CRN	14180	Distribution	D
Course No.	SPAN 110
Title	Accelerated Spanish
Professor	Daniel Noemi Voionmaa
Schedule	M T W Th 10:00 am - 11:00 am LC 120

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.

CRN	14082	Distribution	D
Course No.	SPAN 201
Title	Intermediate Spanish I
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
Schedule	M T W Th 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm LC 208

For students who have completed Spanish 106 or 110, or permission of the instructor. 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.

CRN	14081	Distribution	D
Course No.	SPAN 202
Title	Intermediate Spanish II
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
Schedule	M T W Th 8:50 am - 9:50 am LC 208

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. Pre-requisites: Spanish 201 or consent of instructor.

CRN	14086	Distribution	D
Course No.	SPAN 231
Title	Spanish through Film
Professor	Daniel Noemi Voionmaa
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm OLIN 101 Wed (screenings) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm OLIN 102

This course is intended for advanced-intermediate students. It refines and perfects students' mastery of speaking, writing, reading and listening skills in Spanish through film. We will stress the knowledge not only of the Spanish and Latin American “High Culture” but also of the daily life in Spanish speaking countries. These objectives will be achieved through the viewing of selected films from Spain, the Americas and the Caribbean, and their discussion and analysis (films by Almodóvar, Lombardi, de la Iglesia, González Iñárritu, Justiniano, Cuarón among others). Conducted in Spanish.

Pre-requisites: Spanish 202 or consent of instructor.

CRN	14085	Distribution	B/D
Course No.	SPAN 302
Title	Interpretation of Hispanic Texts
Professor	Daniel Noemi Voionmaa
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm LC 120

This course will provide an introduction to the literary analysis of texts-- novels, short stories, poetry, and essays from Latin America. This course should serve as a preparation for more advanced courses in Spanish literature. Attention will be paid to developing skills in reading and analytical writing. Students will improve their spoken Spanish through class discussions and oral presentations.

CRN	14084	Distribution	D
Course No.	SPAN 335
Title	Saints, Sinners, and Lunatics
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 208

What constitutes conformity and transgression in Early Modern Spain? Transvestites, nuns, visionaries, cross-dressers, clerics, wild men, neurotics, and poets are figures that receive a great deal of attention in a wide range of historical and literary discourses. This course considers the ways in which these figures were thought of as both ordinary and extraordinary during the period. (Consider a Spanish nun who escapes her convent, dresses up as a man, travels to Peru, is later received by Philip IV, receives a pension from the Pope and is made honorary citizen of Rome). Questions include who and what constitutes a freak or a monster; the values attached to these figures and the way in which these texts call into question our own assumptions regarding conformity and transgression. Readings will include texts produced both in Spain and the New World. We will examine works by Fernando de Rojas, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón, St. Teresa, Catalina de Erauso, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, among others. Conducted in Spanish.