Academic Calendar - 2025
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
Spanish
Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Grade 12 U Spanish.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online (Main); Those students with Grade 12U Spanish (or equivalent) must consult the Department before registering for this course (King's).
Course Weight: 1.00
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Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Grade 12 U Spanish.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online (Main); Those students with Grade 12U Spanish (or equivalent) must consult the Department before registering for this course (King's).
Course Weight: 1.00
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Examine Mexico City through cultural expressions (language, literature, film, music, popular culture, performing and visual arts) that demonstrate its transformation from Aztec empire to megalopolis. Identify traces of the past in the languages and cultures of the city's contemporary landscape. Comparisons to other Latin American cities may be drawn.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2129A/B.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course develops and expands the international component for Western University students by exploring an iconic Caribbean city: La Habana. The main purpose of the course is to reflect on the construction of this city through the ages and the creation of its unique culture and identity.
Extra Information: 10 lecture hours before travelling; 1-week travel to La Habana during Reading Week. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is an introduction to the study of the relationship between language and culture with the goal of understanding social structure. In this course, we focus on three cultures: Hispanic, Canadian, and Asian. Topics include perception and identity development, (non)verbal communication, language use, power, and social networks.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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What does it mean to be bilingual? How does bilingualism affect our intercultural abilities? This course examines the use of two or more languages by an individual from linguistic, social, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Topics include cognitive advantages of being bilingual, and differences between bilingual and monolingual.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Combining grammar and communication this course prepares students to discuss, read and write about a variety of topics and to explore ideas about Hispanic culture in relation to their own. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 1030 with a minimum standing of 60%, or Grade 12U Spanish, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Introduction to reading, discussing, writing, and researching literature, film, popular culture, and the visual and performing arts in Spanish. Students develop foundations in Cultural Studies through a variety of sources across genres, historical boundaries, and geographical areas of the Hispanic world.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 2215F/G, the former Spanish 2216F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course revolves around 12 conversations dealing with current issues in Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America. Topics will range from social, political and economic issues to celebrity culture, food, sports, tourism.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 3327A/B.
Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Students who have taken Spanish 2200 (but not Spanish 3300) or are currently taking Spanish 2200 and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 2220A/B Spanish Conversation. Students who have taken Spanish 3300 (or are currently taking Spanish 3300) and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 3327 Advanced Spanish Conversation.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pronunciation is an important aspect of communication. Your speech will become clearer, more fluent, and easier to understand. You will improve your enunciation of individual sounds, intonation, stress patterns, pace, and pausing.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is an introduction to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships of people and language. Classes will be held in Spanish.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English with select coursework in Spanish.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2500F/G, German 2500F/G, Intercultural Communications 2500F/G, the former CLC 2500F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Looking at a body of audiovisual texts from the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania, this course aims to expose students to a wide range of questions and debates about culture, identity and representation, while also relating these matters to ideas about transnational media and global (art) cinemas.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 2700F/G; Comparative Literature and Culture 2107A/B or Spanish 2901A/B or Film Studies 2195A/B offered in Fall 2017.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture + Screenings. Taught in English.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Language and Culture.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings. Taught in English.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Understand how people adapt, communicate, and innovate amidst cultural shifts. Become familiar with tools available to unravel intricate narratives of resilience and transformation across diverse linguistic and cultural landscapes. Embrace adaptability through interactive class activities.
Antirequisite(s): Digital Humanities 2135F/G, Intercultural Communications 2100F/G.
Extra Information: 1 lecture hour, 2 laboratory hours (independent and collaborative work). Taught in English. Course assignments and tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students. Cross-listed with Digital Humanities 2135F/G and Intercultural Communications 2100F/G.
Course Weight: 0.50
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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. Includes an optional Community Service Learning component.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Spanish 3301E.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 4 hours (Main).
Course Weight: 1.00
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This course will introduce students to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships between form and meaning.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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We will explore some of the linguistic, cognitive, individual, and social factors that may promote or hinder second language speech perception and production and lead to a foreign accent. We also identify characteristics of accented speech by discussing some of the social, psychological, educational, and legal ramifications of sounding “foreign.”
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Is Spanish easier to learn than English? In this course you will compare the structures of both languages. Learn, for example, that Spanish has more verb forms, and English has a simpler word order. Gain a deeper understanding of grammar in two languages.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will examine the ways in which language is related to society in the Spanish speaking world, including regional dialect variation, social class variation, variation due to language contact and different registers. Examples will be taken from various media, including movies and recordings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using samples of recorded interviews, music and movie clips, students discuss Spanish sounds and sound patterns. Topics include the mental representation of speech units, sound change and variation as well as acquisition. Both Spanish of the Americas and Peninsular Spanish will be considered.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using real data, students examine the different stages children go through during first language acquisition and compare this process to second language acquisition. Topics include the age factor for language acquisition and the importance of interaction.
Antirequisite(s): Linguistics 2244A/B, the former Spanish 3315F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This advanced course revolves around 12 conversations dealing with current issues in Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America. Topics will range from social, political and economic issues to celebrity culture, food, sports, tourism.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 2220A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200, Spanish 2200W/X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Students who have taken Spanish 3300 (or are currently taking Spanish 3300) and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 3327 Advanced Spanish Conversation. Students who have taken Spanish 2200 (but not Spanish 3300) or are currently taking Spanish 2200 and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 2220A/B Spanish Conversation.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will learn discipline specific language from different fields of medicine in the Spanish-speaking world. Students will also carry out scenarios based on practical tutorials made in collaboration with medical professionals.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course explores the notion of women’s cinema in relation to the work of women directors, with an emphasis on contemporary voices. While offering a critical overview of feminist scholarship within film studies, a wide range of case studies are discussed in light of questions about gender and representation.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 3350 F/G; Special Topics in Spanish 3901F/G or Film Studies 3311F/G or the former Women’s Studies 3375F/G offered in Winter 2018.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture + Screenings. Taught in English.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Engage in the exploration of contemporary Hispanic America through authentic Spanish-language cultural texts. Topics covered include politics, education, diversity of people and geography, immigration, religion, indigenous traditions, economic issues, music, art, and family life.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or Spanish 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will enhance student's lexical and semantic knowledge of Spanish though direct experience in translation. Source texts in English and Spanish are chosen from science, literature, film, advertising, tourism, government, and legal documents.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 3421F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Writing is an important cultural communicative act and a process. Drawing from a variety of engaging cultural expressions from Latin America and Spain, this course offers a fresh approach to developing the necessary skills to be an effective writer of Spanish. Explore cultural difference, learn grammar in context, and write!
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Throughout its history, Spanish has come in contact with many other languages, for example Arabic in the Iberian Peninsula, Indigenous languages in the Americas, and more recently, English. This course examines how such encounters have influenced Spanish, as well as the contact languages.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 4412F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students curate a space for the conjuring of print and digital publications of poetry, prose, podcasts, short films, as well as a space for community engagement. We engage with artifacts from Latin America; make use of and critique key concepts; and participate in hands-on cultural production workshops.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 2150A/B.
Extra Information: 3 hours (2-hour lecture in English + 1-hour tutorial in English for students in Comparative Literature / 1-hour tutorial in Spanish for students in Spanish).
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course studies a topic from the Hispanic world, such as conquest and colonization, war and dictatorship, or gender and sexuality, as depicted in film. The films may come from Spain, Latin America, Hollywood, and/or Documentary, Ethnographic and Performance Cinema.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: May be taught in English. 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course examines Indigenous, European, and African myths, legends, and oral traditions and the impact they have had, and continue to have, on Hispanic culture.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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A Transatlantic approach to the study of the most important literary works on both sides of the Atlantic. Through selected examples the student will learn the cultural and literary connections between Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America since the 16th Century to the present.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course examines questions of representation of human rights issues and trauma in novels, films, and other cultural artefacts. The main objective is to study how artists and writers help us understand the complex processes of resistance, resilience, and healing in and out periods of conflict (Spain and Latin America).
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will engage gender issues in historical, literary and artistic materials either chronologically, geographically, or in the works of specific artists.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The Academic Internship is a 0.5 credit internship with minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses or community groups with interests related to Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department and Intercultural Communications 2200F/G. Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in Spanish, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): Students must have completed or are completing the required courses and at least 50% of the module.
Extra Information: Pass, or Fail. Students accepted for an internship will arrange individual programs with supervising faculty. The student is required to a) maintain a suitable level of performance in the position as verified by the employer through evaluations and b) submit a midterm as well as a final report, demonstrating how the experience gained through the internship relates to his/her coursework and program of study.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course explores key ideas within the environmental humanities and their articulations in creative texts produced across the Hispanic World. Tied to eco-criticism and matters concerning sustainability are considerations of class, gender, and ethnicity. These connections are examined in a wide range of case studies (literature, film, television, etc).
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The thesis will be written in the fourth year and will be directed by a member of the Modern Languages and Literatures faculty in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): 80% minimum average in the principal courses of the preceding year.
Course Weight: 1.00
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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.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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How are Spanish words made up? How do they combine to form new words, and how does each part of a word contribute to the overall meaning? This course will provide you with the tools needed to create new words and expand your vocabulary vastly.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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Spanish
Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Grade 12 U Spanish.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online (Main); Those students with Grade 12U Spanish (or equivalent) must consult the Department before registering for this course (King's).
Course Weight: 1.00
This course is also offered at:
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Using traditional and communicative practices (songs, videos, films, games) this course prepares students to interact in a daily life context and provides the foundation for continued studies in Spanish. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Grade 12 U Spanish.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online (Main); Those students with Grade 12U Spanish (or equivalent) must consult the Department before registering for this course (King's).
Course Weight: 1.00
This course is also offered at:
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Examine Mexico City through cultural expressions (language, literature, film, music, popular culture, performing and visual arts) that demonstrate its transformation from Aztec empire to megalopolis. Identify traces of the past in the languages and cultures of the city's contemporary landscape. Comparisons to other Latin American cities may be drawn.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 2129A/B.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course develops and expands the international component for Western University students by exploring an iconic Caribbean city: La Habana. The main purpose of the course is to reflect on the construction of this city through the ages and the creation of its unique culture and identity.
Extra Information: 10 lecture hours before travelling; 1-week travel to La Habana during Reading Week. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is an introduction to the study of the relationship between language and culture with the goal of understanding social structure. In this course, we focus on three cultures: Hispanic, Canadian, and Asian. Topics include perception and identity development, (non)verbal communication, language use, power, and social networks.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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What does it mean to be bilingual? How does bilingualism affect our intercultural abilities? This course examines the use of two or more languages by an individual from linguistic, social, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Topics include cognitive advantages of being bilingual, and differences between bilingual and monolingual.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Taught in English. Course work and/or tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Combining grammar and communication this course prepares students to discuss, read and write about a variety of topics and to explore ideas about Hispanic culture in relation to their own. Includes a Community Service Learning option.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 1030 with a minimum standing of 60%, or Grade 12U Spanish, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours plus 1 hour online.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Introduction to reading, discussing, writing, and researching literature, film, popular culture, and the visual and performing arts in Spanish. Students develop foundations in Cultural Studies through a variety of sources across genres, historical boundaries, and geographical areas of the Hispanic world.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 2215F/G, the former Spanish 2216F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course revolves around 12 conversations dealing with current issues in Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America. Topics will range from social, political and economic issues to celebrity culture, food, sports, tourism.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 3327A/B.
Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Students who have taken Spanish 2200 (but not Spanish 3300) or are currently taking Spanish 2200 and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 2220A/B Spanish Conversation. Students who have taken Spanish 3300 (or are currently taking Spanish 3300) and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 3327 Advanced Spanish Conversation.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pronunciation is an important aspect of communication. Your speech will become clearer, more fluent, and easier to understand. You will improve your enunciation of individual sounds, intonation, stress patterns, pace, and pausing.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is an introduction to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships of people and language. Classes will be held in Spanish.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Develop intercultural competence by examining individual experiences of learning and maintaining language and of integrating cultural heritage. Connect in-class learning about language acquisition, identity, memory and related issues with service-learning projects in London or the surrounding region. Taught in English with select coursework in Spanish.
Antirequisite(s): Italian 2500F/G, German 2500F/G, Intercultural Communications 2500F/G, the former CLC 2500F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Looking at a body of audiovisual texts from the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania, this course aims to expose students to a wide range of questions and debates about culture, identity and representation, while also relating these matters to ideas about transnational media and global (art) cinemas.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 2700F/G; Comparative Literature and Culture 2107A/B or Spanish 2901A/B or Film Studies 2195A/B offered in Fall 2017.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture + Screenings. Taught in English.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Language and Culture.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Please consult with the Department for current course offerings. Taught in English.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Understand how people adapt, communicate, and innovate amidst cultural shifts. Become familiar with tools available to unravel intricate narratives of resilience and transformation across diverse linguistic and cultural landscapes. Embrace adaptability through interactive class activities.
Antirequisite(s): Digital Humanities 2135F/G, Intercultural Communications 2100F/G.
Extra Information: 1 lecture hour, 2 laboratory hours (independent and collaborative work). Taught in English. Course assignments and tutorial section in Spanish for Spanish program and module students. Cross-listed with Digital Humanities 2135F/G and Intercultural Communications 2100F/G.
Course Weight: 0.50
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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. Includes an optional Community Service Learning component.
Antirequisite(s) at Main campus: Spanish 3301E.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 4 hours (Main).
Course Weight: 1.00
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This course will introduce students to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships between form and meaning.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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We will explore some of the linguistic, cognitive, individual, and social factors that may promote or hinder second language speech perception and production and lead to a foreign accent. We also identify characteristics of accented speech by discussing some of the social, psychological, educational, and legal ramifications of sounding “foreign.”
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Is Spanish easier to learn than English? In this course you will compare the structures of both languages. Learn, for example, that Spanish has more verb forms, and English has a simpler word order. Gain a deeper understanding of grammar in two languages.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will examine the ways in which language is related to society in the Spanish speaking world, including regional dialect variation, social class variation, variation due to language contact and different registers. Examples will be taken from various media, including movies and recordings.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using samples of recorded interviews, music and movie clips, students discuss Spanish sounds and sound patterns. Topics include the mental representation of speech units, sound change and variation as well as acquisition. Both Spanish of the Americas and Peninsular Spanish will be considered.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using real data, students examine the different stages children go through during first language acquisition and compare this process to second language acquisition. Topics include the age factor for language acquisition and the importance of interaction.
Antirequisite(s): Linguistics 2244A/B, the former Spanish 3315F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This advanced course revolves around 12 conversations dealing with current issues in Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America. Topics will range from social, political and economic issues to celebrity culture, food, sports, tourism.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 2220A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200, Spanish 2200W/X or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours. Students who have taken Spanish 3300 (or are currently taking Spanish 3300) and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 3327 Advanced Spanish Conversation. Students who have taken Spanish 2200 (but not Spanish 3300) or are currently taking Spanish 2200 and want to take Spanish Conversation must enroll in Spanish 2220A/B Spanish Conversation.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will learn discipline specific language from different fields of medicine in the Spanish-speaking world. Students will also carry out scenarios based on practical tutorials made in collaboration with medical professionals.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course explores the notion of women’s cinema in relation to the work of women directors, with an emphasis on contemporary voices. While offering a critical overview of feminist scholarship within film studies, a wide range of case studies are discussed in light of questions about gender and representation.
Antirequisite(s): CLC 3350 F/G; Special Topics in Spanish 3901F/G or Film Studies 3311F/G or the former Women’s Studies 3375F/G offered in Winter 2018.
Extra Information: 2-hour Lecture + Screenings. Taught in English.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Engage in the exploration of contemporary Hispanic America through authentic Spanish-language cultural texts. Topics covered include politics, education, diversity of people and geography, immigration, religion, indigenous traditions, economic issues, music, art, and family life.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or Spanish 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will enhance student's lexical and semantic knowledge of Spanish though direct experience in translation. Source texts in English and Spanish are chosen from science, literature, film, advertising, tourism, government, and legal documents.
Antirequisite(s): The former Spanish 3421F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Writing is an important cultural communicative act and a process. Drawing from a variety of engaging cultural expressions from Latin America and Spain, this course offers a fresh approach to developing the necessary skills to be an effective writer of Spanish. Explore cultural difference, learn grammar in context, and write!
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Throughout its history, Spanish has come in contact with many other languages, for example Arabic in the Iberian Peninsula, Indigenous languages in the Americas, and more recently, English. This course examines how such encounters have influenced Spanish, as well as the contact languages.
Antirequisite(s): Spanish 4412F/G.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2200.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students curate a space for the conjuring of print and digital publications of poetry, prose, podcasts, short films, as well as a space for community engagement. We engage with artifacts from Latin America; make use of and critique key concepts; and participate in hands-on cultural production workshops.
Antirequisite(s): Comparative Literature and Culture 2150A/B.
Extra Information: 3 hours (2-hour lecture in English + 1-hour tutorial in English for students in Comparative Literature / 1-hour tutorial in Spanish for students in Spanish).
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course studies a topic from the Hispanic world, such as conquest and colonization, war and dictatorship, or gender and sexuality, as depicted in film. The films may come from Spain, Latin America, Hollywood, and/or Documentary, Ethnographic and Performance Cinema.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: May be taught in English. 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course examines Indigenous, European, and African myths, legends, and oral traditions and the impact they have had, and continue to have, on Hispanic culture.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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A Transatlantic approach to the study of the most important literary works on both sides of the Atlantic. Through selected examples the student will learn the cultural and literary connections between Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America since the 16th Century to the present.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course examines questions of representation of human rights issues and trauma in novels, films, and other cultural artefacts. The main objective is to study how artists and writers help us understand the complex processes of resistance, resilience, and healing in and out periods of conflict (Spain and Latin America).
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Students will engage gender issues in historical, literary and artistic materials either chronologically, geographically, or in the works of specific artists.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The Academic Internship is a 0.5 credit internship with minimum of 60 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations, businesses or community groups with interests related to Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department and Intercultural Communications 2200F/G. Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in Spanish, with a minimum cumulative modular average of 75%. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): Students must have completed or are completing the required courses and at least 50% of the module.
Extra Information: Pass, or Fail. Students accepted for an internship will arrange individual programs with supervising faculty. The student is required to a) maintain a suitable level of performance in the position as verified by the employer through evaluations and b) submit a midterm as well as a final report, demonstrating how the experience gained through the internship relates to his/her coursework and program of study.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course explores key ideas within the environmental humanities and their articulations in creative texts produced across the Hispanic World. Tied to eco-criticism and matters concerning sustainability are considerations of class, gender, and ethnicity. These connections are examined in a wide range of case studies (literature, film, television, etc).
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special credit for Hispanic Studies at authorized universities and institutions in approved programs. Not taught on campus.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2200 or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G or Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The thesis will be written in the fourth year and will be directed by a member of the Modern Languages and Literatures faculty in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): 80% minimum average in the principal courses of the preceding year.
Course Weight: 1.00
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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.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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How are Spanish words made up? How do they combine to form new words, and how does each part of a word contribute to the overall meaning? This course will provide you with the tools needed to create new words and expand your vocabulary vastly.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3303A/B with a minimum standing of 60% or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Prerequisite(s): Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G or permission of the Department.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Special Topics for Hispanic Studies.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours
Course Weight: 0.50
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 3300 or Spanish 3301E; Spanish 2215F/G, Spanish 2216F/G.
Extra Information: 3 hours