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.

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

A study of the works of the Generation of 1898 and representative works of recent writers. Conducted in Spanish.

Offers an overview of the diachronic evolution of Spanish from spoken Latin. Topics covered include the following: Vulgar Latin and Proto- Romance, the Old Spanish phonological system, morpho-syntactic changes from Latin to Spanish.

Readings and discussion of Latin American literature and culture through the first half of the 20th century. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Special and intensive study of selected topics in 18th and 19th century Spanish literature and culture. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 credits when taught under different subtitles.

Characterization and properties of the multivariate normal distribution, random samples from this distribution; multivariate analysis of variance, related distribution theory; factor analysis.

This seminar focuses on the African American experience in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Using primary documents and secondary readings, this course will examine the construction of race relations and the individuals, organizations, events, and issues significant to the shaping of the black experience.

A survey of women's issues related to Islam and contemporary Muslim culture including the perception of women in Islam, the role and rights of women in Islam, female circumcision, honor killing women's dress. The course will discuss the viewpoints of the Muslim traditionalists, modernists, western feminists and the emerging Islamic feminists.

General introduction to Japanese culture from Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present, focusing mainly on the literary arts, but also including film, architecture and the fine arts.