | Intermediate Maya K'iche' I (3) |
| This class is the 3rd level of a 4-part sequence in K'iche', a Maya language spoken by a million people in western Guatemala. Here students will cover more advanced grammar (verb modalities), a broader range of scripts (colonial vs. modern orthography), and conduct research based on the K'iche' Oral History project at UNM. The class is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in LCTLs. The completion of KICH 1010 and 1020 with a grade of C- or higher. | |
| KICH 2020 | Intermediate Maya K'iche' II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | KICH 2020 is the capstone course in a four-part sequence in K'iche', a Maya language spoken by a million people in western Guatemala. Students will build from earlier coursework to write an original essay in the target language, integrating primary and secondary sources like published works and interviews that they conduct. The class is offered as part of the UVa-Duke-Vanderbilt consortium for distance learning in LCTLs. The completion of KICH 1010, 1020 and 2010 with a grade of C- or higher. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 |
| Portuguese | |
| PORT 1110 | Beginning Intensive Portuguese (4) |
| Introduces speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese, especially as used in Brazil. Three class hours and one hour of online lab work. Followed by PORT 2120. No prior foreign language experience necessary. Requires instructor permission. | |
| PORT 2050 | Intensive Portuguese for Speakers of Spanish and other Romance Languages (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Portuguese 2050 is an accelerated Portuguese language and culture course that condenses two semesters (PORT 1110 and PORT 2120) into one. PORT 2050 is designed specifically for UVA undergraduate and graduate students who already possess an advanced level of fluency in one of the Romance languages. The pedagogical approach to PORT 2050 is both proficiency-oriented and task-based and the class will be conducted completely in Portuguese. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 |
| PORT 2120 | Intermediate Intensive Portuguese (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continued study of Portuguese through readings, vocabulary exercises, oral and written compositions, and grammar review. Prerequisite: PORT 1110 or equivalent. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| PORT 2559 | New Course in Portuguese (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese. Course was offered Spring 2019 | |
| PORT 3010 | Advanced Grammar, Conversation and Composition (3) |
| Studies advanced grammar through analysis of texts; includes extensive practice in composition and topical conversation. Prerequisite: PORT 2120 or by permission. | |
| PORT 3030 | Perspectives on Lusophone Cultures (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Through textual analysis, discussions, and language immersion activities, including podcasts, videos, preparing food, students will gain proficiency in Portuguese, while deepening their appreciation for the rich mosaic of Lusophone cultures. This course will foster critical thinking skills, cultural awareness, and linguistic competence, equipping students with the tools to engage meaningfully with the complexities of the Lusophone world. |
| PORT 3559 | New Course in Portuguese (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese. | |
| PORT 4020 | Readings in Literature in Portuguese (3) |
| Studies readings from the chief periods of Brazilian and Portuguese literature. Prerequisite: PORT 2120 or by permission. | |
| PORT 4410 | Brazilian Cultural Production I (1500 to 1900) (3) |
| Studies canonical and popular Brazilian Cultural Production from the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500 to the end of the nineteenth-century. | |
| PORT 4420 | Brazilian Cultural Production II (1900 to Present) (3) |
| Studies canonical and popular Brazilian Cultural Production from the beginning of the twentieth-century to the present day. | |
| PORT 4559 | New Course in Portuguese (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| PORT 4610 | Studies in Luso-Brazilian Language and Culture (3) |
| Studies topics in Portuguese or Brazilian linguistics or culture. Prerequisite: One course at the 3000 level or higher, or Instructor Permission | |
| PORT 4620 | Studies in Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature (3) |
| Studies topics in Portuguese or Brazilian literature or in Portuguese linguistics according to the interests and preparation of the students. Prerequisite: One course at the 3000 level or higher, or instructor permission. | |
| PORT 4920 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Luso-Brazilian Culture Independent Study - Instructor Permission Required | |
| Portuguese in Translation | |
| POTR 3559 | New Course in Portuguese in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese in Translation Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| POTR 4240 | Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (3) |
| This class provides a general overview of film production in Brazil since 1990. We will screen and discuss a variety of documentary and feature-length fiction films, paying special attention to their formal construction and respective portrayals of violence, race, class, and sexuality, particularly as they unfold in a context increasingly marked by globalization and neoliberalism. | |
| POTR 4250 | Empire, Colonies, Democracy (3) |
| Students in this course explore Portugal's imperial aspirations from the fifteenth century, its colonization history in Brazil and Africa, and its current progressive status in Europe. Through readings, discussions, and excursions to historical sites, museums, shows, and non-profits, students will engage in a culturally diverse experience. This immersive course enhances understanding of Portugal's role in shaping the modern world. | |
| POTR 4260 | Brazilian Media (3) |
| The objective of this proposal is to provide students with a topics course in English, which will examine Brazilian media by focusing on specific iterations ranging from television and film to the Internet and social media. | |
| POTR 4270 | The Civilization of Brazil (3) |
| Introduces the development of Brazilian culture from 1500 to the present. This course is taught in English and does not fulfill the language requirement. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2010 | |
| POTR 4559 | New Course in Portuguese Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese in Translation. | |
| POTR 4993 | Independent Study (3) |
| Independent study in special field under the direction of a faculty member in Portuguese. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| POTR 7559 | New Course in Portuguese Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics within the subject of Portuguese in Translation. Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| Spanish | |
| SPAN 116 | Intensive Introductory Spanish (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for SPAN 1016. | |
| SPAN 126 | Intensive Introductory Spanish (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for SPAN 1026. | |
| SPAN 160 | Elementary Spanish Online (0) |
| SPAN 160 is a non-credit elementary-level Spanish course, consisting of 6 online modules and activities, designed for students with the equivalent of 1-2 years of high school Spanish or an initial placement into SPAN 1060. The goal of this course is to prepare students to enter Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 2010), through reading, writing, speaking, and listening practice, as well as review of appropriate vocabulary and structures. | |
| SPAN 216 | Intensive Intermediate Spanish (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for SPAN 2016. | |
| SPAN 226 | Intensive Intermediate Spanish (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for SPAN 2026. | |
| SPAN 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and SPANosophical Inquiry. | |
| SPAN 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and SPANieties of the World. | |
| SPAN 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to SPANorical Perspectives. | |
| SPAN 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to SPANial and Economic Systems. | |
| SPAN 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, SPANematical, and SPANical Inquiry | |
| SPAN 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| SPAN 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and SPANiety | |
| SPAN 1010 | Elementary Spanish (4) |
| Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. This combined sequence of courses, SPAN 1010 and 1020, enable students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (greeting, narrating, describing, ordering, comparing and contrasting, and apologizing). Five class hours and one laboratory hour. Followed by SPAN 1020. Prerequisite: For students who have not previously studied Spanish. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010 | |
| SPAN 1016 | Intensive Introductory Spanish (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| SPAN 1020 | Elementary Spanish (4) |
| Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. This combined sequence of courses, SPAN 1010 and 1020, enable students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., greeting, narrating, describing, ordering, comparing and contrasting, and apologizing). Five class hours and one laboratory hour. Followed by SPAN 2010. Prerequisite: SPAN 1010. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 1026 | Intensive Introductory Spanish (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: SPAN 1016 or equavalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| SPAN 1060 | Accelerated Elementary Spanish (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with oral and written texts in Spanish and various interactive projects. Five class hours. Covers the material in SPAN 1010-1020 in an accelerated one semester format. Followed by SPAN 2010. Prerequisite: Previous background in Spanish (1-2 years of high school Spanish) and PLACE diagnostic score of 1.0-3.0, UVA placement diagnostic score of 0-325 (prior to May 2022), or SAT II score of 420-510. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 2010 | Intermediate Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present and past activities and expressing desires and requests), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. Followed by SPAN 2020. Passing grade in SPAN 1020 or 1060; PLACE diagnostic score of 3.25-4.0; UVA placement diagnostic score of 326-409 (prior to May 2022); SAT II score of 520-590; or permission of the department. Course was offered January 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, January 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, January 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, January 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 2015 | Spanish for Engineering (3) |
| Spanish for Engineering is a three-credit intermediate level course designed to provide a thorough foundation in all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, but focuses on the development of communication skills in a professional context for Engineering. | |
| SPAN 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Spanish (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: SPAN 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| SPAN 2020 | Advanced Intermediate Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations with some complications (e.g., describing present, past and future activities, expressing opinions, and persuading), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. Prerequisite: Passing grade in SPAN 2010; PLACE diagnostic score of 4.25-5.0; UVA placement diagnostic score of 410-535 (prior to May 2022); SAT II score of 600-640; IB Spanish B HL exam score of 5 or 6; or permission of the department. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Spanish (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: SPAN 1016 , 1026 and 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| SPAN 2100 | The Social Support Systems of Latin America (1) |
| A supervised internship fort students interested in the health care professions and sociology as a complement to SPAN 2020 during the UVa Summer Spanish program. The latter includes health care, education, and other social services like social security and old age benefits. Final research paper required Course was offered Summer 2016 | |
| SPAN 3000 | Phonetics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An introduction to the sound system of both Peninsular & Latin Am Spanish. Class discussions focus on how the sounds of Spanish are produced from an articulatory point of view, and how these sounds are organized & represented in the linguistic competence of their speakers. When appropriate, comparisons will be made between Spanish & English or Spanish & other (Romance & non-Romance) languages. Course seeks to improve the student's pronunciation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3010 | Grammar and Composition I (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive reading, writing, analysis, and discussion of authentic literary texts and videos. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structure expected in the following academic genres: the critical review, the persuasive essay, and the research paper. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3015 | Language, Culture, and Composition for Heritage Learners of Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Provides students a recognition of the language skills and linguistic cultures they bring with them. Second, work with thematic resources and practice of 'standardized' syntax, discipline-specific discourse, and rhetorical registers in writing and speech, combined with a review of grammar and of syntactic norms of Spanish will reinforce students' expressive abilities and confidence using the language in various contexts. Requisite: SPAN 2020. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 |
| SPAN 3020 | Elevate your Spanish: Mastering Writing and Grammar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | SPAN 3020 seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive analysis and discussion of literary and journalistic texts, as well as documentaries and films from the Spanish-speaking world. We will also focus on students' acquisition of advanced grammatical structures and on how grammar and meaning interact to develop and consolidate the linguistic and textual tools needed to produce an op-ed, a literary review, and an academic essay. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3030 | Cultural Conversations (3) |
| Conversation course devoted to different aspects of Spanish, Spanish American, or Latino culture. Student-led discussion of materials ranging from films and music videos to radio programs, newspapers, and the Internet. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 3031 | Conversation Cinema: Latin America (3) |
| Conversation course whose subject matter is Latin American cinema. Films will be discussed in the context of the history and culture of various countries. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3 credits of 3400-3430 Course was offered Summer 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 3032 | Conversation Cinema - Spain (3) |
| This is conversation course in Spanish, with a focus on Spanish film. It is closed to native and heritage speakers, and to students who have had a conversation course already; instructor permission required. Students will improve vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and pronunciation. Class participation is essential. Quizzes, daily activities, short written paper, oral final exam.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. | |
| SPAN 3040 | Business Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | SPAN 3040 is a Language for the Professions course intended for students with interest in Business and Economy related fields. Upon completion of this course, students will have acquired the vocabulary and the intercultural competence that will allow them to comfortably and successfully participate in professional settings in Spanish. International students that are native speakers of Spanish are ineligible to take the course. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3050 | Spanish for Medical Professionals (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is designed for students planning to work in the health care field and who want to develop fundamental written and oral skills and vocabulary for the assessment of Spanish speaking patients in a variety of settings. Students will gain familiarity with non-technical and semi-technical functional vocabulary, along with idiomatic expressions and situational phrases that are used in medical Spanish. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 |
| SPAN 3060 | Writing for Social Justice and Change (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Have you ever wondered what kinds of change could you enact with more proficient Spanish writing skills? SPAN 3060 is an advanced community-based language learning course in which you will have the opportunity to grapple with advanced writing skills while you read and discuss selected works by representative Latin American authors that have used writing as a tool for social justice and change, and you participate in a community project. |
| SPAN 3070 | Community Engagement in Spanish-Speaking Charlottesville (3) |
| SPAN 3070 is a community-based language learning course in which students will volunteer as bilingual tutors for local k-12 students. Through community work, discussions of podcasts, documentaries and testimonials, and conversations with guest speakers, we will reflect on the importance of education as the foundation to build more fair, inclusive, and equitable societies, and how this is manifested in the local and broader Spanish speaking world. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| SPAN 3200 | Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides an introduction to core areas of linguistic analysis using Spanish. Areas covered include sounds of Spanish (phonetics & phonology), word formation (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), meaning of words, phrases, sentences, & larger chunks of discourse, also in social context (semantics & pragmatics), history of the Spanish language, regional & social variation (dialectology & sociolinguistics), & language acquisition. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3300 | Texts and Interpretation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course we will be covering a variety of basic approaches to literary texts that enable us to analyze & understand them better. The course will be organized on the basis of literary genre (narrative, theater, poetry, etc.), with a portion of the semester dedicated to each. Short texts in Spanish for readings will be drawn from both Spanish & Latin Am literature, and from a range of time periods. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or dept. placement. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3400 | Spain: From Kingdom to Empire (1200 - 1700) (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will explore medieval and early modern works written in Castilian from El Cid to Calderón's theater. We will focus on the function of these literary texts in the European and Mediterranean context. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement. Exclude Spanish majors on their 4th year. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3410 | Perspectives on Modern Spain (1800 to the Present) (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course focuses on the emergence and consolidation of modernity in Spain from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings and discussions of representative literary and artistic movements of modern Spain, including the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, the Avant Garde, Modernism, and Postmodernism in terms of their historical, intellectual, artistic and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement. Spanish 4th year majors are excluded from taking this course Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3420 | Politics and Power in the Early Americas (1492 - 1800) (3) |
| Introduces students to the expressions and experiences of people in the early Americas. By studying primary source materials, students will enrich their knowledge of the colonial period while further developing methods of historical and literary analysis. By the end of the course, students will be able to close read primary sources, situate them within specific historical contexts, and explain their analysis in spoken and written Spanish. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 3430 | Contemporary Latin American Voices (1800 to the present) (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides students with a survey of Latin American literature and the context in which it developed from 1800 to the present. This course will cover how the region's cultural production has been shaped by its cultures, peoples, and historical events, the consciousness, memory, and imagination expressed within the region's literature, and how the region's representation has been shaped by who has (and has not) had access to literature. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 3559 | New Course in Spanish (3) |
| 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 3600 | American History From Below (and How to Read It) (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides a Spanish-language theoretical approach to the history of the American continent as a whole, focused on the role of imperialism, colonialism, and racial capitalism on the development of North American, Latin American, and Caribbean identities. The seminar is offered to a class composed by a half roster of UVA Spanish students and a half roster of non-UVA affiliated members of the Charlottesville Spanish-speaking community. |
| SPAN 4040 | Translation from Spanish to English (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | "Lost & Found in Translation" offers an introduction to the "art" of translation, both in practice and theory. Throughout the semester students participate in a series of workshops, collaborating on translations of texts of different genres, from multiple time periods and countries through in-depth readings and discussions, translation activities from Spanish to English and vice versa. This is a dynamic, interactive, inter-disciplinary course. Prerequisites: SPAN 3300, and highly recommended one survey of literature and culture (SPAN 3400-3430). Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 4050 | Economy of Latin America (3) |
| This course is designed to prepare students for careers in international business by introducing them to business practices, trade organizations, and financial institutions in the Spanish-speaking world. A secondary goal is to help students attain a more sophisticated level of speaking and writing in Spanish, through readings, discussion, and written assignments in Spanish. Course was offered Summer 2021 | |
| SPAN 4200 | History of the Language (3) |
| The main objectives of the course are: (1) to offer the student an introduction to the development of Spanish, focusing on the major changes from Latin to Spanish through the study of historical grammar; (2) to explain the irregularities of Modern Spanish grammar; (3) to facilitate the reading Old Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and 3010, or 3000 and 3010, or departmental placement. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 4201 | Hispanic Dialectology and Bilingualism (3) |
| Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and 3010, or 3010 and 3010, or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| SPAN 4202 | Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3) |
| This course examines the Spanish language within its social context by exploring--among others--the following topics: 1) language versus dialect; 2) the standard language; 3) linguistic variation and its main variables: geography, style, gender, age, etc.; 4) language acquisition as a social process; 5) language variation and language change. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and 3010, or 3000 and 3010, or departmental placement. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| SPAN 4203 | Structure of Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is an advanced introduction to the study of fundamental aspects of the sound and grammatical systems of the Spanish language. The course will start by analyzing present-day (syllable, word and phrase) structures of the language and it will progress toward a more detailed examination of some of the linguistic processes and changes involved in the development of those structures. Prior coursework in linguistics is expected. Pre-requisites: SPAN 3015 Phonetics and SPAN 3200 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 4210 | History of the Spanish Language II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | 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.
Prerequisites: SPAN 3000 or SPAN 3200 Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |
| SPAN 4220 | Linguistic Theories of Writing: The Advanced Language Learner (3) |
| Following systemic functional linguistics, this course examines the advanced capacities of first, second, and heritage language learners. Its main goal is to describe how these capacities are realized linguistically in written (academic) language 'among other means' through lexical density, grammatical metaphor, clause-combining strategies, and impersonality. Prior coursework in linguistics is expected. Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 or equivalent | |
| SPAN 4310 | Latin American Women Writers from 1900 to the Present (3) |
| Study of major Latin American women writers from 1900 to the present, including poets, essayists, playwrights, and fiction writers. Discussion will focus on the literary representation of issues related to gender and culture. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. | |
| SPAN 4319 | Borges (3) |
| This course offers an overview of Borges' short stories and some essays and poems. The aim is to present Borges as dominating the great shift in literary sensibility in Spanish America in the 1940s, his influence on the 'Boom' and the relevance of his work to the notions of Modernism and Post-modernism in the Anglo-Saxon sense. The course will attempt to cover not only the thematics of Borges' main works but also his innovations in technique.
Study of major literary works from the 20th and 21st centuries by Mexican authors, including poetry, fiction, essay and/or theatre. Discussion will focus on literary representation, historical and gender issues relevant to this period in Mexican society.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4320 | Contemporary Latin-American Short Fiction (3) |
| Contemporary Latin-American Short Fiction Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 4401 | Spanish Literature of the Golden Age (3) |
| Surveys the literature of early modern Spain (ca 1500 -- ca 1700), covering poetry, narrative, and drama, attending to both major canonical figures and marginalized authors, including those racialized as people of color and gendered as non-male. | |
| SPAN 4402 | Don Quixote (3) |
| Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 4412 | Modern Spanish Literature and Culture (3) |
| This course for advanced undergraduates offers a critical examination of trends in the cultural production of Spain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Students will engage in discussions on topics such as nation, class, race, and gender. Course materials may include Spanish narrative fiction, poetry, drama, ephemera, print media as well as sonic and visual culture. | |
| SPAN 4413 | Contemporary Spanish Literature and Culture (3) |
| This course for advanced undergraduates offers a critical examination of trends in the cultural production of Spain during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Course materials may include Spanish narrative fiction, comics, poetry, drama, film and television. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4420 | Contemporary Spanish Poetry (3) |
| The purpose of this course is to help the student read and understand poetry in Spanish. By approaching the works of relevant Spanish and Latin American poets from different perspectives, the student will become more familiar with poetry in Spanish. Part of the course is dedicated to introducing the student into the creative mood of literature by doing some poetry translating. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| SPAN 4500 | Special Topics Seminar: Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 |
| SPAN 4510 | Special Topics Seminar: Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 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. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 4520 | Special Topics Seminar: Culture and Civilization (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| SPAN 4530 | Special Topics Seminar: Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and 3300, or departmental placement; instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 4559 | New Course in Spanish (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | 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 4560 | Special Topics Seminar: Literature and Culture Catholic Univ Valencia (3) |
| A full immersion course at the Catholic University, Valencia for students enrolled in the University of Virginia in Valencia program. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement | |
| SPAN 4600 | Literature and Cinema (3) |
| Explores the relationship between literature and film. Students will explore Spanish novels, short stories, and plays and their cinematic adaptations as well as be introduced to film, language and theory. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, January 2012, Fall 2011, January 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 4615 | Spanish Cinema (3) |
| 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. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| SPAN 4620 | Hispanic Women Writers (3) |
| Examines writings by women authors of Spain and Latin America, using the texts as a basis for studying the evolving roles and paradigms of women in these societies. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement | |
| SPAN 4621 | Latin American Women Poets (3) |
| In this course we will read extensively from the poetry of the three most famous women poets of Latin America in the twentieth century: Uruguay's Delmira Agustini, Argentina's Alfonsina Storni, and Chile's Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement | |
| SPAN 4662 | Afro-Latinidad across the Americas (3) |
| This course is a survey of the history and literature of the African diaspora in Latin America from the Caribbean, Mexico, and the Rio de la Plata to the 'Latin American' cities of New York and Miami. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| SPAN 4665 | Encoding Maya Stories (3) |
| Offered 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 (3) |
| Offered Spring 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. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 4701 | The Inquisition in Spain and Latin America (3) |
| Introduces students to the workings of the Spanish Inquisition, emphasizing the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Students explore period documents to understand how the Inquisition constructed various kinds of marginalized identities, and how we can use those same documents to learn about the lives, attitudes, and beliefs of ordinary Spaniards who did not conform to accepted ideas about religion and identity. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 4704 | Islamic Iberia (3) |
| An introduction to Islam and the cultural history of al- Andalus (Islamic Iberia) from 711 until the expulsion of the Morsicos from early modern Spain in 1609. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. Course was offered Spring 2021, January 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4705 | Spanish Mass Media (3) |
| Introduction to Spanish mass means of communication. Study of the mechanisms used, and media's sociological importance. Special emphasis on radio and television. Course was offered January 2021 | |
| SPAN 4706 | Spanish 20th Century History (3) |
| The crisis of the restoration of the Spanish monarchy, Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, the Second Republic, the Civil War, the Franco Era, the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4707 | Introduction to Spanish Art (3) |
| Spanish art is among the richest and most important examples of world art. Its heritage is comprised of works dating from prehistoric times with the caves at Altamira up to the 21 st Century (Calatrava, Mariscal), including the rich architectural legacy of the Romans, the gothic castles and churches of the Middle Ages, Golden Age painting (Velázquez, El Greco, Murillo, Ribera), and the great names of the 20 th Century (Gaudí, Picasso, Dalí, Miró) Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4708 | Picasso (3) |
| The Spanish tradition after Goya and the cultural atmosphere of the 19th century. The formation of Picasso and the different periods of his work. Iconographic problems. The creation of "Guernica". Course was offered Summer 2014 | |
| SPAN 4709 | Modern Spanish Art (3) |
| This course studies the main art works produced in the 19th and 20th centuries: Goya, Picasso, Dalí, Miró, Tapies, Chillida, Villanueva, Gaudí and Calatrava will be contemplated from an eminently cultural view. In addition to analyzing the different productions from a technical viewpoint, they will serve as models to understand social and cultural trends of the period. | |
| SPAN 4710 | Latin American Culture and Civilization (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Latin American Culture and Civilization Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 4711 | 1492 and the Aftermath (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines Spanish attempts to understand and figure the Americas, as well as American indigenous reactions to them.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement |
| SPAN 4712 | Travelers in Latin America (3) |
| In this course we will study diaries and accounts of travelers in Latin America since the first European got in contact with the continent for the first time What did they see? What did they want to see? How did the describe it? How much influence their account had in the construction of continental imaginary. We will start with el Diario of Christopher Columbus, and finish with some diaries of today.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| SPAN 4713 | Economy of the European Union (3) |
| A broad approach to the Spanish Economy (starting with its modernization) and its integration in the EEC. Focus on the role of Europe in the world economy and politics, and the future of the Euro as a new reserve currency. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 4714 | Empire & Imperialism in Early Modern Spain (3) |
| This course will examine the history and ideology of empire in the Spanish-speaking world from 1492 through 1700. Emphasis will be placed on the reading of period texts in the original language. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement | |
| SPAN 4715 | Cuban Culture Through Cinema (3) |
| The aim of this course is to study Cuban films in the context of Cuba's history and culture. The course will include the viewing of films outside the classroom (roughly one a week), readings about the films, history, and culture. Please note that out-of-class preparation and the reading load will be significant. The format of the class will be lecture/discussion with a strong emphasis on class participation.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement. | |
| SPAN 4800 | Language House - Casa Bolívar (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Fully immersive living experience in Spanish, with daily active participation in weekly events. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| SPAN 4980 | Distinguished majors colloquium (3) |
| The Colloquium allows DMPs in Spanish to meet regularly with the DMP coordinator to discuss research strategies, documentation styles, and structure and style in extended expository writing as they are working independently on a thesis. It also provides a forum for presenting and discussing work-in-progress. Pre-requisite: Acceptance in DMP | |
| SPAN 4989 | Distinguished Major in Spanish Thesis (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Distinguished majors in Spanish will meet individually with their thesis advisors to discuss progress and revise drafts of their theses. At the end of the semester, they will present the results of their research in a public forum. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| SPAN 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 5202 | Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3) |
| Studies the theoretical aspects of conversational analysis, incorporating it into the analysis of natural talk. Emphasizes the organization of conversations, the role of sociocultural background knowledge and preferred rules of politeness, and cross-cultural and cross-gender differences. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| SPAN 5300 | Middle Ages and Early Renaissance (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish Middle Ages and early Renaissance. | |
| SPAN 5350 | Golden Age (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish Golden Age. |
| SPAN 5559 | New Course in Spanish (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Spanish. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| SPAN 5600 | Enlightenment to Romanticism (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. | |
| SPAN 5650 | Realism and Generation of 1898 (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the second half of the Spanish nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. | |
| SPAN 5700 | Spanish Civilization and Culture (3) |
| Studies the non-literary achievements of Spain from pre-Roman times to the present. Includes a survey of the socio-political history, the art, architecture, music, philosophy, and folklore of Spain, defining the essential characteristics of Spanish civilization. | |
| SPAN 5702 | Islam in Europe: Muslim Iberia (3) |
| An introduction to Islam and a cultural history of al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) from the year 711 until the expulsion of the Moriscos 'Muslims converted, often forcibly, to Christianity' from early modern Spain in 1609. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent level of proficiency in Spanish. | |
| SPAN 5750 | Contemporary Spanish Literature (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of the Spanish twentieth century. | |
| SPAN 5800 | Spanish America: Colonial Period to 1800 (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America up to 1800. |
| SPAN 5820 | Spanish America: From Romanticism to Modernism (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America in the nineteenth century. | |
| SPAN 5850 | Spanish America: Modern Period (3) |
| Studies the major texts, authors, and literary trends of Spanish America in the twentieth century. | |
| SPAN 5960 | Spanish Creative Writing Workshop (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is taught by two of the most distinguished and exciting writers in the Spanish-speaking world today, with extensive experience giving writing workshops. It is dedicated to creative writing (short stories), emphasizing creative, and suggesting ways to initiate the creative process. Students need to have a good command of the Spanish Language, at 4000 level or similar. Undergraduate as well as graduate students are welcome. |
| SPAN 7040 | Translation from Spanish to English (3) |
| Spanish 7040 offers an introduction to the craft of literary translation. | |
| SPAN 7100 | Literary Theory (3) |
| Studies the modern theories of literary criticism, including formalism, structuralism, semiotics, and the application of theory to major Spanish authors. | |
| SPAN 7200 | The Structure of Spanish (3) |
| The Structure of Spanish Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| SPAN 7210 | The Phonology of Spanish (3) |
| The Phonology of Spanish | |
| SPAN 7220 | History of the Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The development of the Spanish language from its origins. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 7260 | Golden Age Poetry (3) |
| Golden Age Poetry Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| SPAN 7270 | Golden Age Drama (3) |
| Golden Age Drama Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| SPAN 7290 | Golden Age Prose, Non-Picaresque (3) |
| Golden Age Prose, Non-Picaresque Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 7300 | The Picaresque Novel (3) |
| The course explores the origins and nature of picaresque narrative in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, beginning with works like La Lozana andaluza and Lazarillo de Tormes,following through with Guzmán de Alfarache, El Buscón, Estebanillo González, and the picaresque in Cervantes. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| SPAN 7559 | New Course in Spanish (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Spanish. | |
| SPAN 7650 | Realism and Naturalism: The Novel (3) |
| Realism and Naturalism: The Novel Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| SPAN 7700 | Generation of 1927 (3) |
| Generation of 1927 Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| SPAN 7710 | Literature and the Civil War (3) |
| Literature and the Civil War Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2012 | |
| SPAN 7720 | Contemporary Theater (3) |
| Contemporary Theater | |
| SPAN 7730 | Post-Civil War Fiction (3) |
| Post-Civil War Fiction Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2010 | |
| SPAN 7740 | All about Almodóvar (3) |
| It has been said that it is impossible to understand post-dictatorship Spain without taking Pedro Almodóvar into account. This seminar will test that hypothesis by studying the broad filmography of the country's most important living auteur. Readings in film theory will complement close analyses of Almodóvar's feature-length movies. | |
| SPAN 7750 | Film Theory (3) |
| Seminar students will develop and refine vocabularies and analytical skills essential to reaching and research in film studies. Course covers major currents in theory and international film movements since 1950, including realism, auteurism, counter and Third Cinema movements, psychoanalytical and feminist approaches, spectatorship and subjectivity. | |
| SPAN 7800 | Colonial Spanish American Literature (3) |
| Colonial Spanish American Literature Course was offered Spring 2015, Spring 2011 | |
| SPAN 7820 | Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature (3) |
| Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature | |
| SPAN 7830 | Spanish-American Poetry (3) |
| Spanish-American Poetry Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| SPAN 7840 | Spanish-American Fiction (3) |
| Spanish-American Fiction Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 7850 | Themes and Genres (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Themes and Genres Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Fall 2011 |
| SPAN 7860 | Regional Literature (3) |
| Regional Literature Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2014 | |
| SPAN 7881 | Travelers and Frontiers in the Americas (3) |
| In this course we will study the American frontiers since the discovery of the continent. By reading theory, chronicles and diaries from different periods, we will be able to establish how the frontier, and the idea of frontier, changed over time and along with it the concept of "self identity" as wll as the concept of "the Other" beyond the frontier line. Obviously, travelers were the protagonists of the crossing of new frontiers. | |
| SPAN 7890 | Essay: Twentieth-Century Spanish America (3) |
| Essay: Twentieth-Century Spanish America | |
| SPAN 8210 | Second Language Teaching Methods (3) |
| Covers modern teaching methodologies, trends in second language acquisition, and intercultural competence. Participants will shadow language instructors, observe, and engage in practical activities such as creating instructional materials, lesson planning, and assessment design. Also explores teaching methods for content courses, crafting Teaching Statements, and preparing students for various teaching contexts and their professional careers. | |
| SPAN 8505 | Seminars: Middle Ages and Early Renaissance (3) |
| Seminars: Middle Ages and Early Renaissance | |
| SPAN 8510 | Seminars: Golden Age (3) |
| Seminars: Golden Age | |
| SPAN 8515 | Seminars: Golden Age (3) |
| Seminars: Golden Age Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| SPAN 8520 | Seminars: Enlightenment to Romanticism (3) |
| Seminars: Enlightenment to Romanticism Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| SPAN 8530 | Seminars: Realism and the Generation of 1898 (3) |
| Seminars: Realism and the Generation of 1898 Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| SPAN 8540 | Seminars: Modern Spanish Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Seminars: Modern Spanish Literature Course was offered Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011 |
| SPAN 8550 | Seminars: Spanish America: Colonial Period to 1900 (3) |
| Seminars: Spanish America: Colonial Period to 1900 | |
| SPAN 8560 | Seminars: Spanish America: Modern Period (3) |
| Seminars: Spanish America: Modern Period Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 8900 | PhD Comprehensive Exams (12) |
| Graduate students develop the Comprehensive Exam Portfolio required for the PhD in Spanish and defend its contents in an oral exam. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 | |
| SPAN 8901 | PhD Dissertation Proposal (12) |
| Graduate students develop the Dissertation Proposal required for the PhD in Spanish and defend it before their dissertation committee. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 | |
| SPAN 8995 | Guided Research (1 - 3) |
| Readings and/or research in particular fields under the supervision of an instructor. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| SPAN 9995 | Guided Research (3) |
| Readings and/or research in particular fields under the supervision of an instructor. Course was offered Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| SPAN 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SPAN 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Spanish in Translation | |
| SPTR 3402 | Don Quixote in English (3) |
| In this class, we will read Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece Don Quixote de la Mancha in its entirety. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| SPTR 3559 | New Course: Spanish in Translation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Spanish in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2015 |
| SPTR 3716 | China in Western Eyes, 1200-1700 (3) |
| This course examines the birth of a western image of China in the writings of European travelers who visited the country during the medieval and early modern periods. It emphasizes the sixteenth century contributions of Portuguese and Spanish travel writers, as well as the seventeenth century work of Jesuit missionaries. All texts to be read in English translation. | |
| SPTR 3850 | Fiction of the Americas (3) |
| In this seminar, we will study the centuries long 'conversations' between North American and Spanish American writers. Principally through short stories and some novels, we will examine their mutual fascination. Our reading list will include works by Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Horacio Quiroga, John Reed, Mariano Azuela, William Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Margaret Atwood, Manuel Puig Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| SPTR 4559 | New Course in Spanish in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics with the subject of Spanish in Translation. | |
| SPTR 4704 | Islam in Medieval Europe: Islamic Iberia (3) |
| An introduction to Islam and the cultural history of al- Andalus (Islamic Iberia) from 711 CE until the expulsion of the Morsicos from early modern Spain in 1609 | |