Below are examples of the types of themes that run through and connect our curriculum. They are by no means the only topics we touch on, but they tend to be the most prominent. We invite you, the student, to imagine these connections or others as you make your way through our courses on your own pathway toward the major. You are not required to choose or declare a pathway, but you may find these suggestions helpful to you as your pursue your studies in our program.
Each Spanish major must complete three of the following courses before they start down their pathway of choice:
SPAN 143: Intro to Lit and Culture of Spain I: Diversity and Expansion
SPAN 144: Intro to Lit and Culture of Spain II: War, Dictatorship, and Democracy
SPAN 145: Intro to Lit and Culture of Latin America I: Colonialism and Resistance
SPAN 146: Intro to Lit and Culture of Latin America II: Revolution and Globalization
SPAN 217: Spanish Dialectology
SPAN 237: Issues in Early Spanish Literature
SPAN 261: Hispanic Writing from the Margins
SPAN 264: Border Literatures
SPAN 268: Hispanic Folklore
SPAN 269: Latin American City in Lit/Film
SPAN 287: Early Spanish Narratives
SPAN 291: Early Cultures of Spain
SPAN 293: Early Latin American Cultures
SPAN 29X: Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Literature
SPAN 29X: Narco cultura
SPAN 236: Poetic Voices/Cultural Change
SPAN 259: 20-21st Century Poetry of Spain
SPAN 260: Gender in Hispanic Literatures
SPAN 264: Border Literatures
SPAN 261: Hispanic Writing from the Margins
SPAN 269: Latin American City in Lit/Film
SPAN 274: Latin American Poetry
SPAN 279: Performance and Politics
SPAN 290: Hispanic Films in Context
SPAN 29X: Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Literature
SPAN 29X: Sexual Dissidence in Latin America
SPAN 29X: Latin American Women in Literature and Film
SPAN 211: History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 236: Poetic Voices/ Cultural Change
SPAN 246: Reading Cervantes
SPAN 252: Spanish Lit Dictatorship/Democracy
SPAN 279: Performance and Politics
SPAN 286: Writing Revolution in Latin America
SPAN 290: Hispanic Films in Context
SPAN 291: Early Cultures of Spain
SPAN 293: Early Cultures of Latin America
SPAN 294: Modern Cultures of Latin America
SPAN 297: Issues in Early Spanish Literature
SPAN 29X: Early Spanish and Portuguese Explorers
SPAN 29X: Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Literature
SPAN 29X: Fiction and Truth in Latin American Cinema
SPAN 29X: The Mexican Revolution and Its Aftermath