Majoring and Minoring

101 Beginning Spanish I

102 Beginning Spanish II

201 Intermediate Spanish I

202 Intermediate Spanish II

238 Writing Justice

251 Intermediate Spanish Conversation

SPAN 260 Hispanic Cultural Studies (taught in English)

301H Spanish For Heritage

301 Intro to Literary Studies I

321 Intro to Literary Studies II

351 Advanced Conversational Spanish

360 Latin American and Spain (Precolumbian to Baroque)

365 Topics in Peninsular Culture

370 Cuento y Microcuento

375 Topics: Latin American Culture

440 No Lejos de la Tierra

450 Special Topics in Spanish

FALL 2025

SPAN 260 Hispanic Cultural Studies (taught in English) 

Juan Carlos Toledano TTH 1:50 - 3:20pm

What is Latin America, a region, a culture, an idea, a utopia? If the US is the fourth country with the most Latin people in the world, are we part of Latin America? Where do we fit Puerto Rico and La Florida? This introductory course will address these and many more questions by analyzing our contemporary world’s history, literature, music, cinema, and other cultural aspects of the Western hemisphere.

SPAN 360 Latin America/Spain:PreColumbian-Baroque 

Juan Carlos Toledano TTH 9:40-11:10am

This course introduces significant trends in Latin American and Spanish literature, culture, and civilization from their beginnings to the seventeenth century. Selected works in Spanish are read in the context of cultural and historical events. By delving into the past, this course searches for universal themes such as love, death, justice and freedom, and compares them to our present times.

SPAN 370: Narrativa Neopolicial 

Freddy Vilches

Through the critical reading of representative texts from this genre, we will examine how the classic detective novel—and later the American hard-boiled novel—was reproduced and ultimately transformed into what literary critics have termed “Narrativa Neopolicial.” We will study its main authors and analyze how crime fiction texts engage in dialogue with the literary tradition and other contemporary cultural expressions. Additionally, we will examine the various strategies these authors use to “investigate” and denounce issues such as violence, corruption, racism, and human rights violations in the Hispanic world.

SPAN 440 Not Far from Earth. Science Fiction Produced in Spanish

Juan Carlos Toledano TTH 11:30-1:00pm

Did you know that the Spanish zarzuelista Enrique Gaspar imagined the first time machine in his novel El anacronópete (1887) almost seven years before H. G. Wells´ Time Machine? How come you have never heard of it? This course will focus on original science fiction publications in Spanish from the 19th through the 21st centuries from Latin America and Spain. Through the study of literature and film, it will provide an overview of the theories and tendencies in the science fiction genre and their multiple social interactions.

SPRING 2026

SPAN 238 Writing Justice in the Americas (Inside Out) 

Magalí Rabasa FRI 12:45-3:45pm

This course explores various forms individuals and groups have used to write about and for justice in the Americas from the 1960s to the present, using the Latin American literary genre of testimonio as a starting point. We will examine classic examples of testimonios and other media (visual art, film, music, digital culture) that have been activated as tools to convey personal and collective narratives. This is an Inside-Out course that will take place in a nearby correctional facility. Course will be conducted in Spanish. Advanced level reading, writing, and speaking in Spanish is required. Sophomore standing.

SPAN 365 Spanish Cinema 

Matthieu Raillard TTH 9:40-11:10am

In this course, we will focus on the history and evolution of Spanish film. We will watch and discuss some of most important works, from the very beginnings of cinema to the present day. Films will be discussed both in terms of their sociocultural and political importance, as well as their technical and cinematographical innovations and techniques. We will cover a wide range of genres, from comedies and dramas to thrillers and and avant-guarde works. Class will be taught in Spanish.

SPAN 375: Cine Latinoamericano

Freddy Vilches

In this course, we will study Latin American film production from the first half of the 20th century to the present. Through the informed analysis of films and critical texts, we will examine how cinema and other audiovisual expressions address various social themes, using their own distinct language and aesthetics. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the leading figures in Latin American cinema and will understand how films engage in dialogue with literary traditions and other forms of popular culture, such as music, newspapers, magazines, and television. They will also learn about the multiple narrative and visual strategies filmmakers use to depict and denounce issues such as violence, corruption, and human rights violations in Latin America.

SPAN 450 20th Century Spain 

Matthieu Raillard TTH 11:30 - 1:00pm

This multidisciplinary course explores the twentieth century in Spain, and will draw from literature, film, history, politics, arts and music to attempt to sketch a portrait of this multifaceted nation during one of its most dynamic and turbulent periods. Class will be taught in Spanish.