Courses

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Description

Advanced beginner's course is designed for students who took 1-3 years of Spanish in the past and now need a review of elementary Spanish before continuing on to Spanish 221. This need should be established by a placement exam, because many students are ready for 221 without the review course. The course will concentrate on the fundamentals of the Spanish grammar system as applied to the skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Taught in Spanish, with two additional weekly practice sessions.

LAIS 221 Intensive Intermediate Spanish

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Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): Second Language Proficiency (SLP)

Description

Meant for students who have completed LAIS 121 or LAIS 151 and/or who have approximately 3-4 years of prior Spanish study and have placed into 221 via a placement exam. LAIS 221 stresses further development of language production and reception skills through expanded creative activities including class discussions, written compositions, and in-class presentations. The cultural component includes readings, films, and Web-based authentic materials from the Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish, with two additional weekly practice sessions.

LAIS 300 Spanish in Context

Units: 1

Description

Development of aural, oral, and written communication skills through the study of a specific theme and its manifestations in the Spanish-speaking world. Special attention will be given to the discussion of social, cultural, historical, political, and linguistic aspects that are implicated in the specific theme.

Prerequisites

LAIS 221 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 301 Spanish in the Community

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Embodied Communication (IFEB)

Description

Development of aural, oral, and written communication skills through the study of the Latin American immigrant experience. In addition to the classroom study of Hispanic immigrant literature, newspapers, and films, students will participate in an outreach project in the local Hispanic community. Note: The community-based learning component may also be undertaken independently. Contact the department for more information.

Prerequisites

LAIS 221 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 302 Spanish in Fiction

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Written Communication (IFWC)

Description

Development of aural, oral, and written communication skills through literary texts of the Hispanic world. Reading of poems, short stories, plays, and short novels and interpretion through class discussions and regular writing assignments. This is not an FSLT course.

Prerequisites

LAIS 221 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 303 Spanish in the Media

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Written Communication (IFWC)

Description

Development of aural, oral, and written communication skills through a focus on mass media in Spanish and Latin American culture. Spanish will be taught through direct contact with newspapers, journals, TV programming, and films. Students are expected to participate actively in class debates and presentations, complete written assignments on a regular basis, and view all programs and films assigned by the instructor.

Prerequisites

LAIS221

LAIS 304 Spanish in the Arts

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Written Communication (IFWC)

Description

Development of aural, oral, and written communication skills through the study and/or performance of artistic forms created in the Spanish-speaking world. Special attention will be given to the discussion of social, cultural, historical, and political aspects of the artistic works studied, as well as their genre-specific characteristics.

Prerequisites

LAIS 221 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 305 Spanish in Politics and Society

LAIS 306 Spanish in Business

LAIS 307 Medical Spanish: Health and Medicine in the Community

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Embodied Communication (IFEB)

Description

Selection of readings and conversational practices in Spanish from the medical and health care fields with a professional, historical, linguistic and cultural perspective focused on Spanish speaking communities will form the basis of this course.

Prerequisites

LAIS 221 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 308 Let's Talk About Film

LAIS 309 Spanish Writing Workshop

LAIS 310 Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE)

Description

Spanish instruction for students with at-home Spanish-language experience (heritage speakers). Covers a variety of topics relevant to Spanish speakers in the United States, including, but not limited to, immigration, hybrid identity and Spanglish. Meant to broaden Spanish vocabulary, sharpen grammatical accuracy, and improve awareness of what it means to be a native Spanish speaker in the United States.

LAIS 311 Perspectives on Peoples and Cultures of Spain

LAIS 312 Introduction to Latin American Studies

LAIS 315 Introduction to Latinx Studies

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), AI-Literary & Textual Analysis (AILT)

Description

A comprehensive overview of the many identities, cultures, and languages circumscribed under the umbrella term “Latinx,” with attention to texts that have played significant literary, cultural, social, and historical roles in the construction of Latinx identity in the US.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 300-LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 318 Activisms

LAIS 320 Perspectives on Gastronomy and Nutrition

Units: 1

Description

Study food's role as an identity-building component in communities and society. Exploring food-related cultural, economic, and social practices through cooking lessons, close reading, research, creative writing, and community engagement will take students on a sensorial-based path of reflection about the rituals of handling, preparation, and consumption of food that define individual and collective identities as well as patterns of taste and nutrition. Generally offered every two years in fall.

Prerequisites

Two units between LAIS 300-310.

LAIS 321 Literary Spain: Poetry, Drama, Fiction

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): AI-Literary & Textual Analysis (AILT)

Description

Introduction to literary analysis within the cultural context of Spain. Critical tools for approaching specific literary genres: short story, novel, poetry, and drama. Readings are selected for their literary, cultural, and historical significance.

Prerequisites

Two units from LAIS 301 -LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 322 Spain on Stage

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Written Communication (IFWC), AI-Literary & Textual Analysis (AILT)

Description

500 years of theatre in Spain, with a framework and methodology for reading and interpreting dramatic texts and for contemplating their transference to the stage and the screen. Special attention devoted to the evolution of performance practices, as well as the sociocultural, economic, political, and aesthetic conditions inspiring a series of representative plays from the late Middle Ages to the present.

Prerequisites

Two units from LAIS 301 -LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 331 Introduction to Latin American Literature I

LAIS 332 Introduction to Latin American Literature II

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): AI-Literary & Textual Analysis (AILT), IF-Embodied Communication (IFEB)

Description

Introduction to Spanish-American literature and critical literary analysis. Focus on primary texts dating from the 15th through 19th centuries (331); 20th century (332).

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 300-LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 339 Stories from Elsewhere: Africa, Asia, Brazil, Portugal

Units: 1

Description

An election of short fiction from Portuguese and Spanish speaking areas in Africa, Asia, America, and Europe. Critical and theoretical tools for engaging these literary texts, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. Readings and discussions in Spanish; students may opt to register for a C-LAC component in basic Portuguese language.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 300-LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 341 Latinidad and Literature

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): AI-Literary & Textual Analysis (AILT)

Description

Introduction to Latinx literature and critical literary analysis. The course is organized according to thematic units that incorporate a variety of literary forms including short stories, plays, poems, comics, and novels. Topics discussed will cover the diversity and complex intersectional identities of Latinxs, examining how issues of race and ethnicity interact with other identity formations, such as gender, sexuality, citizenship, regional affiliation, and language use.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 300-LAIS 309 OR LAIS 310 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 350 Sociolinguistic approaches to Spanish

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): AI-Social Inquiry (AISO)

Description

This course presents the basic concepts, insights, debates, and research methodologies present in the field of sociolinguistics, which is concerned with the study of language in relation to society. Students will learn how to approach the study of social variation in the Spanish language by reading empirical investigations of linguistic variables in relation to factors such as age, gender, social class, and geographic region, among others.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 300-LAIS 309 or LAIS 310 or permission of instructor

LAIS 357 Seville in History and Fantasy

Units: 1

Description

An introduction to Seville as one of the most important cities in the history and culture of Spain, from its ascendancy during the Roman Empire to its decline in the 18th century. The course focuses on Seville as [1] an ideal entry point to learn about both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic history of Europe up until the eighteenth century, and [2] one the major fantasy sites of European and North-American Romantic orientalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most readings for this course will be in Spanish.

Prerequisites

One unit of LAIS 311-LAIS 350 or permission of instructor

LAIS 361 Spanish Misfits

LAIS 367 Stories Matter: Telling and Listening in Medicine

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Embodied Communication (IFEB)

Description

This course explores the events and contexts of illness, the role of care and caregivers, theories and beliefs about the origins of disease, our relationship with death, and emotions such as shame, guilt, and fear, with a particular focus on how learning about telling stories and learning how to listen for stories related to illness and pain reconnects patients and health practitioners. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites

One unit from LAIS 311-LAIS 350 or permission of instructor

LAIS 371 Introduction to Latin American Film

LAIS 386 Community Translation and Interpretation

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement(s): IF-Power/Equity/Identity/Cult (IFPE), IF-Written Communication (IFWC)

Description

Theory and practice of community translation and interpretation by engaging with local agencies and organizations. Practice communicative skills with sociocultural competency through Community-Based Translation Projects (CBTP) in fields as distinct as healthcare, education, welfare, local governance, justice, immigration, environment and Human Rights.

Prerequisites

One unit of LAIS 311-LAIS 350 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 388 Individual Internship

LAIS 389 Practice Assistantship

LAIS 397 Selected Topics

LAIS 406 Summer Undergraduate Research

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Description

Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at least 40 hours per week) during this period, and the student must be the recipient of a fellowship through the university. Graded S/U.

Prerequisites

Approval by faculty member

LAIS 410 Bilingual Education in the US

LAIS 411 Bilingualism in the U.S., Latin American, and Spain

LAIS 412 The Sounds of Spanish

Units: 1

Description

Taught in Spanish. Salient differences between the sound systems of English and Spanish to improve pronunciation of Spanish. How sounds are represented in the mind and why first languages impact accent in second languages. Analysis of a variety of regional and social dialects in order to improve aural comprehension as well as understand the social significance of language variation and how language is used to craft identities. Requires original research projects in sociophonetics.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 413 Spanglish

Units: 1

Description

Taught in Spanish (and “Spanglish”). Investigates the linguistic practices (e.g., code-switching, lexical borrowing) commonly known as “Spanglish,” with a particular emphasis on understanding both (a) why bilingual speakers employ these linguistic practices (un)consciously in their speech and (b) how speakers’ use of such practices can serve to highlight or downplay their racial and ethnolinguistic identities. Methodological discussions prepare students to conduct research on a Spanglish topic of their own choosing.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 421 Christians, Jews and Muslims from Frontier to Empire: Medieval Spanish Literature

Units: 1

Description

Analysis of the interaction between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Spanish Peninsula from the establishment of Al-Andalus to the consolidation of the Spanish Empire. An analysis of this cultural period in light of the attention given (or not given) to it in contemporary historiography, either as an exemplary moment of religious tolerance or "convivencia," or as early proof of what is now called "the clash of civilizations" or "clash of cultures."

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 431 Imperial Spain: The Age of Conflict

LAIS 432 True Lies: Fiction and Truth in Don Quijote

LAIS 451 Literature of Exile

LAIS 452 Spanish-American Poetic Texts

LAIS 453 Romantic Spain

Units: 1

Description

An examination of Spanish romanticism, a cultural movement that was as artistically rich as it was intellectually contentious. Our perspective will be enhanced by the work of writers, painters, and composers from beyond Iberian borders (i.e., England, the United States, France, and Italy), whose fascination with the exotic lands of southern Europe inspired them to create their own portrayals of romantic Spain.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 454 Modern Literature of Galicia

LAIS 455 Barcelona: Text and City

LAIS 462 Visions of Contemporary Spain

LAIS 463 Modern Spanish Narrative

LAIS 464 Modern Theatre in Spain

LAIS 465 Cinema of Spain

LAIS 472 Latin American Theater

LAIS 474 Contemporary Writing in Latin America

Units: 1

Description

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the literary movements currently taking place in Latin America. Special attention devoted to the literature published during the last decade of the 20th century as a defining period in which new trends become consolidated. Covers the entire region, focusing on works published in the Southern Cone, Colombia, Central America, Mexico, and Cuba.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 475 Writing Sex and Gender in Latin America

LAIS 476 Literary Journalism in Latin America

Units: 1

Description

Explores the intersections between journalism and literature through the reading and analysis of crónicas, a very popular genre in Latin America since the end of the nineteenth century. Discussion, readings, and assignments will focus on: 1) the chronicle as a flexible genre and an opportunity for writers to become cultural, literary, social and political critics; 2) the chronicle as a privileged site for the analysis of the social, political, and historical context and its connection with fields of cultural production.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 477 Literature of the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean

LAIS 479 Work, Gender & Society – From LinkedIn to Belonging

Units: 1

Description

Exploration of work’s role in subjectivity from historical, transnational, intergenerational, and linguistic perspectives. Examining notions such as career path, work trajectory, work precarity and work flexibility will enrich the comprehension of how personal visions about work are embedded with social history. Generally offered every two years in spring.

Prerequisites

Two units between LAIS 311-397.

LAIS 483 The Art of Embodiment: Space and Body in Colonial Spanish America

Units: 1

Description

Provides a framework for the articulation of colonial theories of space, body, and materiality through the analysis of a variety of textual and artistic traditions coming from both sides of the ocean. Themes include: indigenous and European cosmographies and cartographies, the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in the making of white supremacy fantasies, the debate on the linguistic legitimacy of indigenous pictographic languages versus European alphabetic languages, and the sacred/profane nature of objects in indigenous (idolatrous) religious practices.

Prerequisites

Two units of LAIS 311 -LAIS 399 or permission of instructor.

LAIS 485 Brown-ish Hollywood: Latinxs and Latinidad in US Film & Television

Units: 1

Description

Exploration of Latinx representations in U.S. film and television. Through the medium of film and television, themes such as immigration, gender, ethnicity and race, and the policing of Brown bodies will provide an exploration of the diversity of the Latinx population in the US and the key socio-political issues Latinxs face. Discussions of various films and television series that feature Latinx characters, actors, and stories, will allow for an overview of the growing minority population in the US while also introducing the terms and skills necessary for audiovisual analysis.

Prerequisites

Two units between LAIS 311-397.

LAIS 486 Othered Latinx Literatures

LAIS 487 Latin America: Encounter and Conflict

LAIS 495 Independent Study

LAIS 496 Senior Symposium

LAIS 497 Selected Topics

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