Course Descriptions
Contact
Spanish & PortugueseHumanities Building, Room 219 651-696-6395
clozano@macalester.edu
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Spanish
SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
Frequency: Every semester.
SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
Frequency: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 101 with C- or better.
SPAN 110 - Accelerated Beginning Spanish
Frequency: Fall semester.
SPAN 151 - Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance
Frequency: Occasionally.
Cross-Listed as: LATI 151
SPAN 194 - Topics Course
SPAN 203 - Intermediate Spanish I
Frequency: Every semester.
SPAN 204 - Intermediate Spanish II
Frequency: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 203, or its equivalent, with a grade of C- or better.
SPAN 220 - Accelerated Intermediate Spanish
Frequency: Spring semester.
SPAN 294 - Topics Course
SPAN 305 - Advanced Oral and Written Expression
Frequency: Every semester.
SPAN 306 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Frequency: Fall semester only.
Prerequisite(s): Course has no explicit prerequisite but is designed for those who grew up speaking Spanish at home, with extended families and in their communities.
SPAN 307 - Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts
Frequency: Every semester.
Cross-Listed as: LATI 307
SPAN 308 - Introduction to U.S. Latinx Studies
Frequency: Every semester.
SPAN 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
Frequency: Every year.
Cross-Listed as: LING 309
SPAN 316 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
SPAN 325 - Dictators, Revolutions and Insurrections
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
SPAN 330 - Advanced Spanish Grammar: Meaning and Communication
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
SPAN 332 - Spanish in the United States
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 or SPAN 306, and another 300-level Spanish course or consent of the instructor. SPAN 309 recommended.
Cross-Listed as: LING 332
SPAN 334 - Spanish in the Workplace
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
SPAN 343 - Culture and Politics in Spain from Civil War to Today
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
SPAN 354 - Here and There: Superando Limites
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 355 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 and another 300-level Spanish course or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 357 - El Quijote as Timeless Text
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 359 - "Neither Saints Nor Sinners": Women Writers of the Early Modern Hispanic World
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 360 - One Hundred Years of Plenitude: Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Fiction
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 361 - The Fight Against Tradition: From the Enlightenment to the Avant-Garde
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 362 - Modern Hispanic Novel and the Visual Arts
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
Cross-Listed as: LATI 362
SPAN 373 - Translation: Theory/Practice
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 and two other 300-level Spanish courses.
SPAN 375 - History of the Spanish Language
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 309 or consent of the instructor.
Cross-Listed as: LING 375
SPAN 376 - Spanish Dialectology
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 309 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 377 - Applied Linguistics: Spanish Second Language Acquisition
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 309 or consent of the instructor.
Cross-Listed as: LING 377
SPAN 382 - Constructing the Nation
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 385 - Frontera: The U.S./Mexico Border
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 308 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 386 - Constructions of a Female Killer
Frequency: Generally taught alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 or consent of the instructor.
SPAN 387 - Latinx in the Midwest
Frequency: Alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 308
SPAN 394 - Topics Course
SPAN 488 - Senior Seminar
Prerequisite(s): For Spanish majors; to be completed in the final semester.
SPAN 494 - Topics Course
SPAN 601 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 602 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 603 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 604 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 611 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 612 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 613 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 614 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
SPAN 621 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Spanish numbered SPAN 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
SPAN 622 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Spanish numbered SPAN 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
SPAN 623 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Spanish numbered SPAN 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
SPAN 624 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Spanish numbered SPAN 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
SPAN 631 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
SPAN 632 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
SPAN 633 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
SPAN 634 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
Portuguese
PORT 111 - Accelerated Beginning Portuguese
Frequency: Fall semester.
PORT 194 - Topics Course
PORT 221 - Accelerated Intermediate Portuguese
Frequency: Spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): PORT 111 with a minimum grade of C- or consent of the instructor.
PORT 294 - Topics Course
PORT 331 - Journeys through Brazil
Frequency: Spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): PORT 221 or consent of the instructor.
Cross-Listed as: LATI 331
PORT 341 - Voices from the Margins: Afro-Brazilian Women Writers
Frequency: Spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): PORT 331
PORT 351 - Contemporary Texts from the Portuguese-Speaking Communities of Africa, Asia, and Oceania
Frequency: Alternate years.
Corequisite(s): This discussion-based class requires active participation and completion of PORT 331, or instructor permission.
PORT 381 - Portugal Meets 'the Other', Overseas: Portuguese Navigators from the 15th to 17th Century
Prerequisite(s): PORT 331 .
PORT 394 - Topics Course
PORT 494 - Topics Course
PORT 601 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 602 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 603 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 604 - Tutorial
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 611 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 612 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 613 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 614 - Independent Project
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair.
PORT 621 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
PORT 622 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
PORT 623 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
PORT 624 - Internship
Prerequisite(s): Four courses in Hispanic Studies numbered 204 or above and permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office.
PORT 631 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
PORT 632 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
PORT 633 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.
PORT 634 - Preceptorship
Prerequisite(s): Some background reading and training in foreign language teaching and permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs.