Spanish Graduate Program/Course Offerings
Please follow these links for the most up-to-date information on Spanish and Portuguese course descriptions, offerings, and time and room assignments.
2012-2013 Graduate Course Catalog - Spanish Course Descriptions
This is the most current catalog. To view a catalog from a previous year, please visit this catalog page and choose a different year from the drop-down box.
Time and Room Schedule of Course Offerings (pdf)
The above listing includes the names of the professors who will be teaching these courses. Please also review course descriptions for each course, as these descriptions will provide useful information about the content of the course and list any pre-requisites or restrictions that may exist.
Typical program of Spanish graduate studies
First Year
Fall
o SPAN 901 Bibliography & Research Methods (continues until degree completion)
o SPAN 903 Applied Linguistics—(TA’s only, full-year course)
o 800-level courses from the 800-level course offerings (one or two)
o 997 Graduate Seminar
Spring
o 800-level courses from the 800-level course offerings (one or two)
o 997 Graduate Seminar
Summer
o 2 courses at an approved graduate level study-away summer program, or complete two courses in approved allied field courses
Second Year
Fall
o 800 courses from the 800 course offerings (one or two as needed)
o 997 Graduate Seminar (as needed)
Examples of past Seminar Titles
Econovels of Central America
Contemporary Spanish Literature
Second Language Acquisition: Technology
El Camino de Santiago
Cultures of Spain: Basque
Baroque Literature: Sor Juana
Latin American Lit. & the Border
Spanish Phonetics & Dialectology
Latin American Afro Caribbean Lit.
The Baroque: Siglo de Oro
Structure & Applied Linguistics
Baroque to Surrealism & Beyond
Spanish Sociolinguistics
Literatura comparada
Literatura y cultura argentinas
La nueva mirada del cine femenino español
Mood, Tense & Pronouns: Structure, Meanings, & Variation in Spanish Syntax
Literary & Cultural Trends of Contemporary Central America
Digital Media in Second Language Acquisition
The World of Salvidor Dalí
Hispanic Literature and Culture in the Digital Age