Spanish (SPANISH)
SPANISH 1 Elementary Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Recitation and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Beginners' course. Not open to students who have completed two years or more of high school Spanish, or to native speakers.
SPANISH R1A Reading and Composition Through Readings from the Spanish-Speaking World 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The course will offer students an introduction to the literature and culture of Spanish-speaking worlds, will help them develop their skills as readers and critical thinkers and make significant progress in their ability to write coherent, intellectually forceful expository prose. We will focus on analytical writing by developing control of argument and style. Essays will be produced through a process of workshop and revision, with in-class writing, homework, and peer commentary. Our guide will be Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Students meet together and also individually with the professor.
Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
SPANISH R1B Reading and Composition Through Readings from the Spanish-Speaking World 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
The course will offer students an introduction to the literature and culture of Spanish-speaking worlds, will help them develop their skills as readers and critical thinkers and make significant progress in their ability to write coherent, intellectually forceful expository prose. We will focus on analytical writing by developing control of argument and style. Essays will be produced through a process of workshop and revision, with in-class writing, homework, and peer commentary. Our guide will be Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Students meet together and also individually with the professor.
Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
SPANISH 2 Elementary Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Recitation and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 or equivalent.
Continuation of 1. Not open to students who have completed three years or more of high school Spanish, or native speakers.
SPANISH 3 Intermediate Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2 or equivalent.
Continuation of 2. Course includes review and development of grammatical concepts taught in SPANISH 1-2, as well as further practice in composition.
SPANISH N3 Intermediate Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of recitation per week for 1 week in Berkeley and 12 hours of recitation and 2 hours of writing and peer editing per week for 4 weeks in Madrid.
Prerequisites: 2. 16 must be taken concurrently.
This five week course will have one week on the Berkeley campus and four weeks in Madrid, Spain, and is the first semester of the second year sequence. The students will have a complete grammar review of Spanish, focusing more on those grammatical aspects that present linguistic challenges. The course includes a writing component, using the stories in the reader as material compositions as well as visits to museums and the excursion to Toledo.
Any second year college level Spanish.
SPANISH 4 Intermediate Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Recitation per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent.
Continuation of 3. Development of grammatical concepts taught in SPANISH 1-3 and further practice in composition.
SPANISH N4 Intermediate Spanish 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3.
Puts emphasis on more formal aspects of writing in Spanish; also a grammar review of the structures helps students reach this goal. Includes cultural components: visits to historic sites outside of Madrid and within the capital. Students will give oral presentations in class on those visits and personal presentations of their activities in the city. Follows guidelines in the department for lower division programs while enhancing the experience of language learning where it is spoken.
Students who haven taken Spanish courses numbered 4 or higher will receive no credit for N4.
SPANISH 5 Intensive Elementary Spanish Language and Latin American Culture 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20-5 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 2 weeks.
Prerequisites: Spanish 1 or two years of high school Spanish.
A course designed to offer a total immersion experience in Mexico. Continuation of SPANISH 1 in the area of grammar. Special emphasis on increasing vocabulary and developing functional fluency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Focus on conversational practice of everyday situations, supplemented by language laboratory work. Further study and discussion of different aspects of Latin American culture.
Instructor: Parra
SPANISH 11 Elementary Spanish Course for Teachers 6 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 10 hours of Recitation and 2 hours of Tutorial per week for 8 weeks. 15 hours of Recitation and 2 hours of Tutorial per week for 6 weeks.
An elementary Spanish course designed especially for teachers who need to meet the Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development foreign language requirement. Classes will meet three hours a day for six weeks with an additional two hours per week of tutorial sessions.
SPANISH 12 Spanish for Advanced Beginners 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two to three years of high school Spanish, or AP score of one or two, or IB score of two to four, or one semester of community college Spanish.
Designed for advanced beginners; that is, students with previous exposure to Spanish. Builds on previous acquaintance with the language and will develop further four basic skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in order to function at a more sophisticated and complex level. Fully prepares for requirements of higher level Spanish courses. Students communicate and comprehend, acquire formal knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary, read both literary and non-literary prose, and continue to learn strategies to further develop these skills.
SPANISH N12 Intensive Beginning Spanish Language Workshop and Culture 5 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of Lecture and 10 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
An intensive beginning Spanish workshop and culture course covering fundamentals of Spanish, with a homestay in Comillas, Spain. Only Spanish is spoken in class. The entire book of Dos Mundos will be covered. The cultural component of the course is designed to give a broad overview of issues that concern today's Spaniard. Weekly topics will be addressed through classroom discussion of assigned readings in English, supplemented with videos, films, and songs in Spanish, and excursions.
SPANISH 16 Cultura Contemporania 1 Unit
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks, plus 7.5 hours of field trips.
Prerequisites: 2. N3 must be taken concurrently.
This course accompanies the SPANISH N3 course in the international programs in the summer program. The students spend one week in Berkeley and four weeks in Madrid. Students will have assignments to explore Madrid and make oral presentations of these experiences. There will also be at least two excursions: one to a more rural area and another to the city of Toledo. Each student will be required to write a summary of what was done on these excursions.
Instructor: Dimitriou
SPANISH 18 Spanish for Communication 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 8 hours of Discussion and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3.
An intensive course emphasizing spoken Spanish with a focus on improvement of vocabulary and correctness of oral communication. Hours in the language laboratory will be scheduled within the class period.
SPANISH 21 Spanish for Bilingual Students, First Course 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
An elementary course for students whose native language is Spanish.
Formerly known as 70.
SPANISH 22 Spanish for Bilingual Students, Second Course 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
An intermediate course for students whose native language is Spanish.
Formerly known as 71.
SPANISH 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 25 Reading and Analysis of Literary Texts 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4 or equivalent.
Introduction to literary concepts, terminology, and theory with application to poetic, dramatic, and prose texts. Required of majors and minors.
SPANISH 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hours of group study per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Group study of a topic not included in the regular department curriculum. Topics may be initiated by students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Spanish and Portuguese department's faculty.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
SPANISH 100 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Spanish 25; proficiency in Spanish.
Overview of contemporary Spanish linguistics. The course surveys areas such as the history of Spanish; the goals and methodology of the language sciences; the Spanish sound system; the form and function of words; syntactic structures; geographical, social, and contextual varieties (dialectal varieties, registers, bilingualism, etc); and a burning question in contemporary linguistics: Spanish in the U.S.
SPANISH 102A Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
SPANISH 102C Advanced Writing Workshop 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Spanish 102A
This course will be structured as an advanced writing workshop, with variable topics that develop a student’s skills in a particular genre. Possible topics include journalism, fiction, blogging/journal writing, sports writing, and writing in a business context. Components include: a) short writing exercises, done in and out of class; b) longer exercises done outside of class; c) revision; and d) reading and discussion of texts that serve as examples of different techniques and contribute to development of appropriate vocabulary.
SPANISH 104A Survey of Spanish American Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
Beginnings to 1880.
SPANISH 104B Survey of Spanish American Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
1880 to the present.
SPANISH 107A Survey of Spanish Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
Beginnings to 1700.
SPANISH 107B Survey of Spanish Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
1700 to the present.
SPANISH 109 Spanish Drama of the 16th and 17th Centuries 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
SPANISH 111A Cervantes 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
Analysis and discussion of selected works by Cervantes, including his dramatic output.
SPANISH 111B Cervantes 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
Analysis and discussion of selected works by Cervantes, including his dramatic output.
SPANISH 113 Topics in Latin American Culture 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent.
The purpose of this course is to explore the roots of Latin American cultures, the region's search for identity, and some of the main problems it faces today. We will study great social movements, like the Mexican and Cuban revolutions, and analyze their causes and consequences and, especially, their expression in art (e.g. the muralist movement in Mexico, the "corridos" and the narrative of the Mexican revolution, etc.).
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 115 Spanish Poetry 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25.
A study of four to seven representative Spanish lyric poets from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The course emphasizes language as a medium and aims to develop students' familiarity with poetic techniques and with the continuities in the Spanish poetic tradition. Optional translation project.
SPANISH 117 The Picaresque Novel 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25.
This course will examine the discourse of poverty in (primarily) Spanish narrative literature, both thematically and formally. Readings will include ancient Roman novels and medieval Arabic and Italian stories, the "core" readings of Renaissance Spanish texts, and modern expressions of the picaresque sensibility.
Instructor: Navarrete
SPANISH 121 Contemporary Spanish History and Culture 2 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Four semesters of Spanish.
Overview of events leading to 20th and 21st century political and social changes in Spanish society. Combines cultural activities inside and outside of the classroom (lectures, fieldtrips, visits to monuments and museums). Taught entirely in Spanish. Attendance and fieldtrips are mandatory. Upon completion students will have better understanding of contemporary Spain--how the past shaped the present and how the present deals with the past; cultural diversity and its contradictions; Spain and globalization.
SPANISH 122 Spanish Culture and Civilization 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of lecture per week for 4 weeks or 12 hours of lecture for 5 weeks and field trips to sites.
Prerequisites: Spanish 4 or consent of advisor.
An overview of the history and rich cultural heritage of Spain, emphasizing particular topics and visits to important historical sites.
Students will receive 1 unit for 122 after taking 112.
SPANISH 129 Madrid en el escenario 2 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of lecture and 4 hours of excursion per week for 4 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4.
This course will focus on seven plays which are representative works of the theater, starting with Cervantes, but concentrating on the 19th and 20th centuries. What these works have in common is their fascination with the city of Madrid. Since this class will be taught in Madrid, we will take advantage of seeing these plays in the context of the city, the streets, the neighborhoods, the cafes and see them in their true environment and come to understand them better. There will be field trips to the Corral de la Cruz, one of the oldest theaters in Madrid and to attend at least one theatrical performance. Students will have one paper to write for the course, but will be examined on the reading and asked to write brief commentaries on the works and the excursions.
SPANISH 135 Studies in Hispanic Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH N135 Studies in Hispanic Literature 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4 or equivalent, or prior consent of instructor.
"Havana in Transition". This summer course will explore the changing physical, cultural, and social formations of contemporary Havana. Our aim will be to understand the pivotal role played by urban culture in the formation of a Cuban national imagery. After an intensive introductory week at UC Berkeley, the course will consist of a four-week stay in Havana. Classes and lectures will be conducted at Havana's Casa de las Americas, one of the cities major cultural centers. The course will be organized around the following topics: \n 1. Havana's cultural history \n 2. Modernity and Transition in Havana's architecture \n 3. Havana in Film \n 4. Havana's Writers
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Garcia-Calderon
SPANISH 135W Studies in Hispanic Literature - Writing Intensive 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A. Limited to majors.
Special topics in Hispanic literature. Fulfills "writing intensive" course requirement for the major.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 102W.
SPANISH 161 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 25 and proficiency in Spanish.
The aim of this course is to offer an introduction to the theories and practices of articulatory phonetics and phonology of Spanish. In class we will develop exercises about phonetic and phonological definitions, recognition, production and transcription, which will help the student to acquire skills to analyze the phonological system of Spanish.
SPANISH 162 The Structure of Spanish 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100 (or equivalent with consent of instructor); proficiency in Spanish.
Analysis of major syntactic structures of Spanish. The course surveys the parts of speech, major processes of word formation, and sentence structure (simple sentences, coordination, juxtaposition, and subordination). There will be intensive practice in analytical problems.
SPANISH 163 Issues of Multilingualism 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100 and proficiency in Spanish.
Issues on the interaction of language, culture, and society in multilingual/multicultural settings. Critical examination of multilingualism in language conflict situations, educational policies and language planning, language socialization and ideologies, billingual communicative practices and code-switching. Topics illustrated by case studies from Spanish-speaking communities, including the U.S.
SPANISH 166 Language and Style 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25.
Analysis of the linguistic component of literary and nonliterary texts (such as fiction prose, journalism, scientific writing, or advertising) from a linguistic viewpoint. Analysis of texts in Spanish and English compares linguistic structures and highlights structural similarities and differences between these languages. Course applies to the comparative linguistics requirement of Option D.
SPANISH 167 Language and Society in Spanish-Speaking World 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 100 or equivalent.
This course will discuss general principles of sociolinguistics and language variation. It will analyze social issues related to the Spanish language in Spain, Spanish America, and the United States, as well as the role of Spanish as a world language. Specific topics will include an overview of the origins of Spanish, contact with other languages, regional and social variation, language policy, and Spanish in the media. Ultimately this course will provide a forum for reflection on the social implications of language. The readings will provide data and theory, and discussions will contribute to developing the habit of thinking critically about language.
Instructor: Azevedo
SPANISH 168 The Language of Narrative 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 25, 166 or consent of instructor.
This course adopts a linguistic perspective to analyze the structure of narrative as a cognition-based process in literary and nonliterary texts, written as well as oral. It focuses on questions of syntax, vocabulary, style, dialogue, genre, ideology, and cognition. It provides a follow-up to SPANISH 166, Language and Style, and is recommended for majors and minors in Spanish, particularly in option D. Topic may vary. Readings in Spanish and English. Attendance and participation essential.
Instructor: Azevedo
SPANISH 169 Linguistic Aspects of Style and Narrative 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Spanish 25
This course analyzes style & narrative in literary and nonliterary texts from a linguistic perspective as components of a cognition-based process. It focuses on questions of syntax, lexicon, diction, dialogue, genre, ideology, & language variation, seeking to characterize different types of discourse (such as journalism, scientific writing, fiction, legal writing, or advertising) in Spanish & English, while comparing the structures of these languages to highlight style variation & narrative structure as cognitive strategies for processing real or imaginary events. Readings include theoretical texts on style & narrative, & students will comment on texts to develop a critical perspective about theoretical approaches & narrative techniques.
SPANISH 176 Introduction to Translation 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing in Spanish.
This course gives an overview of translation techniques with a focus on the materials necessary for doing translations. There will be practice on general textual materials as well as specialized ones in legal, medical, technical and financial fields. Translations will be done at home and discussed in class.
SPANISH C178/AFRICAM C178/DUTCH C178 Cultural Studies 4 Units
Department: Spanish; African American Studies; Dutch
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Although the Caribbean has been recognized in recent years as being one of the most compelling areas in regard to questions of interculturality, hybridity, and miscegenation, the Dutch-speaking part of it has somehow been neglected. This course intends to give an opportunity to those who do not necessarily have a command of Dutch language, but wish to complete their knowledge of Latin-American and Carribean history, culture, and literature.
SPANISH 179 Advanced Course in Hispanic Linguistics 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100 or consent of instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH C179/GERMAN C179 Special Topics in German 3 Units
Department: Spanish; German
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Open to any foreign language student.
Issues in bilingualism for students of foreign languages. This course explores what research on bilingualism says about what it means to learn someone else's language -- the cognitive, affective, and social dimensions of second language acquisition, the relation of language and culture, and language and identity. Fieldwork will include observing, recording, and transcribing segments of foreign language classrooms, visits to bilingual schools in the area, and interviews with native speakers of various languages on campus. Course taught in English, open to any foreign language student, data collected in the languages of the participants.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 185 Senior Course in Hispanic Literature 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours lecture/seminar per week.
Prerequisites: Restricted to majors in Spanish with 90 units of university work, including 15 upper division units in Spanish or Spanish American literature.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH H195 Spanish Honors Course 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: 25 or equivalent. Senior honors standing. Limited to senior honors candidates.
Directed study centering on the preparation/completion of an honors thesis (see Honors Program, Option A, above).
SPANISH H195A Spanish Honors Course 1.5 Unit
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Spanish and Portuguese major, 3.6 GPA in the major, 3.3 GPA overall.
This is a two semester course. H195A will be graded at the end of the first semester, which will indicate that students are making progress on developing the thesis. During the second semester, each student will enroll in H195B and write an honors thesis.
SPANISH H195B Spanish Honors Course 1.5 Unit
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Spanish and Portuguese major, 3.6 GPA in the major, 3.3 GPA overall.
This is a two-semester course, graded at the end of each semester. During the second semester, each student will write an honors thesis. Completion of the thesis is required for a final grade in H195B.
SPANISH 197 Field Studies 1 - 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hours of field work per week, per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor.
Students will assist in the teaching of Spanish in local elementary and secondary schools. They will meet regularly with the instructor in charge and submit written reports.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 198 Supervised Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Group study of a topic not included in the regular department curriculum. Topics may be initiated by students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the Spanish and Portuguese department's faculty.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
SPANISH 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Senior honor status plus preparation and 25.
Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 200A Spanish Proseminar 1 Unit
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course is designed to introduce all new graduate students to the research conducted in the department. Readings will consist of research papers authored by members of the department.
Formerly known as 200.
SPANISH 200B Research Seminar I 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This research seminar introduces students to central questions and debates in literary and cultural studies in Spanish and Portuguese. The second objective consists of developing research strategies and the mastery of different academic genres. It will function to introduce students to the research interests of the faculty and to identify potential mentors. Students write book reviews, precis, position papers, and abstracts for applying to conferences, and conference-length papers.
Formerly known as 200A.
SPANISH 200C Reseach Seminar II 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
The objective of this course is to train students in developing article- or chapter-length critical writing. This is a writing workshop designed to assist students in writing an original research paper. Students will develop a research project conceived in one of their other courses and expand it in scope and argument to create a major paper with a significant critical bibliography. This course will serve as a forum for students to meet and discuss their projects, and as an organizational vehicle for their research.
Formerly known as 200B.
SPANISH 201 Literary Linguistics 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
Applications of linguistic theory to literary texts and the analysis of fiction prose, discourse analysis, and the literary representation of speech.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Azevedo
SPANISH C202/FRENCH C202/ITALIAN C201 Linguistic History of the Romance Language 4 Units
Department: Spanish; French; Italian Studies
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of at least two of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish).
Linguistic development of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish) from the common Latin origin. Comparative perspective, combining historical grammar and external history.
Formerly known as Romance Philology 200.
SPANISH C203/FRENCH C203/ITALIAN C203 Comparative Studies in Romance Literatures and Cultures 4 Units
Department: Spanish; French; Italian Studies
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Topics will vary. Comparative studies in literary, cultural, or historical issues that cut across the literatures of the Romance languages.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructors: Navarrete, Hampton, Botterill
SPANISH 209 Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 221 Major Prose Authors of the Golden Age 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
SPANISH 223 Major Poets of the Golden Age 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
SPANISH 224 Major Dramatists of the Golden Age 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
SPANISH 229 Modern Spanish Poetry (After Romanticism) 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
SPANISH 232 Colonial Spanish American Literature 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
SPANISH 234A Modern Spanish American Poetry 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture per week.
A comprehensive survey of poetry in Latin America from 1880-1920, on the poetics of . Special attention given to the work of Ruben Dario and the heritage of Symbolism in Latin America.
SPANISH 242 Literary Theory and Criticism 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 260 Cervantes 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
The reading and interpretation of the works of Cervantes, such as , the , the , the , and the dramatic works. Focus will change according to the needs and interests of members of the course, but will address such issues as the place of Cervantes' works in literary history, the background contexts of Cervantes' works, and contemporary approaches and movements in Cervantes criticism.
Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 280 Seminar in Spanish American Literature 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 285 Seminar in Spanish Literature 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 298 Special Study for Graduate Students 2 - 8 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Individual conferences on special programs of study or research in a restricted field not covered by available courses or seminars.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 299 Special Advanced Study 8 - 12 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Restricted to students writing doctoral dissertations.
Restricted to students writing doctoral dissertations.
SPANISH 302 Practicum in College Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese 3 - 6 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 to 6 hours of classroom teaching with regular supervision per week; evaluation conferences.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SPANISH 375 Teaching Spanish in College 3 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 class hours on foreign language teaching and learning per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate student instructor status.
Lectures on methodology, grading and testing, class preparation, textbook evaluation, course design. Includes language laboratory observations and supervised classroom practice. Required for all new graduate student instructors.
Formerly known as Spanish 301.
SPANISH 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 4 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Approval of graduate adviser.
Individual study, subject to the approval of the graduate adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for students to prepare for the comprehensive examination for the M.A. degree. May be taken only in the semester in which the examination is attempted.
Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree.
SPANISH 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 4 - 12 Units
Department: Spanish
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Approval of graduate adviser.
Individual study, subject to the approval of the graduate adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for students to prepare for the qualifying examination required of candidates for the Ph.D. May be taken only in the semester in which the examination is attempted or in the immediately preceding one.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for doctoral degree.
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