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Spanish Courses
 
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326F/G328F/G330F/G331F/G333F/G334F/G336F/G
337E338F/G343F/G344F/G346F/G347E348F/G
350a/b-353a/b360a/b-363a/b370F/G-373F/G380F/G-383F/G390F/G-393F/G402F/G403F/G
404F/G405F/G406F/G407F/G408a/b410E411F/G
412F/G

Note: Students unsure of their language level should contact the Department of Modern Languages about a placement test. In addition, all students, including first-year students, may obtain special permission to register in a higher course if they have sufficient background in the language.

Spanish 030, Spanish for Beginners
Description: Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish with emphasis on oral skills. Intended for students with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish. Prepares students directly for Spanish 200 or 200w/x.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 002, 002w/x and Spanish 030w/x.
Those students with Grade 12U Spanish (or equivalent) must consult the Department before registering for this course.
4 hours, 1 laboratory hour, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 030w/x, Spanish for Beginners (Accelerated)
Description: Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on oral skills. Intended for students with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish. Prepares students directly for Spanish 200 or 200w/x. This accelerated course requires a very high level of commitment.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 002, 002w/x and Spanish 030.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department.
8 hours, one semester, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 101, The Hispanic Experience
Description: An interdisciplinary survey of Spanish and Latin-American societies, oriented toward trans-Atlantic contacts and conflicts. Topics covered include history, religion, politics, philosophy, literature, visual arts, and popular culture. Taught in English.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 101
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 200, Intermediate Spanish
Description: A systematic review of grammar, largely oral, combined with an introduction to several literary genres drawn from both Spain and Latin America. Oral practice and review of language are supplemented by a required weekly language laboratory.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 222E, 223, 223w/x or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x, 022E, 023, or 023w/x.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 030, 030w/x or Grade 12U Spanish or the former OAC Spanish or the former Spanish 002 or 002w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
4 hours, 1 laboratory hour, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 200w/x, Intermediate Spanish (Accelerated)
Description: A systematic review of grammar, largely oral, combined with an introduction to several literary genres drawn from both Spain and Latin America. Oral practice and review of language are supplemented by two required weekly language laboratory hours. This accelerated course requires a very high level of commitment.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 222E, 223, 223w/x or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x, 022E, 023, or 023w/x.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 030, 030w/x or Grade 12U Spanish or the former OAC Spanish, or the former Spanish 002 or 002w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
8 hours, 2 laboratory hours; one semester. 1.0 course.
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Spanish 202F/G, Introduction to Spanish Literature
Description: A study of major Spanish texts with training in the skills of literary analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x or 222E, or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x or 022E with a minimum standing of 60% or concurrent registration in Spanish 300.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 203F/G, Introduction to Spanish-American Literature
Description: A study of major Spanish-American texts with training in the skills of literary analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x or 222E, or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x or 022E with a minimum standing of 60% or concurrent registration in Spanish 300.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 204F/G, Research Methods
Description: Mandatory for students in Spanish Honors Specialization, Major, and Specialization modules. This course will consider how to do research and write academic papers in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 204F/G and German 204F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 205F/G, Introduction to Literary Theory
Description: Mandatory for students in Spanish Honors Specialization, Major, and Specialization modules. Students will study different methods of literary interpretation with emphasis on 20th century critical theory and engage in literary analysis.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 205F/G, German 205F/G and French 312F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 206a/b-209a/b, Special Topics in Spanish Literature
Description: Special credit for Spanish literature studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, or 222E or the Former Spanish 020, 020w/x, or 022E or permission of the Department.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 210a/b-213a/b, Special Topics in Spanish American Literature
Description: Special credit for Spanish literature studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, or 222E or the Former Spanish 020, 020w/x, or 022E or permission of the Department.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 214F/G, Comparative Grammar of English and Spanish
Description: This course examines the differences and similarities between the structure of the two languages from a descriptive point of view. Focus will be on areas of difficulty for the second language learners of English and/or Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, 222E or 223
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 218F/G, Spanish Civilization
Description: An introduction to the historical evolution of Spain accompanied by selected political, philosophical, artistic and other materials. Taught in English.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 210.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 219F/G, Spanish American Civilization
Description: An introduction to the historical evolution of Spanish America accompanied by selected political, philosophical, artistic and other materials.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 210.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x or the former Spanish 020 or 020w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 222E, Spanish for Native Speakers of Spanish
Description: For students of Hispanic background, this course covers vocabulary expansion and grammatical explanation.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, 223, 223w/x, or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x, 022E, 023, or 023w/x.
Prerequisite(s): Admission by interview only.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 223, Business Spanish
Description: An introduction to commercial, industrial, and technical Spanish. Translation of commercial readings and basic conversation using specialized vocabulary. May not be counted toward a degree in Spanish. Students wishing to major in Spanish must take Spanish 200, 200w/x, or 222E.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 023.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 030, 030w/x or Grade 12U Spanish or the former OAC Spanish or the former Spanish 002 or 002w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 223w/x, Business Spanish (Accelerated)
Description: An introduction to commercial, industrial, and technical Spanish. Translation of commercial readings and basic conversation using specialized vocabulary. May not be counted toward a degree in Spanish. Students wishing to major in Spanish must take Spanish 200, 200w/x, or 222E. This accelerated course requires a very high level of commitment.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, 222E, or the former Spanish 020, 020w/x, 022E, or 023.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 030, 030w/x or Grade 12U Spanish or the former OAC Spanish, or the former Spanish 002 or 002w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
6 hours, one semester, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 300, Advanced Spanish Language
Description: Further development of oral and written skills with systematic acquisition of vocabulary and selective grammar review. Based on a multimedia and communicative approach, this course aims to develop fluency. Discussions, readings, and writing will focus on the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 131, 201, 231
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x or the former Spanish 020 or 020w/x with a minimum standing of 60%, or permission of the Department.
4 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 302, Introduction to Translation; Theory and Practice
Description: The course emphasizes practical exercises in translation, mainly from English to Spanish, covering a wide variety of fields in the Arts and Sciences.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 303a, The Structure of Spanish
Description: This course aims at giving the student a thorough understanding of the Spanish language from a linguistic point of view. It will examine the different levels of structure, including the sound system, morphology, and syntax. It will also cover factors related to meaning and the lexicon.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 310a/b-313a/b, Special Topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
Description: These courses will not be taught at Main Campus and are intended for Spanish language and/or linguistics studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 314F/G, Hispanic Sociolinguistics
Description: This course examines the relations between language and the organization of society in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 200, 200w/x, 222E or 223
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Spanish 315F/G, The Acquisition of Spanish
Description: This course examines the acquistion of Spanish as a native language and as a second language. It will explore the mechanisms employed by the human mind during the process of language acquisition.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Spanish 316F/G, Theories of Language
Description: Based on Spanish examples, this course provides an overview of recent approaches to the understanding of language, language acquistion and language processing, including innatist and connectionist models.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 320F/G, The Beginnings of Spanish Literature
Description: An introductory survey of early Spanish literature from the Cantar de Mio Cid to La Celestina.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 327E and Spanish 328F/G
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 321F/G, Spanish Poetry of the Golden Age
Description: A study of Spanish poetry from the Renaissance to the Baroque period.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 327E and Spanish 328F/G
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 323F/G, Spanish Fiction of the Golden Age
Description: A study of major prose works of the period, including the "Celestina" and the picaresque novel.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 325.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 324F/G, The Quijote
Description: A study of Cervantes' masterpiece, the first modern novel of Western literature.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 325.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 326F/G, Spanish Drama of the Golden Age
Description: A study of Spanish drama from its origins to the Golden Age, including plays by Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina and Calderón.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 316.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 328F/G, Reading, Reality, and Complexity
Description: A study of different models of reading in Spanish and Spanish-American literature. Topics covered: the text as a simulation of reality; the social function of literature; reading as the source of cultural complexity, self-critique, learning processes, and knowledge transfer in societies. Texts consist of short prose works.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 330F/G, Topics in Latin American Film
Description: This course will focus on a particular director, genre, theme or decade within Latin American film.
Antirequisite(s): Film Studies 211F/G
2 lecture hours and 1 2-hour screening, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 331F/G, Topics in Spanish Film
Description: This course will focus on a particular director, genre, theme or decade within Spanish film.
Antirequisite(s): Film Studies 212F/G
2 lecture hours and 1 2-hour screening, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 333F/G, Spanish Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
Description: A study of selected works of fiction with emphasis on the realistic and naturalistic schools. Special attention will be paid to methods of literary criticism.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 235 and the former 233F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 334F/G, Spanish Fiction of the Twentieth Century
Description: A study of selected works of fiction with emphasis on the Generation of 1898 and the post-Civil War novel. Special attention will be paid to methods of literary criticism.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 235 and the former 234F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 336F/G, Modern Spanish Drama
Description: A study of Spanish drama from Romanticism to the present, including plays by Zorrilla, Lorca and Buero.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 316 and the former 236F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 337E, Spanish Poetry of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Description: A critical study of the works of selected poets from Romanticism to the present, including Espronceda, Bécquer, Darío, Machado, Jiménez, Lorca and others.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 227F/G, the former Spanish 237E, 260.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
2 or 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 338F/G, Modern Spanish Poetry
Description: An introduction to the study of selected poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from Espronceda to Lorca.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 237E, and the former Spanish 227F/G, 260.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 343F/G, Spanish American Fiction, 1900 - 1950
Description: The collective protagonist as an expression of Spanish American reality, including such authors as Azuela, Gallegos, Rivera, Güiraldes, Icaza and Alegria.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 345.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 344F/G, New Trends in Spanish American Fiction
Description: Mythmaking and formal experimentation in contemporary Spanish American fiction, including such authors as Carpentier, Rulfo, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez and Vargas Llosa.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 345.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 346F/G, Modern Spanish American Drama
Description: A study of nineteenth and twentieth century drama in Spanish America, including such authors as Buenaventura, Carballido, Dragún, Solórzano, Triana, Usigli and Wolff.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 246F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 347E, Latin American Poetry of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Description: A critical study of the works of selected poets from Romanticism to the present day. Special emphasis on "modernismo", Vallejo, Neruda.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 348F/G, and the former Spanish 247, 248, and 357F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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Spanish 348F/G, Modern Latin American Poetry
Description: An introduction to Latin American poetry of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Romanticism, through "modernismo" to Vallejo and Neruda.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 347E and the former Spanish 247, 248, and 357F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 350a/b-353a/b, Special topics in Spanish Literature
Description: Special credit for Spanish literature studies at authorized universities or institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201 or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 360a/b-363a/b, Special topics in Spanish-American Literature
Description: Special credit for Spanish-American literature studies at authorized universities or institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201 or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 370F/G-373F/G, Special topics in Spanish Literature
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201 or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 380F/G-383F/G, Special topics in Spanish-American Literature
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201 or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 390F/G-393F/G, Special topics in Spanish Language and Linguistics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201 or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 402F/G, Special Topics in Spanish Literature
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 403F/G, Special Topics in Spanish-American Literature
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 404F/G, Directed Studies in Spanish Literature
Description: The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 405F/G, Directed Studies in Spanish-American Literature
Description: The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 203F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 406F/G, Special Topics in Spanish Linguistics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 300 or the former Spanish 201.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 407F/G, Special Topics in Spanish Linguistics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303a or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 408a/b, History of the Spanish Language
Description: The linguistic evolution of the language from Latin to Old Spanish to the varieties of present-day Spanish. Topics covered include historical phonetics, morphology, syntax, and lexicon.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303a, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 410E, Honors Thesis
Description: The thesis will be written in the fourth year and will be directed by a member of the Modern Languages and Literatures faculty.
Prerequisite(s): 80% minimum average in the principal courses of the preceding year and permission of the Department.
1.0 course
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Spanish 411F/G, Spanish Syntax
Description: This is an in-depth examination of the structure of Spanish. This course will cover, among other things, the formation of noun phrases and verb phrases, as well as the formation of declaratives, questions and negation.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Spanish 412F/G, Spanish in Contact
Description: Throughout its history, Spanish has come into contact with many other languages: Arabic in the Iberian Peninsula, indigenous languages in the Americas, and more recently -- English. This course examines how such contact has influenced Spanish and the contact languages.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 303
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Academic Calendar 2007 (new)» UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION» Spanish