This course examines particular authors, periods, regions, cultural events, or movements from Latin America. Special attention will be and society through reading, discussion, and writing assignments to be conducted in English. Course may be repeated under different titles to a maximum of six credits.

The purpose of this course is to discuss from a theoretical and practical perspective the most relevant grammatical aspects of contemporary Spanish, such as: sentence structure, most frequently used verbal tenses and aspects, syllable structure, agreement (subject-verb; noun and noun modifiers), etc. This course is aimed to develop in the student's interest and skills for research in Spanish grammar through searching and compiling digital linguistic corpora.

Offers an introduction to Spanish linguistics; establishes the basis for future application of linguistic principles. Provides students with a level of knowledge that enables them to make connections between the structure of Spanish and relevant issues in contemporary Hispanic linguistics.

Readings and discussion of special topics in critical theory and cultural studies. May be taught in English or Spanish. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Readings and discussion in essay, film and cultural production of Spain and Spanish America. May be taught in English or Spanish. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Readings and discussion of U.S. Latino literature and culture. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Advanced readings and discussion of Spanish literature and culture: open topic with preference for cross-disciplinary or trans-historical subjects. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Advanced readings and discussion of 03.0 Latin American and U.S. Hispanic literature or culture. May deal with a single author's work, a genre or a cultural phenomenon: open topic with preference for cross- disciplinary or trans-historical subjects. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Sufficiency and estimation. Two Stage sampling. The SPRT and its properties, both exact and approximate. Truncated and grouped SPRT's. Decision Theoretic approach. Sequential Estimation. Fixed width confidence intervals. Composite hypotheses and nuisance parameters. Generalized SPRT's. K hypothesis problems. Optimal Stopping.

of applying the tools of operations research to "real world" problems. The seminar is generally conducted by a group of faculty members from the various disci- plines to which operations research is appliable.