Last updated: January 8, 2014 @ 01:30PM

Spanish

This program is offered through the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Chair
Leslie A. Boldt

Academic Adviser
Liz Kaethler

General Information

Administrative Assistant
Cora Solway

905-688-5550, extension 3312
Mackenzie Chown A240
http://www.brocku.ca/modernlanguages/index.html

The Department aims to provide students with a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of spoken and written Spanish, its literatures, linguistics and cultures. In addition to the courses taught in the target language, the Spanish program offers courses in culture, film, Latin American gender taught in English that are acceptable for credit toward a Spanish degree. Students are encouraged to participate a study program in Latin America or Spain.

Third-year Abroad
Students have the opportunity to study during their third year at a Spanish-speaking University. In addition to studying Spanish language, literature and culture, students may also take courses in Business, the Humanities, the Social Sciences and other areas. Students must apply in their second year and have credit in SPAN 1F90 or 1F91.

Study in Latin America and Spain
Students should consult with the Department about other opportunities for intensive study abroad courses at different levels in Spain (Alcalá de Henares) or Latin America.

One-Month Study Abroad
This program offers students an opportunity to study for a month in the summer in Latin America or Spain. Students must consult with the Department prior to registration to determine the location.

Participants may earn a credit in Spanish language from beginner to advanced as appropriate as well as one-half credit from SPAN 2V90-2V99.

Program Notes
  1. Students with two or more years of high school Spanish standing or previous university Spanish credit take SPAN IF90, and may not take SPAN 1F00 without permission of the Department. Permission is granted only in the most exceptional cases. Advanced heritage speakers take SPAN 1F91.
  2. Students without two or more years of high school Spanish or equivalent in the language take SPAN 1F00.
  3. SPAN 1F00 is an introductory language course. Students who register in this course must submit an official high school transcript to the instructor as proof of their level of competence in order to receive Departmental confirmation of registration before the end of the second week of classes (see Undergraduate Academic Calendar). Failure to do so will result in deregistration from the course.
  4. Unless otherwise noted in the course description, courses numbered 2(alpha)00 and above are taught in the language, while courses numbered 1F90 and below are taught in the language to the extent possible.
  5. SPAN 1F00 may be taken for degree credit, but cannot be used to meet requirements for major programs in Spanish. However, SPAN 1F00 may be included in a minor program in Spanish.
  6. SPAN 1F00, 1F90, 2P18, 2P19 and 2P20 constitute a sequence. Once credit has been obtained in one of these courses, students are not allowed to take for credit a course in the language with a lower number in the sequence. Students may not take two courses at different levels in the sequence during the same term. This regulation also applies to courses taken at other institutions.
  7. Departmental courses noted as given in English may be included in major programs. Single Honours programs may include no more than two and one-half credits in such courses; single Pass programs may include no more than one and one-half credits in such courses; combined Pass programs may include no more than one credit in such courses. Combined Honours programs may include no more than one and one-half credits in such courses. If both combined Honours programs are chosen, from French, Italian or Spanish, one and one-half credits in each language is allowed.
  8. A minor program may include no more than one-half SPAN credit given in English.
  9. In 20 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; at least three credits must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.
    In 15 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.

Honours Program

In order to complete the single Honours program in Spanish in the normal four year period, students must supplement courses from other institutions in Canada, or preferably from a study abroad program in a Spanish-speaking country. Another option is to complete the program on a part-time basis.

Year 1
·   SPAN 1F90 or 1F91(see program note 1)
·   one Sciences context credit
·   one Social Sciences context credit
·   two elective credits
Year 2
·   SPAN 2P18 or 2P19
·   SPAN 2P20
·   one and one-half SPAN or MLLC credits · numbered 2(alpha)00 or above (see program note 7)
·   two and one-half elective credits
Year 3
·   Three and one-half SPAN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above (see program note 7)
·   one and one-half elective credits
Year 4
·   One SPAN or MLLC credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above (see program note 7)
·   three SPAN or MLLC credits numbered 3(alpha)90 or above (see program note 7)
·   one elective credit

Pass Program

Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours program entitles a student to apply for a Pass degree.

Combined Major Program

Students may take a combined major in Spanish and a second discipline. For requirements in the other discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all departments/centres provide a combined major option.

Honours

Year 1
·   SPAN 1F90 or 1F91(see program note 1)
·   one credit from the co-major discipline
·   one Sciences context credit
·   one Social Sciences context credit
·   one elective credit
Year 2
·   SPAN 2P18 or 2P19
·   SPAN 2P20
·   one SPAN or MLLC credit numbered 2(alpha)00 or above (see program note 7)
·   two credits from the co-major discipline
·   one elective credit
Year 3
·   Two and one-half SPAN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above (see program note 7)
·   two credits from the co-major discipline
·   one-half elective credit
Year 4
·   Two and one-half SPAN or MLLC credits numbered 3(alpha)90 or above (see program note 7)
·   two credits from the co-major discipline
·   one-half elective credit
Pass

Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours program entitles a student to apply for a Pass degree.

Minor in Spanish

Students in other disciplines may obtain a Minor in Spanish within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent average:
·   SPAN 1F90 or 1F91
·   SPAN 2P18 or 2P19
·   SPAN 2P20
·   one SPAN credit (see program notes 5 and 8)
·   one SPAN literature and/or culture credit numbered 2(alpha)00 or above (see program note 8)

Course Descriptions

Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details.

# Indicates a cross listed course
* Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
SPAN 1F00
Introductory Spanish
Elements of Spanish grammar. Oral, written and reading practice. Selected readings and multimedia materials.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: for students with no background in the language.

SPAN 1F90
Intermediate Spanish
Composition and oral practice. Review of Spanish grammar. Introduction to Spanish literature, Latin American and Peninsular culture and topics of current interest.
Lectures, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one Spanish credit, two or more years of high school Spanish or permission of the Department.
Note: students with advanced standing or near native ability must take SPAN 1F91.

SPAN 1F91
Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Grammar and sentence structure, spelling and punctuation, interference between English and Spanish, and colloquial versus formal usages.
Lectures, 4 hours per week.
Note: for students with an advanced level of oral proficiency or near native ability yet no previous formal study of Spanish.

SPAN 1P95
Conquest and Colonization
(also offered as INTC 1P95 and PORT 1P95)
Creation of a new culture founded on Amerindian, Iberian and African traditions; visual arts, architecture, literature and music; disparity between cultural identity and economic and political identity, utopian ideals, alienation through imitation, rediscovery of autochthonous cultural models.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.

SPAN 2P10
Latin American Cultures Since Independence
(also offered as INTC 2P10 and PORT 2P10)
Social, political and cultural history of the Latin American nations through text and images. Topics include cultural hybridization and identity.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTL 2P10.

SPAN 2P11
Iberian Culture
(also offered as INTC 2P11 and PORT 2P11)
Social, political and cultural history of Portugal and Spain through historical and literary texts, film and other visual arts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTL 2P11.

SPAN 2P18
Grammar and Conversation
Grammar review with emphasis on further development of oral and listening comprehension skills.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1F90, 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
Note: SPAN 2P18 and 2P19 constitute a sequence. Students are encouraged to take both courses.

SPAN 2P19
Grammar and Composition
Grammar review with emphasis on further development of writing and reading skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1F90, 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SPAN 2P21.

SPAN 2P20
Analysis and Approaches to Literary Texts
Introduction to research methods applied to Hispanic literature, terminology, critical theory and general historical survey of genres in Hispanic literature. Practical skills of criticism.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 2P82
Latin American and Iberian Film
(also offered as PORT 2P82)
Spanish and Latin American representations of identity crises involving issues of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion and politics. Pastiche, parody and camp aesthetics, and the envisioning of new possibilities of solidarity leading to social transformations.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1F90, 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
Note: Spanish and Portuguese language films with English subtitles. Given in English.

SPAN 2P90
Race and Ethnicity in Modern Latin American Narrative
How race and ethnicity have shaped Latin American societies and cultures in the 20th century. Topics include interactions of Iberian, European, Native and African peoples; official and unofficial management of multiethnic and multicultural societies. Authors may include Carpentier, Freyre and Ferré.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1F90, 1F91 or permission of instructor.

SPAN 2P93
Hispanic Theatre in Translation
(also offered as DART 2P93)
Introduction to Hispanic dramatic literature and performative culture from Spain and Latin America. Discussion of social and cultural background of each play; play analysis; creative and critical thinking.
Lectures 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of SPAN 1F90, 1F91, DART 1F93, 1F95, DART 1P97 and 1P99 (1F99).
Note: the assignments are designed to adapt to the student's major. Given in English.

SPAN 2V90-2V99
Culture in Spanish-Speaking Regions
Culture of a country or region in its geographical context. Background preparation research preceding an intensive study period on location.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Note: students are expected to pay their own expenses.

SPAN 3P94
Iberian Narrative
(also offered as PORT 3P94)
Themes and narrative techniques that characterize the works of major 20th-century authors as well as contemporary Spanish and Portuguese authors.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3P95
Contemporary Latin American Narrative
Multidisciplinary approach (historical, sociological, psychological, mythical) to the study of texts from different cultures and genres.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3P97
Modern Spanish Literature and Culture
Crises of national identity in poetry and narrative; literary theories dealing with genre, conventions of romanticism, naturalism, realism in context of Iberian culture.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3P98
Chronicle and Testimonial Writing
Historiography, collective memory versus official history, relation of past to future, oral history and its transcription into testimonial literature.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3P99
Hispanic Linguistics
Overview of major trends and issues in Hispanic linguistics. Topics may include language variation and change, language contact, dialectology, sociolinguistics, text linguistics. Issues of research methodology for the various areas.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3Q90
Early Modern Spanish Literature and Culture
Themes and trends in 16th- and 17th-century Spanish drama, prose and poetry; evolution of a national theatre, picaresque, and birth of the modern novel. Film adaptations of key texts to aid comprehension and to consider performative culture.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 3Q92
Grammatical Structures: Theory and Practice
Systematic study of complex grammatical structures. Syntactic analysis and principles. Concepts of semantics and style.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 4P01
Latin American Women's Perspectives
(also offered as WISE 4P01)
Cultural production of Latin American women and their impact on society; wide selection of media including testimonial writing, oral history, narrative, drama, poetry, visual arts, music. Innovations in popular and literary culture allowing women to rearticulate relationships of power.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21); SPAN 2P20, WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English.

SPAN 4P04
Translation: Applications
Lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic interrelationships between source text and target text; application of translation methodologies to a variety of texts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3Q92 and MLLC 3P94 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 4P10
Readings in Medieval Iberian Narrative
(also offered as PORT 4P10)
Development of narrative traditions through the early fifteenth century and their historical contexts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 4P15
Imagining Identity in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Religious, political and cultural discourses employed in the construction of identities in the Hispanic world. May include gendered identities, definitions of Spanish Christian identity, Creole identities and "counter-identities", such as Converso, Morisco and Mestizo.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor.

SPAN 4V60-4V69
Special Research Topics in Spanish Literature
Course content will vary, depending upon the interests of instructors and students.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): two SPAN credits numbered 3(alpha)00 or above.

SPAN 4V62
2009-2010: Cervantes and Don Quixote
Cervantes' influential Don Quixote in the context of early modern Spanish literary and cultural production.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of the instructor