A course designed to practice language skills at an advanced level. Preparation of oral and written presentations in Spanish. Selected readings will be treated for their language content. Conducted primarily in Spanish.

Critical readings and interpretation of texts in Spanish. Text may include literary, political, sociological, and cultural documents. Emphasis on mastery of written Spanish. This course is required of all majors.

Critical readings and interpretation of texts in Spanish. Text may include literary, political, sociological, and cultural documents. Emphasis on mastery of written Spanish. This course is required of all majors.

This course aims to help students acquire skills and knowledge needed to promote understanding of individuals/groups from diverse backgrounds, without reinforcing stereotypes in the name of "cultural difference." Toward this end, this course will (1) utilize, as a guide/lead, the concept of "contact zones," zones of exchange that divide but simultaneously connect "us" and "them"; and (2) have each student conduct a semester-long ethnographic project concerning the contact zone.

This course builds upon the pedagogical basis of SPA 205. It is exclusively designed for bilingual speakers and its purpose further refine reading, lexical, and grammatical skills through intensive writing practice in contexts that are meaningful to these speakers. This course will be taught entirely in Spanish. SPA 215 is the equivalent of 210 and 211 and fulfills the pre-major course requirements. Students taking 203 should refrain from taking this course.

Oral-aural practice in the spoken language. Special emphasis placed on the acquisition of idioms and vocabulary.

Oral-aural practice in the spoken language. Special emphasis placed on the acquisition of idioms and vocabulary.

Introduction to advanced Spanish grammar and syntax and development of Spanish vocabulary and writing skills. Concurrent enrollment in SPI 211 is encouraged.

Introduction to advanced Spanish grammar and syntax and development of Spanish vocabulary and writing skills. Concurrent enrollment in SPI 211 is encouraged.

This course is the entry level for the 'Spanish for Bilingual Students' track. It will cater to the specific academic and communicative needs of two types of students: those described as 'heritage speakers/learners' and those who are 'advanced non-native speaker of Spanish'. This course is exclusively designed for those students and its purpose is to build on the students' existence competence of the native language and to further develop oral, written, reading, and cultural competence for use in different communicative situations.