Course	SPAN 106 Basic Intensive Spanish
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
CRN	90220
Schedule	Tu Wed Th Fr 9:20 - 10:20 am OLINLC 115 Tu Wed Th Fr 10:50 - 11:50 am OLINLC 115
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

8 credits. This course is designed to enable students with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish to complete three semesters of college Spanish in five months (eight credits at Bard and four credits in Mexico in January). Students will attend eight hours of class per week plus two hours with the Spanish tutor. Oral communication, reading and writing skills will be developed through a variety of approaches. Prospective students must interview with the instructor prior to registration.

Course	SPAN 110 Accelerated Spanish
Professor	Jose Luis Fernandez Castillo
CRN	90221
Schedule	Mon Tu Wed Th 9:20 - 10:20 am OLINLC 120
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

A course designed for the student who has had some prior exposure to Spanish or who has excellent command of another Romance language. All the major topics in grammar will be covered, and the course will provide intensive practice in the four skills (speaking, comprehension, reading and writing). We will be using a new textbook specially designed to provide a streamlined review of basic topics in grammar and provide more detail and exercises for advanced topics. The textbook will be supplemented with authentic video material from Spain and 'Latin America. One additional hour per week of practice with the Spanish tutor and a substantial amount of work in the language resource center will also be required. The course will prepare the student for summer language programs abroad or Spanish 201 the following semester.

Course	SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	90194
Schedule	Mon Tu Wed Th 9:20 - 10:20 am OLINLC 208
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

For students who have completed Spanish 101-102. This course is designed to perfect the student's command of all four language skills (speaking, aural comprehension, reading, and writing). This will be achieved through an intensive grammar review, conversational practice, reading of modern Spanish texts, writing simple compositions, and language lab work.

Course	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	90222
Schedule	Mon Tu WedTh 10:30 - 11:30 am LC206
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

Cross-listed: LAIS

This course continues refining and perfecting the student's mastery of speaking, reading, comprehending and writing Spanish. Advanced study of grammar is supplemented by a video series and authentic readings on a wide variety of topics related to Spanish and Latin American history, literature, music, and art. Current topics in culture such as the Latin American military dictatorships or the issues surrounding the Hispanic presence in the United States will be discussed. In addition to shorter readings, such as excerpts from Don Quixote and indigenous Mexican poetry, students will read one or more full-length modern novels. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or consent of instructor.

Course	SPAN 211 Spanish for Bilinguals
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	90223
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm OLINLC 208
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

This course is for students who have been exposed to Spanish at home and wish to achieve confidence in speaking, writing, and reading the language. Grammar study capitalizes on prior contact with the language and allows more rapid progress than in a standard setting. We will emphasize written composition, accelerated grammar review, and the discussion of issues pertinent to Hispanic cultures. The course incorporates a video series that provides the opportunity for engagement with a wide variety of topics related to Spanish and Latin American history, literature, music, and art. .

Course	SPAN 301 Introduction to Spanish Literature
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	90195
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:30 - 11:50 am OLINLC 120
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

(LAIS core course) This course provides an introduction to Spanish literature through a variety of genres including poetry, short stories, novels, dramas, and essays. We will begin in the 11^th century when the first literary texts in Spanish were written, and continue through to the twentieth century. Special attention will focus on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, an especially rich period of literary production in Spain. Discussions will take into account the historical and cultural contexts in which these texts were produced in order to provide students with a greater understanding of Spanish culture. We will also explore other artistic contributions to this culture from the fields of music, painting, and sculpture. Students will read texts in the original with special attention given to close readings. Conducted in Spanish.

Course	SPAN 351 Through Spanish Eyes: Recent and Past Cinema from Spain
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	90196
Schedule	Th 1:30 – 3:50 pm OLINLC 206
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

A number of works testify to the ways in which Spanish cinema has long stood on the vanguard of the “seventh art,” including Luis Buñuel’s surrealist experiments, Pedro Almodóvar’s provocative melodramas, and the recent explosion of short films (“cortos”) by both professional and amateur directors. This course will examine a selection of films from 1929—the year in which Buñuel made Un chien andalou— to the present. Special attention will be given to the historical and cultural frameworks of these films, particularly to the period of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s subsequent dictatorship. These events had a dramatic impact on films produced both in and outside of Spain and resulted in censorship, propaganda (the NO-DO newsreels), and camp films known as españoladas. Despite these obstacles, however, Spanish film directors have consistently managed to create brilliant cinematic works. How have they achieved this success in the face of censorship, scant resources, and outside competition from Hollywood? Why do films such as Star Wars III and Torrente, el BrazoTonto de la Ley register higher ticket sales than works by Luis Berlanga, Víctor Érice, or Carlos Saura? Assignments will include weekly essays as well as a final project. Attendance at weekly screenings (times to be arranged) is also mandatory. Conducted in Spanish.

Course	SPAN 352 Mapping the City in Latin American Literature
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	90224
Schedule	Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm OLINLC 206
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, Culture

Latin American cities have often been the site where received codes from abroad are both imitated and rearticulated based on local particularities. In this course we will read several twentieth-century texts that address the many tensions that arise in the process of modernization in the region. We will pay close attention to considerations of centers and margins, inclusions and exclusions, feelings of alienation and, ultimately, a search for community. We will explore how the danger of state violence enters domestic spaces, the role of mass media in shaping local culture, and the effects of globalization on identity formation. Among the authors we will read are Carlos Fuentes from Mexico, Roberto Arlt from Argentina, Fernando Vallejo from Colombia, Mario Vargas Llosa from Perú, and Diamela Eltit from Chile. Conducted in Spanish.