SPA 101. Elementary Spanish I. 3 Credit Hours.
For students with no background or previous study of Spanish. The focus of SPA 101 is the development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: university life, family, leisure activities, and professions. Includes both oral and written assignments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Not open to students who have completed 2 or more years of high school Spanish. Closed to heritage and native speakers of Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 102. Elementary Spanish II. 3 Credit Hours.
Continuation of SPA 101. The development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: childhood and adolescence, university life, home and community, food and lifestyle, and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structure and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 105. Accelerated Elementary Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
For students with previous study of Spanish needing to review material covered in SPA 101 and 102 in preparation for continued study of Spanish at the intermediate level. The focus of SPA 105 is the continued development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: university life, family, leisure activities, and professions, childhood and adolescence, home and community, food and life- style, and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 107. Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.
Designed for students with little or no prior instruction in Spanish who, because of family background or social experience, can understand some casual spoken Spanish and have a passive knowledge of the language, but do not speak the language themselves. Focus on developing basic speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 195. Transfer Credit. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for 100-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 201. Intermediate Spanish I. 3 Credit Hours.
For students with previous study of Elementary-level Spanish. The focus of SPA 201 is the continued development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing and comprehension of Spanish and as an introduction to the cultural practices, family values, and social and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 202. Intermediate Spanish II. 3 Credit Hours.
For students with previous study of Spanish at the intermediate level. SPA 202 focuses on the continued development of critical skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening in Spanish with special emphasis on the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: relationships, cultural values, different historical perspectives, and current politics explored through articles, films, and literary texts. The course will develop writing and reading strategies, providing students with the tools to think, read, and write critically and analytically in papers of 1-3 pages. Progress will also be assessed through quizzes and exams. Course conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 203. Advanced Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
Continuation of SPA 202. This course prepares students for advanced literature, linguistics, and culture courses. The class will use films, literary works, and other cultural texts. Students will write analytic essays of 3-5 pages to develop style, vocabulary, and syntax.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 207. Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.
Designed for students with some prior instruction in Spanish who, because of family background or social experience, can understand casual spoken Spanish and have some functional communication abilities in the language. Focus on developing basic speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 208. Advanced Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.
Designed for those students who, because of family background or social experience and prior instruction in Spanish, possess functional communication abilities in the language. Focus is on developing formal speaking, reading and writing abilities. Counts towards the major and minor in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 280. Special Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for 200 level study abroad course led by UM faculty.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Summer.
SPA 295. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for 200-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
SPA 301. Interpreting Literary and Cultural Texts in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
Sixth semester of college Spanish. Tools for the interpretation and analysis of literary and cultural materials from the Spanish-speaking world. Acquisition of terminology and theories through the study of the main literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) and a complementary genre of cultural analysis (e.g. film studies, cultural studies, etc.). Emphasis on critical writing skills. Closed to heritage/native speakers. Students may not receive credit for both SPA 301 and SPA 307(formerly 343). The course is taught in Spanish.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 302. The Culture of Spain. 3 Credit Hours.
Historical survey of the arts, science, letters, and political and social institutions in Spain.
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 303. The Cultures of Spanish America. 3 Credit Hours.
Historical survey of the arts, letters, science, and political and social institutions in Spanish-speaking Americas.
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 307. Interpreting Literary and Cultural Texts in Spanish for Heritage/Native Speakers. 3 Credit Hours.
Tools for the interpretation and analysis of literary and cultural materials from the Spanish-speaking world. Acquisition of terminology and theories through the study of the main literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) and a complementary genre of cultural analysis (e.g., film studies, cultural studies, etc.). Emphasis on critical writing skills. Special attention to characteristics of heritage/native speaker expression. Students may not receive credit for both 301 and 307 – or formerly 343.
Prerequisite: SPA 208.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 310. Topics in Spanish and Spanish American Studies in Translation. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics in the literatures and/or cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Readings and discussion in English. Development of critical reading and writing skills. Fulfills humanities literature requirement. Does not fulfill foreign language requirement. Maybe be repeated when the topic varies. Maybe used toward the Spanish major in accordance with Department of Modern Languages and Literature stipulations.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 or ENG 107.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 318. Cinema from the Spanish-Speaking World in Translation. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics in the cinema of the Spanish-speaking world. Analysis of films in their cultural context. This course is taught in English and does not fulfill the CAS foreign language requirement. Maybe be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: ENG 106 or ENG 107.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 321. Introduction to Literary Themes. 3 Credit Hours.
Hispanic literatures through thematic readings. Topics may include Modernismo and Cosmopolitismo, the "Boom" of Latin American narrative, Spanish vanguard poetry, and others. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 322. Cultural Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Issues related to the cultures in the Spanish-speaking world. Topics may include film, journalism, religion, language in society, popular and mass culture, visual arts, immigration, slavery, mestizaje. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 325. Topics in Spanish-Language Cinema. 3 Credit Hours.
Cinema of the Spanish-speaking world. Analysis of films in their cultural context. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 330. Topics in Gender and Sexuality. 3 Credit Hours.
The study of gender and sexuality as developed in the Hispanic context. May be repeated if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 340. Migration Studies. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics within the literary and/or cultural dimensions of migration in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 353. Colonial Spanish American Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics within Latin American literatures and cultures from the colonial centuries. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 354. 19th-Century Spanish American Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics within Latin American literature and cultures from independence to the end of the nineteenth century. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 355. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literatures and Cultures. 3 Credit Hours.
Latin American literature and cultures from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. May be used to fulfill the humanities literature requirement.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 360. The Caribbean through Literary Studies. 3 Credit Hours.
The study of the Spanish Caribbean through literary and cultural studies. May be repeated if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
SPA 362. Caribbean Cultural Studies. 3 Credit Hours.
Cultural Topics within the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 363. Medieval and Early Modern Peninsular Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics within Spanish peninsular literature and cultures from the earliest literary forms through the seventeenth century. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 364. 18th and 19th Century Peninsular Topics. 3 Credit Hours.
Topics within Spanish peninsular literatures and cultures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 365. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Spanish Literatures and Cultures. 3 Credit Hours.
Spanish peninsular literatures and cultures from the twentieth century to the present. May be used to fulfill the humanities literature requirement.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 394. Spanish Internship. 1-3 Credit Hours.
The internship is an opportunity to apply analytical, interpretative, and creative skills developed in coursework. Internships ordinarily take place outside the University and they involve UM-faculty supervision, as well as supervised on-site experience in a Spanish-speaking cultural, business, or not-for-profit organization. Students need to fill out the Internship Application Form. Normally 27 internship hours are required per credit earned. A maximum of three semester hours of internship credit may be counted toward the student's degree program. Permission of MLL faculty member is required (the host will apply documentary evidence of the hours worked).
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 395. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for 300-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
SPA 396. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
SPA 397. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
SPA 398. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
SPA 399. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
SPA 401. Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics. 3 Credit Hours.
Survey of principal areas of inquiry in Hispanic linguistics, including phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, historical, social and dialectal variations.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 402. Spanish Second Language Acquisition.. 3 Credit Hours.
The linguistic contrast between Spanish and English and the pedagogical and practical implications of understanding language, especially grammar, from a foreign/second language perspective.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 410. Digital Literacy Through Cultural and Literary Topics in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
Digital research methods and tools applied to literary and cultural studies in Spanish. The course looks at major texts in Spanish as data, and with many approaches available to collect, annotate, process, analyze and interpret them. Concepts covered include but are not limited to textual corpus, semantic tagging, text mining, and topic modeling.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 422. Topics in Hispanic Linguistics. 3 Credit Hours.
Special topics in the study of Hispanic linguistics. Possibilities include phonetics/phonology, pragmatics/discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, sociocultural theory, bilingualism.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 432. Business Ethics and Cultural Debates in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
Commercial vocabulary, economic, technical, and diplomatic terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of business correspondence directed to Spanish- speaking countries or firms.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 433. Medical, Cultural and Bioethical Debates in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.
Medical vocabulary, technical and practical terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of the documents, letters, medical history cases required in health care professions.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 434. Legal and Cultural Debates in the Spanish-Speaking World. 3 Credit Hours.
Legal vocabulary, technical and practical terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of documents, letters and case histories required in legal professions.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 440. Phonetics. 3 Credit Hours.
Spanish pronunciation based on phonetics. Exercises in diction and phonetic transcription. Attention to individual difficulties. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 442. Stylistics and Composition. 3 Credit Hours.
Analysis of grammar and style. Discussion of readings. Intensive writing.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 444. Introduction to Translation. 3 Credit Hours.
Problems in translation: Spanish to English; English to Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 446. Cultural Debates: Public Speaking on Societal Issues. 3 Credit Hours.
Intensive training in public speaking in Spanish for academic or professional settings. In-class debates and presentations based on readings about controversies or critical issues within the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
SPA 495. Transfer Credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Awarded for 400-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
SPA 501. Capstone. 3 Credit Hours.
Course with a broad-based topic designed to integrate all the high-level linguistic, critical and analytical skills with the body of knowledge acquired during the course of study towards the major. Topics vary. Open only to undergraduates completing their Spanish major. To be taken in the last semester of the major.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 591. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 592. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 593. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
SPA 594. Senior Honors Thesis I. 3 Credit Hours.
Directed research for honors thesis.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
SPA 595. Senior Honors Thesis II. 3 Credit Hours.
Directed writing of honors thesis.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
