Course Schedule
SPAN 501 – Introduction to Hispanic Studies
Broad view of fields of research, faculty and courses to familiarize students with some practical aspects of graduate studies, issues that pertain to specific fields of research and questions currently being debated across the profession.
Broad view of fields of research, faculty and courses to familiarize students with some practical aspects of graduate studies, issues that pertain to specific fields of research and questions currently being debated across the profession.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Harden, Faith S
- Days: Tu
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 5 / 20
SPAN 571 – Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism
Topics include historical overview of major developments in literary theory and criticism with theoretical and critical analysis of Hispanic texts.
Topics include historical overview of major developments in literary theory and criticism with theoretical and critical analysis of Hispanic texts.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Geyer, Charlie
- Days: We
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 6 / 25
SPAN 581B – Heritage Language Pedagogy
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course serves as an introduction to the main theories and practices in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) education. The course will begin by defining the field and SHL learners and will address issues related to the goals of SHL instruction and methods available for its teaching, sociolinguistics processes common in SHL students' Spanish and the sociopolitical position of Spanish in the US. This course incorporates a practical component of classroom observation and lesson and activity planning to prepare future teachers for effective SHL teaching practices.
This course serves as an introduction to the main theories and practices in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) education. The course will begin by defining the field and SHL learners and will address issues related to the goals of SHL instruction and methods available for its teaching, sociolinguistics processes common in SHL students' Spanish and the sociopolitical position of Spanish in the US. This course incorporates a practical component of classroom observation and lesson and activity planning to prepare future teachers for effective SHL teaching practices.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Gorman, Lillian
- Days: Mo
- Time: 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 9 / 25
SPAN 582B – Spanish Syntax II
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course introduces students to innovations in syntactic theory that have been proposed within the last decade. Students will move beyond the introductory-text level and extend their knowledge of Principles & Parameters approaches to syntax through discussion of the goals of Minimalist Syntax and its hypotheses about design aspects of the human faculty of language. The course explores in detail how postulated minimalist primitives and operations interact to generate the (complex) structures that are characteristic of natural language sentences.
This course introduces students to innovations in syntactic theory that have been proposed within the last decade. Students will move beyond the introductory-text level and extend their knowledge of Principles & Parameters approaches to syntax through discussion of the goals of Minimalist Syntax and its hypotheses about design aspects of the human faculty of language. The course explores in detail how postulated minimalist primitives and operations interact to generate the (complex) structures that are characteristic of natural language sentences.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Leal, Tania Lorena
- Days: Mo
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 6 / 25
SPAN 583A – Spanish Phonetics
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course serves as an introduction to the instrumental and experimental study of the sounds of Spanish, and it focuses on articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual phonetics. At the end of this course, students will be able to read and understand the primary literature on Spanish experimental phonetics as well as to conduct basic, descriptive research in this field.
This course serves as an introduction to the instrumental and experimental study of the sounds of Spanish, and it focuses on articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual phonetics. At the end of this course, students will be able to read and understand the primary literature on Spanish experimental phonetics as well as to conduct basic, descriptive research in this field.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Simonet, Miquel
- Days: TuTh
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 5 / 25
SPAN 594 – Practicum
Graduate students will develop practical skills to design and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in an area of specialization.
Graduate students will develop practical skills to design and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in an area of specialization.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Simonet, Miquel
- Days: Fr
- Time: 03:00 PM - 04:50 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 9 / 30
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Leal, Tania Lorena
- Days: Fr
- Time: 03:00 PM - 04:50 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 9 / 30
SPAN 696B – Spanish American Literature
This course is designed to explore theoretical/critical readings in order to discuss key issues involving Spanish American literatures and cultures contemplated. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives as modes of understanding the creative texts. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
This course is designed to explore theoretical/critical readings in order to discuss key issues involving Spanish American literatures and cultures contemplated. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives as modes of understanding the creative texts. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Morales, Monica P
- Days: Mo
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 7 / 25
SPAN 696D – Hispanic Linguistics
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course is designed to explore theoretical and applied issues involving language and linguistics. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
This course is designed to explore theoretical and applied issues involving language and linguistics. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Carvalho, Ana Maria
- Days: We
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Jan 10 - May 1
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 5 / 25
PORT 563 – Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature
Cross Listed
Representative topics include: major works, authors and tendencies in the literature of the Portuguese speaking countries (Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Guin-Bissau, Porto Principe). Graduate-level requirements include additional research and reports.
Representative topics include: major works, authors and tendencies in the literature of the Portuguese speaking countries (Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Guin-Bissau, Porto Principe). Graduate-level requirements include additional research and reports.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Bezerra, Katia C
- Days: TuTh
- Time: 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 25
SPAN 510 – Development of Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and Golden Age Literature
Spanish medieval, renaissance, and golden age literature (short fiction, poetry, novel and drama) from the twelfth through the seventeenth century.
Spanish medieval, renaissance, and golden age literature (short fiction, poetry, novel and drama) from the twelfth through the seventeenth century.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Chuffe, Eliud
- Days: We
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
SPAN 541 – Topics in Spanish-American Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Cent. Literature
Representative topics include: nineteenth-century Hispanic-American prose fiction; modernismo; modern Hispanic-American prose fiction; modern Hispanic-American poetry; contemporary Hispanic-American prose fiction; contemporary Hispanic-American poetry; modern and contemporary Hispanic-American theater; trends in the Hispanic-American short story.
Representative topics include: nineteenth-century Hispanic-American prose fiction; modernismo; modern Hispanic-American prose fiction; modern Hispanic-American poetry; contemporary Hispanic-American prose fiction; contemporary Hispanic-American poetry; modern and contemporary Hispanic-American theater; trends in the Hispanic-American short story.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Murphy, Mary Kaitlin M.
- Days: Tu
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
SPAN 580A – Spanish Phonology I
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course is an overview of the phonological system of Spanish and some of the analyses proposed by generative phonology. It covers alternative accounts of the same phenomenon with the goal of introducing the student to phonological analysis and to advances made by various theories in trying to account for the facts in various dialects of Spanish. Given the need for a strong foundation and mastery of concepts and tools of phonological theory, a significant part of the course will be devoted to introducing students to them. The second part of the course focuses on the application of those tools and concepts to the phonological system of Spanish on the basis of extant analyses. A sound knowledge of the descriptive facts about the phonology of Spanish is assumed.
This course is an overview of the phonological system of Spanish and some of the analyses proposed by generative phonology. It covers alternative accounts of the same phenomenon with the goal of introducing the student to phonological analysis and to advances made by various theories in trying to account for the facts in various dialects of Spanish. Given the need for a strong foundation and mastery of concepts and tools of phonological theory, a significant part of the course will be devoted to introducing students to them. The second part of the course focuses on the application of those tools and concepts to the phonological system of Spanish on the basis of extant analyses. A sound knowledge of the descriptive facts about the phonology of Spanish is assumed.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Colina, Sonia
- Days: We
- Time: 03:30 PM - 06:00 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
SPAN 581A – Foreign Language Teaching Theory and Methodology
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
The goal of this course is to systematically examine methods, approaches, techniques and activities for the teaching of foreign languages and its use in the classroom. It will include an overview of learner strategies and cooperative learning, the use and adaptation of textbooks, and some of the journals available in the field. Participants will be introduced to second language acquisition theories, course design, lesson planning and testing, and have experience creating a cohesive instructional unit.
The goal of this course is to systematically examine methods, approaches, techniques and activities for the teaching of foreign languages and its use in the classroom. It will include an overview of learner strategies and cooperative learning, the use and adaptation of textbooks, and some of the journals available in the field. Participants will be introduced to second language acquisition theories, course design, lesson planning and testing, and have experience creating a cohesive instructional unit.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Leal, Tania Lorena
- Days: Mo
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 20
SPAN 584B – Spanish Sociolinguistics II : Language Variation
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course is an introduction to the study of Hispanic sociolinguistics from a variationist perspective. Main theoretical and methodological issues will be discussed based on examples drawn from studies of variation in Spanish. Our main focus will be on the role of Spanish in its social context as the basis for understanding issues central to observation, description, and explanation of linguistic variation and change across time. This approach allows for a close examination of the straight correlations between linguistic variation (phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical) and external constraints (pragmatic, social, and stylistic). Readings, exercises, and discussions will center on methods of data collection (e.g. sociolinguistic interview), variable rule analysis, and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data.
This course is an introduction to the study of Hispanic sociolinguistics from a variationist perspective. Main theoretical and methodological issues will be discussed based on examples drawn from studies of variation in Spanish. Our main focus will be on the role of Spanish in its social context as the basis for understanding issues central to observation, description, and explanation of linguistic variation and change across time. This approach allows for a close examination of the straight correlations between linguistic variation (phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical) and external constraints (pragmatic, social, and stylistic). Readings, exercises, and discussions will center on methods of data collection (e.g. sociolinguistic interview), variable rule analysis, and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Carvalho, Ana Maria
- Days: Th
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
SPAN 586 – World Languages for Professional Purposes
World Languages for Professional Purposes is a course designed to help language instructors understand and meet the demands of 21st century professionals. This course introduces students to Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), a growing branch of applied linguistics. LSP is the primary approach used by language/cultural experts who educate individuals in community and professional venues. Students enrolled in this course will learn how to perform a need analysis of linguistic and cultural skills required in specific professional fields (e.g. health care, social work, and education) as well as create course curricula based on needs analysis.
The course is languages agnostic and open to graduate students from various areas of specialization. However, this course was specifically designed to meet the needs of students enrolled in the Masters in the Teaching of Spanish Education program.
World Languages for Professional Purposes is a course designed to help language instructors understand and meet the demands of 21st century professionals. This course introduces students to Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), a growing branch of applied linguistics. LSP is the primary approach used by language/cultural experts who educate individuals in community and professional venues. Students enrolled in this course will learn how to perform a need analysis of linguistic and cultural skills required in specific professional fields (e.g. health care, social work, and education) as well as create course curricula based on needs analysis.
The course is languages agnostic and open to graduate students from various areas of specialization. However, this course was specifically designed to meet the needs of students enrolled in the Masters in the Teaching of Spanish Education program.
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- Section: 101
- Instructor: King Ramirez, Carmen
- Days:
- Time:
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
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- Section: 201
- Instructor: unassigned
- Days:
- Time:
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 10
SPAN 594 – Practicum
The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation. This might include participation in collaborative research projects and development of practical skills to design and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in an area of specialization.
The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation. This might include participation in collaborative research projects and development of practical skills to design and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in an area of specialization.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Simonet, Miquel
- Days:
- Time:
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 10
SPAN 696B – Spanish American Literature
This course is designed to explore theoretical/critical readings in order to discuss key issues involving Spanish American literatures and cultures contemplated. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives as modes of understanding the creative texts. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
This course is designed to explore theoretical/critical readings in order to discuss key issues involving Spanish American literatures and cultures contemplated. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives as modes of understanding the creative texts. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Arias, Santa
- Days: Th
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8
SPAN 696D – Hispanic Linguistics
GIDP: Second Lang. Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
This course is designed to explore theoretical and applied issues involving language and linguistics. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
This course is designed to explore theoretical and applied issues involving language and linguistics. Throughout the course we will examine an array of perspectives. In the light of the readings students will develop original research projects.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Fernández, Julieta
- Days: Tu
- Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 8