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French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts
SPAN: Spanish
Individuals with previous Spanish experience should complete a "Language Placement Exam" or an assessment interview to determine which course they should register for. Please speak with the Spanish Undergraduate Advisor or the Course Instructor. All 400-level Spanish courses titled "Topics in..." may be taken twice for credit, with different content, to a maximum of 6 credits.
- SPAN 101 (3) Beginners' Spanish I
- Fundamentals of the Spanish language; speaking and writing on everyday activities and future plans in the context of common tasks and situations, including interactive communication, grammatical explanations, and cultural awareness.
- SPAN 102 (3) Beginners' Spanish II
- Speaking and writing on past events, and expressing desires and wishes in the context of common situations, including interactive communication, grammatical explanations, and cultural awareness.
Prerequisite: SPAN 101.
- SPAN 201 (3) Intermediate Spanish I
- Reviews the fundamentals of the Spanish language, and introduces more complex structures; listening, speaking, writing, and reading on a range of situations related to everyday life and Hispanic culture.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 102, SPAN 11.
- SPAN 202 (3) Intermediate Spanish II
- Expands on the fundamentals of the Spanish language, and presents more complex structures in a variety of tenses and modes; interacting through discussions and gaining cultural awareness through literature and film.
Prerequisite: SPAN 201.
- SPAN 206 (3) Conversational Spanish I
- Emphasizes communication skills through discussion, debate, and presentations; developing oral fluency and listening comprehension, through discussion of written texts and films. May include experiential learning projects involving native speakers from the Hispanic community.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 12, SPAN 202.
- SPAN 207 (3) Conversational Spanish II
- Builds on communication skills through discussion, debate, and presentations; exploration of cultural topics through discussion of written texts and other media. May include experiential learning projects involving native speakers from the Hispanic community.
Prerequisite: SPAN 206.
- SPAN 221 (3) Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- Major texts, authors, periods, and genres of Hispanic literature; key concepts, terminology, and practices of literary analysis that serve as a foundation for higher-level Spanish literature courses.
Prerequisite: SPAN 202.
- SPAN 222 (3) Introduction to Hispanic Culture
- Media, figures, periods, and genres of Hispanic culture; key concepts, theories, and practices of cultural analysis that serve as a foundation for higher-level Spanish culture courses.
Prerequisite: SPAN 202.
- SPAN 280 (3) Revolution! (in English)
- Concepts, theories, and practice of protest, revolt, and revolution in the Hispanic world, highlighting the intersection of politics and culture through novels, poetry, letters, diaries, and/or historical accounts of specific revolutionary uprisings.
- SPAN 301 (3) Advanced Spanish I
- Advanced grammar structures in context, lexical repertoire, fluency and cultural awareness to broaden and develop language skills.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 202, SPAN 207.
- SPAN 302 (3) Advanced Spanish II
- Advanced grammar structures in context; students expand lexical repertoire, and gain fluency and flexibility as they deepen cultural awareness through reading, listening, discussion, and writing.
Prerequisite: SPAN 301.
- SPAN 303 (3) Conversational Spanish for Advanced Speakers
- Expands the comprehension and communicative skills of upper-level students and heritage speakers through topics drawn from Hispanic culture and current events.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 207, SPAN 302. Or placement test for heritage speakers.
- SPAN 308 (3) Spanish for Business
- Language of commerce, finance, marketing, and economics. Competence in business practices of the Hispanic world.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 207, SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 309 (3) Business Spanish of International Trade in the Hispanic World (in Spanish)
- Language of international commerce through real world business practices in the Hispanic world; key issues concerning business practices, engaging with real-world materials, and interacting with professionals specializing in trade with the Hispanic world.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 207, SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 312 (3/6) d Hopscotch: Topics in Hispanic Literature (in English)
- Spain and Latin America's contributions to global culture through popular Hispanic literature in translation.
- SPAN 321 (3) Tradition and Diversity in Spanish History and Culture
- Conservation and progress on the Iberian Peninsula, from the Middle Ages to the present. Includes the first modern European state and its diverse cultures.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 202, SPAN 207. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 322 (3) Dependency and Revolution in Latin American History and Culture
- Continuities and changes in the Americas from before Columbus to the present. Includes the first modern global empire and its ambivalent legacies.
Prerequisite: One of SPAN 202, SPAN 207. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 357 (3) The Golden Age of Peninsular Literature and Culture
- Tradition, faith, conflict, prosperity, and decadence in literature and everyday life from the Middle Ages to 1700.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 358 (3) Divergent Visions: Peninsular Literature and Culture since 1700
- Modern Spanish literature and culture, from Empire to the European Union. Includes Romanticism, Modernism, Republicanism, and Separatism.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 364 (3) Colonial Encounters in Spanish-American Literature and Culture
- Spanish colonialism in the Americas from the Conquest to the 1820's and the dawn of Independence. Includes coloniality, hybridity, subalternity, and autonomy.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 365 (3) Modern Magics: Spanish-American Literature and Culture since the 1820s
- Literary engagements with modernity in the Spanish Americas, from the 1820's to the present. Includes civilization, progress, politicization, and violence.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 401 (3) Translation
- Purpose, practice, and methodologies of translation from Spanish into English and back. Includes translation theory, translation from a variety of sources (i.e. literary, journalistic, legal, technical).
Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 402 (3) Advanced Spanish III
- Developing linguistic proficiency and effective and accurate communication in both spoken and written Spanish. Includes close reading of texts, advanced written composition, cross-cultural analysis, and conversational skills.
Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 403 (3) History of the Spanish Language
- Major features of the development of the Spanish language, from its origins to the present. Includes the history of Spanish phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and dialectology.
Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 404 (3-6) d From World to Screen: Topics in Hispanic Cinema
- Selected areas of study relating to Hispanic Cinema. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 405 (3-6) d Celebrating Diversity: Topics in Peninsular and Latin-American Culture
- Selected topics relating to the diversity of cultural production in Peninsular and Latin American Culture. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 406 (3) Breaking the Mold: Gender Representation(s) in Hispanic Literature and Culture
- Gender and sexuality in Spain and Latin America.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 410 (3-6) d Multicultural Beginnings: Topics in Medieval Literature and Culture
- Selected areas of study relating to literature and culture of the Iberian Peninsula to the 15th century. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 411 (3) Hispanic Linguistics
- Spanish as a linguistic system. Includes the structure of Spanish words and sentences, dialectal varieties in both Spain and Latin America, and linguistic theory.
Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 420 (3-6) d Ascent and Decline: Topics in Golden-Age Peninsular Literature and Culture
- Selected areas of study relating to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 430 (3-6) d Modernization and Autonomy: Topics in Peninsular Literature and Culture since the 18th Century
- Selected areas of study relating to the literature and culture of modern Spain. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 450 (3-6) d Discourse and Dialect: Topics in Spanish Language
- Selected areas of study relating to Spanish linguistics or its relation to other languages spoken in the Hispanic world. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
- SPAN 470 (3-6) d Imperial Eyes and Foundational Fictions: Topics in Spanish-American Colonial and Nineteenth-Century Culture
- Selected areas of study relating to colonial and/or nineteenth-century Spanish America. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 490 (3-6) d Peoples and Nations: Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Spanish-American Culture
- Selected areas of study relating to modern and/or contemporary Spanish America. Consult the Department for this year's offerings.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 495 (3-6) d Research Intensive Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Culture
- Theories and methodologies of the discipline. Consult the Department for this year's offering.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221. Or successful completion of a language placement exam or an assessment interview.
Corequisite: SPAN 302.
- SPAN 498 (3-6) c Directed Reading
- Focus on a topic agreed on by both Faculty Supervisor and student. Restricted to students with 4th year standing and permission from both the Department Head and Faculty Supervisor.
- SPAN 499 (3) Honours Essay
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- SPAN 501 (3/6) d Theoretical Approaches to Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 502 (3/6) d Studies in Hispanic Feminisms
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 504 (3/6) d Studies in Hispanic Cinema
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 505 (3/6) d Studies in Peninsular and Latin-American Culture
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 520 (3/6) d Golden-Age Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 527 (3/6) d Selected Topics in Medieval Spanish Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 530 (3/6) d Peninsular Literature of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 548 (3) Graduating Essay
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 549 (6) Master's Thesis
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 550 (3/6) d Studies in Peninsular and Latin-American Languages and Literatures
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 570 (3/6) d Spanish-American Colonial Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 580 (3/6) d Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 590 (3/6) d Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Literature
- This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
- SPAN 649 (0) Doctoral Dissertation
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