Fall 2023

MoWeFr 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM; 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM; 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM; 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM; 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with oral and written texts in Spanish and various interactive projects. Five class hours. Covers the material in SPAN 1010-1020 in an accelerated one semester format. Followed by SPAN 2010. Prerequisite: Previous background in Spanish (1-2 years of high school Spanish) and PLACE diagnostic score of 1.0-3.0, UVA placement diagnostic score of 0-325 (prior to May 2022), or SAT II score of 420-510.]

MoWeFr 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM; 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM; 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM; 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM; 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM; 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

TuTh 09:30 AM-10:45 AM; 12:30 PM-01:45 PM; 02:00 PM-03:15 PM; 03:30 PM-04:45 PM; 05:00 PM-06:15 PM; 06:30 PM-07:45 PM

Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present and past activities and expressing desires and requests), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. Followed by SPAN 2020.  

MoWeFr 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM; 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM; 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM; 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM; 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM; 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM; 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM; 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

TuTh 09:30 AM-10:45 AM; 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM; 12:30 PM-01:45 PM; 02:00 PM-03:15 PM; 03:30 PM-04:45 PM; 05:00 PM-06:15 PM; 06:30 PM-07:45 PM

Further develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through engagement with authentic, culturally rich oral and written texts in Spanish. Enables students to perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations with some complications (e.g., describing present, past and future activities, expressing opinions, and persuading), and to express personal meaning by creating with the language. Three class hours. 

TuTh 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

An introduction to the sound system of both Peninsular and Latin American Spanish. Class discussions focus on how the sounds of Spanish are produced from an articulatory point of view, and how these sounds are organized & represented in the linguistic competence of their speakers. When appropriate, comparisons will be made between Spanish & English or Spanish & other (Romance & non-Romance) languages. Course seeks to improve the student's pronunciation. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or a score of 641-800 on the SAT II Exam, or a 4 or 5 on the AP Exam.

MoWeFr 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM; 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM; 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM; 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

TuTh 9:30 AM – 10:45 PM; 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

SPAN 3010 seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive analysis and discussion of journalistic and literary texts, and documentaries and films from the Spanish-speaking world. Emphasis is placed on how grammatical forms codify meaning and grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structures expected in the following types of texts: a photo-narrative, a report on a current event, and a film review. Prerequisite: SPAN 2020 or equivalent.

MoWeFr 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

The course first provides recognition of the bilingual language skills and linguistic cultures that students who are heritage speakers of Spanish already have. Second, work with thematic resources and practice of various registers of syntax and discipline-specific discourse in writing, reading, and speech, combined with a review of advanced grammar will reinforce students' bilingual abilities and confidence when using the language in new contexts.

TuTh 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

SPAN 3020 seeks to develop advanced literacy in Spanish through extensive analysis and discussion of journalistic and literary texts, and documentaries and films from the Spanish-speaking world. We will focus especially on analyzing and learning advanced and late-acquisition grammatical structures and on how grammar and meaning interact to construct the language and textual structures expected in the following types of essays: and op-ed, a literary review, and an academic essay.    

TuTh 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM; 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

This is an intermediate level course in which students read, research, discuss, debate and write in Spanish about recent themes that are relevant to commercial and economic contexts in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a language class that focusses on Spanish in professional settings; no previous academic or practical experience in commerce is required.

TuTh 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM, 12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Spanish for Medical Professions, is a recommended course for students that want to have a career in the health professions, and also for those who need to interact with Spanish-speaking people in hospitals, clinics and similar spaces. The course has been designed to develop linguistic competency as well as cultural competency in the health context. The emphasis is put on the real use of the language and the understanding of cultural differences among Spanish-speaking countries and the United States, and Latino patients in the United States. The course has a background theme on contemplative practices. 

MoWeFr 10:00 AM -  10:50 AM; 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

TuTh 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:15 AM, 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM; 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

This intermediate level course introduces the student of Spanish to the fundamentals of reading and understanding various genres, and to practice discussing, analyzing, and writing about them in an academic register in Spanish. It draws on texts and materials from both Spain and Latin America, and builds students’ specialized vocabulary. All work for the class, including reading, discussion, and writing, is done in Spanish. SPAN 3300 is a prerequisite for the survey courses. 

TuTh 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

El curso comprende una  introducción a la literatura castellana de la Edad Media, el renacimiento, y el barroco hasta 1680. Las obras se estudian en su contexto histórico-cultural. Además de intentar de estimular un aprecio por algunas obras maestras de estos períodos, el curso intentará dar a conocer el marco histórico-intelectual de varios aspectos de las culturas peninsular y europea.

MoWe 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

MoWeFr 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

TuTh 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

MoWeFr 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

TuTh 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

MoWeFr 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM; 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

TuTh 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM; 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

MoWe 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

TuTh 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

MoWe 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

MoWe 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

This course is a survey of contemporary Peruvian culture, focusing on literary, philosophical and political themes through the discussion of a selection of short essays published in Peruvian newspapers, magazines, blogs, and literary and academic journals after 2010. Some contemporary Peruvian authors, whose work is related to the readings, will visit the course throughout term. The course will start with introductory lectures on recent Peruvian history but after that will be structured as a seminar, around class presentations and discussions of the readings. Apart from such work, a term paper will be required. Lectures, discussions and all readings are in Spanish.

MoWe 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

MoWe 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

MoWe 6:30 PM -7:45 PM 

Th 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Mo 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

This course approaches the literary traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean from the perspective of the environmental humanities. We will examine how practices of imperialism, extractivism, and science have shaped the depiction of the region’s entangled ecologies in literature from the colonial era to the present. The course will focus on how literary texts from a variety of genres, including colonial chronicles, regionalist novels, magical realism, and testimonies contest visions of the Americas imposed from the outside and how they reimagine relations between humans and the vibrant, more-than-human beings by drawing on Indigenous and Afro-diasporic belief systems and ways of knowing. Readings include the work of Horacio Quiroga, José Eustasio Rivera, Pablo Neruda, Juan Rulfo, Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Samanta Schweblin, Fernanda Melchor, and Davi Kopenawa. Readings available in Spanish with translations into English; class discussions will be in English; written work may be completed in either Spanish or English. This course fulfills elective requirements for the graduate certificate in Environmental Humanities.  

Tu 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

This seminar explores current methods and issues in the study of the premodern world (ca. 500 ACE – 1700 AD), placing special emphasis on global Iberia, and spotlighting scholarship that bridges the divide between “then” and “now” by exploring the deep roots of gender, race, colonialism, and the environment. Guest lecturers from within and without UVA will guide us through their research and introduce us to the latest issues and approaches in their field of specialization. This seminar is required of graduate students pursuing the certificate in Premodern Cultures & Communities, but is open to all graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are interested and curious, no matter what field or period they study.  All readings and course discussions will be carried out in English.