Spanish (SPA)

SPA 101. Elementary Spanish I. 3 Credit Hours.

For students with no background or previous study of Spanish. The focus of SPA 101 is the development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: university life, family, leisure activities, and professions. Includes both oral and written assignments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Not open to students who have completed 2 or more years of high school Spanish. Closed to heritage and native speakers of Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 102. Elementary Spanish II. 3 Credit Hours.

Continuation of SPA 101. The development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: childhood and adolescence, university life, home and community, food and lifestyle, and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structure and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 105. Accelerated Elementary Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

For students with previous study of Spanish needing to review material covered in SPA 101 and 102 in preparation for continued study of Spanish at the intermediate level. The focus of SPA 105 is the continued development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of Spanish and an introduction to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: university life, family, leisure activities, and professions, childhood and adolescence, home and community, food and life- style, and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 107. Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.

Designed for students with little or no prior instruction in Spanish who, because of family background or social experience, can understand some casual spoken Spanish and have a passive knowledge of the language, but do not speak the language themselves. Focus on developing basic speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 195. Transfer Credit. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for 100-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 201. Intermediate Spanish I. 3 Credit Hours.

For students with previous study of Elementary-level Spanish. The focus of SPA 201 is the continued development of communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing and comprehension of Spanish and as an introduction to the cultural practices, family values, and social and environmental issues. Includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structures and vocabulary introduced, informal and formal writing. Conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 202. Intermediate Spanish II. 3 Credit Hours.

For students with previous study of Spanish at the intermediate level. SPA 202 focuses on the continued development of critical skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening in Spanish with special emphasis on the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on: relationships, cultural values, different historical perspectives, and current politics explored through articles, films, and literary texts. The course will develop writing and reading strategies, providing students with the tools to think, read, and write critically and analytically in papers of 1-3 pages. Progress will also be assessed through quizzes and exams. Course conducted entirely in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 203. Advanced Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

Continuation of SPA 202. This course prepares students for advanced literature, linguistics, and culture courses. The class will use films, literary works, and other cultural texts. Students will write analytic essays of 3-5 pages to develop style, vocabulary, and syntax.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 207. Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.

Designed for students with some prior instruction in Spanish who, because of family background or social experience, can understand casual spoken Spanish and have some functional communication abilities in the language. Focus on developing basic speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 208. Advanced Spanish for Heritage Learners. 3 Credit Hours.

Designed for those students who, because of family background or social experience and prior instruction in Spanish, possess functional communication abilities in the language. Focus is on developing formal speaking, reading and writing abilities. Counts towards the major and minor in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 280. Special Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for 200 level study abroad course led by UM faculty.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Summer.

SPA 295. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for 200-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 301. Interpreting Literary and Cultural Texts in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

Sixth semester of college Spanish. Tools for the interpretation and analysis of literary and cultural materials from the Spanish-speaking world. Acquisition of terminology and theories through the study of the main literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) and a complementary genre of cultural analysis (e.g. film studies, cultural studies, etc.). Emphasis on critical writing skills. Closed to heritage/native speakers. Students may not receive credit for both SPA 301 and SPA 307(formerly 343). The course is taught in Spanish.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 302. The Culture of Spain. 3 Credit Hours.

Historical survey of the arts, science, letters, and political and social institutions in Spain.
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 303. The Cultures of Spanish America. 3 Credit Hours.

Historical survey of the arts, letters, science, and political and social institutions in Spanish-speaking Americas.
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 307. Interpreting Literary and Cultural Texts in Spanish for Heritage/Native Speakers. 3 Credit Hours.

Tools for the interpretation and analysis of literary and cultural materials from the Spanish-speaking world. Acquisition of terminology and theories through the study of the main literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) and a complementary genre of cultural analysis (e.g., film studies, cultural studies, etc.). Emphasis on critical writing skills. Special attention to characteristics of heritage/native speaker expression. Students may not receive credit for both 301 and 307 – or formerly 343.
Prerequisite: SPA 208.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 310. Topics in Spanish and Spanish American Studies in Translation. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics in the literatures and/or cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Readings and discussion in English. Development of critical reading and writing skills. Fulfills humanities literature requirement. Does not fulfill foreign language requirement. Maybe be repeated when the topic varies. Maybe used toward the Spanish major in accordance with Department of Modern Languages and Literature stipulations.
Prerequisite: WRS 106 or ENG 106 or WRS 107 or ENG 107.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 318. Cinema from the Spanish-Speaking World in Translation. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics in the cinema of the Spanish-speaking world. Analysis of films in their cultural context. This course is taught in English and does not fulfill the CAS foreign language requirement. Maybe be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: WRS 106 or ENG 106 or WRS 107 or ENG 107.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 319. Cuba Through Literary and Cultural Studies in Translation. 3 Credit Hours.

The study of Cuba through literary and cultural studies. May be repeated if topics vary. This course is taught in English and does not fulfill the CAS foreign language requirement. Maybe be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: WRS 106 or WRS 107.
Components: DIS.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 321. Introduction to Literary Themes. 3 Credit Hours.

Hispanic literatures through thematic readings. Topics may include Modernismo and Cosmopolitismo, the "Boom" of Latin American narrative, Spanish vanguard poetry, and others. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 322. Cultural Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Issues related to the cultures in the Spanish-speaking world. Topics may include film, journalism, religion, language in society, popular and mass culture, visual arts, immigration, slavery, mestizaje. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 325. Topics in Spanish-Language Cinema. 3 Credit Hours.

Cinema of the Spanish-speaking world. Analysis of films in their cultural context. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

SPA 330. Topics in Gender and Sexuality. 3 Credit Hours.

The study of gender and sexuality as developed in the Hispanic context. May be repeated if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 340. Migration Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics within the literary and/or cultural dimensions of migration in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 353. Colonial Spanish American Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics within Latin American literatures and cultures from the colonial centuries. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years.

SPA 354. 19th-Century Spanish American Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics within Latin American literature and cultures from independence to the end of the nineteenth century. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 355. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literatures and Cultures. 3 Credit Hours.

Latin American literature and cultures from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. May be used to fulfill the humanities literature requirement.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years.

SPA 360. The Caribbean through Literary Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

The study of the Spanish Caribbean through literary and cultural studies. May be repeated if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

SPA 361. Cuba through Literary and Cultural Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

This course involves travel to Cuba during Spring Break and has a program fee. The course examines first-person narratives by foreign and domestic travelers in Cuba over the course of five centuries comparing their modes of social inquiry, scientific investigation, and ways of reflecting about the island and its various realities. Students do research at the Cuban Heritage Collection and visit several sites in Miami in preparation for the trip to Cuba. Coursework, archival work, and field experience are incorporated in the final research/creative project.
SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LSN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

SPA 362. Caribbean Cultural Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

Cultural Topics within the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 363. Medieval and Early Modern Peninsular Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics within Spanish peninsular literature and cultures from the earliest literary forms through the seventeenth century. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 364. 18th and 19th Century Peninsular Topics. 3 Credit Hours.

Topics within Spanish peninsular literatures and cultures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

SPA 365. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Spanish Literatures and Cultures. 3 Credit Hours.

Spanish peninsular literatures and cultures from the twentieth century to the present. May be used to fulfill the humanities literature requirement.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 394. Spanish Internship. 1-3 Credit Hours.

The internship is an opportunity to apply analytical, interpretative, and creative skills developed in coursework. Internships ordinarily take place outside the University and they involve UM­-faculty supervision, as well as supervised on-site experience in a Spanish-speaking cultural, business, or not-for-profit organization. Students need to fill out the Internship Application Form. Normally 27 internship hours are required per credit earned. A maximum of three semester hours of internship credit may be counted toward the student's degree program. Permission of MLL faculty member is required (the host will apply documentary evidence of the hours worked).
Prerequisite: SPA 203 OR SPA 208.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 395. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for 300-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 396. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 397. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 398. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 399. Transfer credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 401. Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics. 3 Credit Hours.

Survey of principal areas of inquiry in Hispanic linguistics, including phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, historical, social and dialectal variations.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 402. Spanish Second Language Acquisition. 3 Credit Hours.

The linguistic contrast between Spanish and English and the pedagogical and practical implications of understanding language, especially grammar, from a foreign/second language perspective.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years.

SPA 410. Digital Literacy Through Cultural and Literary Topics in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

Digital research methods and tools applied to literary and cultural studies in Spanish. The course looks at major texts in Spanish as data, and with many approaches available to collect, annotate, process, analyze and interpret them. Concepts covered include but are not limited to textual corpus, semantic tagging, text mining, and topic modeling.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 422. Topics in Hispanic Linguistics. 3 Credit Hours.

Special topics in the study of Hispanic linguistics. Possibilities include phonetics/phonology, pragmatics/discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, sociocultural theory, bilingualism.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years.

SPA 432. Business Ethics and Cultural Debates in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

Commercial vocabulary, economic, technical, and diplomatic terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of business correspondence directed to Spanish- speaking countries or firms.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 433. Medical, Cultural and Bioethical Debates in Spanish. 3 Credit Hours.

Medical vocabulary, technical and practical terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of the documents, letters, medical history cases required in health care professions.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.

SPA 434. Legal and Cultural Debates in the Spanish-Speaking World. 3 Credit Hours.

Legal vocabulary, technical and practical terminology in Spanish. Composition based on models of documents, letters and case histories required in legal professions.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 440. Phonetics. 3 Credit Hours.

Spanish pronunciation based on phonetics. Exercises in diction and phonetic transcription. Attention to individual difficulties. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 442. Stylistics and Composition. 3 Credit Hours.

Analysis of grammar and style. Discussion of readings. Intensive writing.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall Odd Years.

SPA 444. Introduction to Translation. 3 Credit Hours.

Problems in translation: Spanish to English; English to Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring Odd Years.

SPA 446. Cultural Debates: Public Speaking on Societal Issues. 3 Credit Hours.

Intensive training in public speaking in Spanish for academic or professional settings. In-class debates and presentations based on readings about controversies or critical issues within the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or SPA 302 or SPA 303 or SPA 307.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 495. Transfer Credits. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Awarded for 400-level course work at another institution for which UM has no direct equivalent.
Components: LEC.
Grading: CNC.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 501. Capstone. 3 Credit Hours.

Course with a broad-based topic designed to integrate all the high-level linguistic, critical and analytical skills with the body of knowledge acquired during the course of study towards the major. Topics vary. Open only to undergraduates completing their Spanish major. To be taken in the last semester of the major.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

SPA 591. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 592. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 593. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Directed Readings at the undergraduate level.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 594. Senior Honors Thesis I. 3 Credit Hours.

Directed research for honors thesis.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 595. Senior Honors Thesis II. 3 Credit Hours.

Directed writing of honors thesis.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 641. Elementary SPA I for Graduate Students. 0 Credit Hours.

Designed to develop graduate students' communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing and comprehending Spanish and to provide an introduction to the Spanish-speaking world.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 642. Elementary SPA II for Graduate Students. 0 Credit Hours.

Continuation of SPA 641. Designed to develop graduate students' communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending Spanish, and continued engagement with the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 641.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 645. Accelerated Elementary SPA for Graduate Students. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with prior study of Spanish who desire to review material covered in SPA641 and SPA642 in preparation for study of Spanish at the intermediate level. Designed to develop graduate students' communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending Spanish, and continued engagement with the Spanish-speaking world.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 647. Basic SPA for Graduate Heritage Learners. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with little or no prior instruction in Spanish who, because of family background or social experience, can understand casual spoken Spanish and have a passive knowledge of the language but do not speak the language regularly. Focus on developing formal speaking, reading, and writing abilities, and knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 651. Intermediate SPA I for Graduate Research. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with previous study of elementary-level Spanish. Designed to develop graduate students' communication skills in both written and spoken Spanish at the intermediate level. Intended primarily for students who will carry out research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 642 or SPA 645.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 652. Inrermediate SPA II for Graduate Research. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with previous study of Spanish at the intermediate level. Designed to enhance graduate students' communication skills in both written and spoken Spanish at the high-intermediate level. Intended primarily for students who will carry out research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 651.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 653. Advanced SPA I for Graduate Research. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with previous study of Spanish at the high-intermediate level. Designed to enhance graduate students' communication skills in both written and spoken Spanish at the advanced-low level. Intended primarily for students who will carry out research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 652.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 657. Intermediate SPA for Graduate Heritage Learners. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with previous study of Spanish at the elementary level who, because of family background or social experience, can understand casual spoken Spanish and have a passive knowledge of the language but do not speak the language regularly. Designed to enhance graduate students' communication skills in both written and spoken Spanish at the intermediate-high level. Intended principally for heritage learns who will carry out research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 647.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 658. Advanced SPA for Graduate Heritage Learners. 0 Credit Hours.

For graduate students with previous study of Spanish at the intermediate-high level who, because of family background or social experience, can understand casual spoken Spanish and have a passive knowledge of the language but do not speak the language regularly. Designed to enhance graduate students' communication skills in both written and spoken Spanish at the advanced-low level. Intended principally for heritage learners who will carry out research in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: SPA 657.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 661. Medical Communication and Interpretation in Spanish for Health Care Professionals. 3 Credit Hours.

Provides health care professionals with effective strategies to communicate and interpret health care related matters in Spanish. Course offered only at Miller School of Medicine.
Enrollment limited to students in the Master of Science degree in Global Medical Sciences (Miller School).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

SPA 693. Teaching Practicum. 3 Credit Hours.

Supervised pedagogical and professional training in collaboration with UM faculty.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 711. Topics in Spanish Medieval Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: Libro de Buen amor, the epic, Berceo, cancionero poetry.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 713. Topics in the Golden Age. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: culteranismo and conceptismo, La Celestina, Cervantes, the picaresque, sixteenth-century theatre.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 715. Topics in 18th-19th Century Spanish Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: neoclassicism, romantic theatre, Spain and the European Enlightenment, Galdos, realism, postromantic poetry.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 716. Topics in 20th Century Spanish Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: the generation of 1898, Garcia Lorca, the post-war novel, contemporary theater.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 721. Special Topics in Hispanic Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

Special Topics in Hispanic Studies
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 727. Special Topics in Spanish Caribbean Cultural Studies. 3 Credit Hours.

This course offers a survey of Spanish Caribbean literature and culture while engaging recent theoretical debates in the study of the region. Topics and actual readings change each time the course is offered. Literary and cultural texts will be read and discussed in Spanish. Course can be taken more than once under a different topic.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 733. Topics in Colonial Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: the chroniclers, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Baroque of the Indies.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 735. Topics in 19th Century Latin American Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics include: romanticism, modernist poetry, anti-slavery novel.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 736. Topics in 20th Century Latin American Literature. 3 Credit Hours.

Recent topics: modernism, magic realism, the short story, the novel of the Mexican Revolution, the Boom and post-Boom.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 791. Writing Practicum. 1 Credit Hour.

The writing of a publishable research paper under faculty guidance.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

SPA 792. Directed Readings. 1-3 Credit Hours.

Directed Readings at the graduate level.
Components: IND.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 830. Pre-Candidacy Doctoral Dissertation. 1-12 Credit Hours.

Required of all candidates for the Ph.D. Prior to admission to candidacy, the student will enroll for credit as determined by his/her advisor. Not more than 1 2 hours of SPA 730 may be taken in a regular semester, nor more than six in a summer session. Students who have not passed their qualifying examinations yet, but are not taking any courses, may enroll in SPA 730.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 840. Post-Candidacy Doctoral Dissertation. 1-12 Credit Hours.

Required of all candidates for the Ph.D. After admission to candidacy, the student will enroll for credit as determined by his/her advisor. Not more than 12 h ours of SPA 740 may be taken in a regular semester, nor more than six in a summer session. Students who have passed their qualifying examinations, but are not taking courses any more, may enroll in SPA 740. Where a student has passed his /her(a) qualifying examinations, and (b) is engaged in an assistantship, he/she may still take the maximum allowable credit stated above.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

SPA 850. Research in Residence. 1 Credit Hour.

Used to establish residence for the Ph.D., after the student has been enrolled for the permissible cumulative total in appropriate doctoral research. Credit not granted. May be regarded as full-time residence as determined by the Dean of the Graduate School.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.