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Spanish and Portuguese Department
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers instruction in the Spanish and Portuguese languages and in Luso-Hispanic cultures and literatures. The department offers a major and minor in Spanish and a minor in Portuguese. Courses are taught in Spanish or Portuguese, and classes are small so that students at all levels are given maximum opportunity to practice the language. Other opportunities to study Luso- Hispanic language and culture are also available through the department's study abroad programs and the Casa Hispana. Refer to the department website for more information.
- Academic Department Website
- http://spanport.emory.edu
Concentrations
Faculty
- Chair
- James Melton
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Katherine OstromAna Teixeira
Courses
Portuguese 100-Level Courses
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The first half of a yearlong introductory course designed to train students to understand, speak, read, and write Portuguese.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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The second half of a yearlong introductory course designed to train students to understand, speak, read, and write Portuguese.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Builds oral proficiency and increases knowledge of Portuguese, Lusophone African, and Brazilian cultures through discussion, listening, reading, and writing on topics pertaining to current events and literature.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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PORT 111 is an intensive course for students with little or no preparation in the language, but are Spanish speakers (or of another Romance Language). It stresses the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and also writing. Diverse aspects of Brazilian culture will be presented.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- SPAN 212 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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PORT 114 is an intensive course for students with little or no preparation in the language, but speakers of another Romance Language. It stresses the fundamental language skills of understanding, speaking, reading and also writing. Aspects of Luso- African-Brazilian culture will also be presented.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- SPAN 212or SPAN_OX 212 prereq.
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduces students to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple PORT 185 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduces students to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple PORT 185 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduction to the study of Brazilian and Portuguese societies through different prisms (race and gender relations, national cinemas, sexuality, evolution of historical discourse, music, and more).
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- FSEM
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Portuguese 200-Level Courses
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The first half of a yearlong review, with emphasis on continued development of the four basic linguistic skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and knowledge of Lusophone cultures and societies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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The second half of a yearlong review, with emphasis on continued development of the four basic linguistic skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and knowledge of Lusophone cultures and societies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course, intended for graduate students, introduces fundamental vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension strategies to develop reading ability. No previous knowledge of Portuguese is necessary.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course aims to further develop communication skills in Portuguese and expand knowledge of Brazilian cultural traditions. The course is designed so as to dialogically interweave the arts and language acquisition. The students will be exposed to a vast array of meaningful artistic productions.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 102 or 110 prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Development of fluency, vocabulary, and advanced grammatical skills through discussion of contemporary Lusophone culture.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course aims to further develop communication skills in Portuguese and expand knowledge of Luso-Afro-Braz cultural traditions, playing close attention to Lisbon, as a space of cultural and linguistic artistic encounters. This course is designed to interweave the arts and language acquisition.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 102 or PORT 110
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Advanced study of grammar and vocabulary, with an emphasis on composition techniques and reading strategies through readings pertinent to the culture of Portuguese-speaking countries.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Intermediate-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple PORT 285 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Intermediate-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple PORT 285 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Portuguese 300-Level Courses
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This course examines Brazilian literature and film. Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course examines Brazilian literature and film. Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course examines 20th Century Portuguese literature (novels, short-stories and poetry) and cinema (fiction and documentary). Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course examines 20th Century Portuguese literature (novels, short-stories and poetry) and cinema (fiction and documentary). Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course primarily examines literary and cinematographic artistic productions of the five African countries whose official language is Portuguese. Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- AFS 302
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This course primarily examines literary and cinematographic artistic productions of the five African countries whose official language is Portuguese. Students formulate responses in Portuguese to the various themes addressed in the different texts and films, both orally and in writing.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- AFS 302W
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PORT 311 is designed to interweave the arts and language acquisition. The students will be exposed to a vast array of meaningful artistic production, via the literary, performing, and visual arts. Students will further their linguistic competence through extensive practice in writing and speaking.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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PORT 314 is designed to interweave the arts and language acquisition. The students will be exposed to a vast array of meaningful artistic production, via the literary, performing, and visual arts. The focus will be better understanding Lisbon as a space of artistic encounters.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course will provide a firm foundation for understanding S??o Paulo's unique cultural identity in the Americas and for analyzing its history in a Brazilian and global context. The course it is designed to introduce students to key political and economic developmentsthat have influenced contemporary Brazil.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 330
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This course will provide a firm foundation for understanding S??o Paulo's unique cultural identity in the Americas and for analyzing its history in a Brazilian and global context. The course it is designed to introduce students to key political and economic developments that have influenced contemporary Brazil.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 330W
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PORT 334 examines Portugal's history, via an analysis of its capital's cultural productions. The course aims to evaluate how major cultural and historic events played a role in the development of the country, as well as to investigate the interconnections between multiple artistic productions.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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PORT 334W examines Portugal's history, via an analysis of its capital's cultural productions. The course aims to evaluate how major cultural and historic events played a role in the development of the country, as well as to investigate the interconnections between multiple artistic productions.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This is a topics course in which students follow and discuss current events via critical analysis and discussion of Lusophone media. The focus will be on newspapers and magazines published in the Portuguese-speaking world.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This is a topics course in which students follow and discuss current events via critical analysis and discussion of Lusophone media. The focus will be on newspapers and magazines published in the Portuguese-speaking world.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- PORT 201 as prerequisite
- Cross-Listed
- None
Portuguese 400-Level Courses
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Upper-level research seminar on topics related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Lusophone world. Students may take multiple PORT 412 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Upper-level research seminar on topics related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Lusophone world. Students may take multiple PORT 412 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Advanced-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple SPAN 485 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Advanced-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. May be taught in English or Portuguese. Students may take multiple SPAN 485 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Fall semester component of the Honors Program. Student and faculty advisor meet regularly to discuss the syllabus agreed upon at the beginning of the term and evaluate progress in research/writing. PORT 495A does not count as one of the 400-level seminars required forthe Span/Port major.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Spring semester component of the research project for students selected by the department for the Honors Program. Includes writing of the Honors thesis, regular meetings between student and faculty adviser, and a public thesis defense.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Supervised reading in Portuguese.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Spanish 100-Level Courses
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The first half of a yearlong introductory course designed to train students to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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The second half of a yearlong introductory course designed to train students to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- SPAN 101 or SPAN_OX 101 prereq
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Accelerated beginning-level language course intended for students with previous education in Spanish who need additional review and practice before advancing to the intermediate level.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Great works from the Hispanic canon, understood broadly to mean literature and - to a lesser degree - other forms of cultural production such as films, art, and music - from Spain, Spanish America and Spanish-speaking US Latino communities.This course is part of Emory's Voluntary Core Curriculum program. This course is taught in English.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduces students to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Spanish-speaking world. May be taught in English or Spanish. Students may take multiple SPAN 185 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 3
- GERs
- HAP / HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduces students to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Spanish-speaking world. May be taught in English or Spanish. Students may take multiple SPAN 185 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- HAPW / HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Freshmen only. In-depth treatment of a topic in language, literature, or culture of the Luso-Hispanic world through readings, frequent writing assignments, and class discussions.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- FSEM
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Spanish 200-Level Courses
-
The first half of a yearlong review, with emphasis on continued development of the four basic linguistic skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and knowledge of Hispanic cultures and societies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
The second half of a yearlong review, with emphasis on continued development of the four basic linguistic skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and knowledge of Hispanic cultures and societies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- SPAN 201 or SPAN_OX 201 prereq
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Taught in Salamanca only.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course, intended for graduate students, introduces fundamental vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension strategies to develop reading ability. No previous knowledge of Spanish is necessary.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Further development of students' communicative skills, with particular emphasis on reading, writing and critical thinking, through discussion of readings and films from Hispanic cultures. May be appropriate for heritage speakers pending Official Spanish Placement.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Every semester. Advanced reading and writing practice focused on critical discussion of texts about cross-cultural contact and (mis)understanding.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Study of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultural productions with a specific focus on professional areas, such as health, law and business.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Intermediate-level conversation and writing focused on first-hand encounters with Hispanic cultures for students participating in study abroad programs.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 2
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Intermediate-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Spanish-speaking world. May be taught in English or Spanish. Students may take multiple SPAN 285 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 3
- GERs
- HAP / HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Intermediate-level studies of the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Spanish-speaking world. May be taught in English or Spanish. Students may take multiple SPAN 285 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- HAPW / HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Intermediate-level individual reading and research on a topic in language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world over the course of a semester, supervised by a departmental faculty member.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
In-depth treatment of a topic in language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world through readings, frequent writing assignments, and class discussions.
- Credit Hours
- 2
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Spanish 300-Level Courses
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The foundation course for the major and minor. A course in Hispanic cultural literacy that also strengthens written and oral language skills.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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The foundation course for the major and minor. A course in Hispanic cultural literacy that also strengthens written and oral language skills.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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A survey course in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the Middle Ages and Pre-Columbian periods to the seventeenth century.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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A survey course in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the Middle Ages and Pre-Columbian periods to the seventeenth century.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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A survey course in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the eighteenth century to the present.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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A survey course in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the eighteenth century to the present.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Foundational course for the major and the minor that focuses on the description and production of the sounds of Spanish while also introducing students to the study of linguistic variation.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 303
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Foundational course for the major and the minor that introduces students to the field of Hispanic linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, pragmatics, and linguistic variation in the Spanish-speaking world.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 304
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Foundational course for the major and the minor. Survey course in contemporary culture from Spain.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Foundational course for the major and the minor. Survey course in contemporary culture from Latin America.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Foundational course for the major and the minor that aims to perfect Spanish for oral and written communication through study and use of styles/registers, genres and rhetorical strategies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Introduction and theoretical overview of Hispanic narrative.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Introduction and theoretical overview of Hispanic narrative.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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An introduction to theories of theater and film in a Hispanic context.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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An introduction to theories of theater and film in a Hispanic context.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Combines advanced writing instruction and language analysis with volunteer experiences in Atlanta Hispanic communities. Permission of instructor required.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Combines advanced writing instruction and language analysis with volunteer experiences in Atlanta Hispanic communities. Permission of instructor required.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course combines advanced writing instruction with the study of diverse Hispanic cultural topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course combines advanced writing instruction with the study of diverse Hispanic cultural topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Advanced-level conversation and writing focused on first-hand encounters with Hispanic cultures for students participating in study abroad programs.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 2
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Taught in Salamanca only. Historical and cultural overview of Spain from the Roman period to the present.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Overview of cultural production and ideas through history. May deal with Latin America as a whole or with a smaller region or individual country.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Overview of cultural production and ideas through history. May deal with Latin America as a whole or with a smaller region or individual country.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course considers visual, written, and musical representations of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. Topics include the ethics of art in wartime; the uses of propaganda; women's activism; history and memory.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course examines representations of childhood and adolescence in Spanish, Latin American, and Latinx literature and film, focusing on the ways that discourses for and about children are used to idealize or critique the cultures that produced them.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
In recent years, the novella has become very popular in Spanish-language fiction. In this course, we read and analyze the works of several rising stars on the Latin American and Spanish literary scene, with attention to their use of this in-between genre.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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In recent years, the novella has become very popular in Spanish-language fiction. In this course, we read and analyze the works of several rising stars on the Latin American and Spanish literary scene, with attention to their use of this in-between genre.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Students receive credit for a semester-long internship with an organization that serves Spanish speakers. Class time invites students to reflect critically on experience using concepts common to intercultural communication and global workplace dynamics. Instructor permission required.
- Credit Hours
- 2 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- One 300 level SPAN course
- Cross-Listed
- None
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This course introduces translation theory and hands-on practice in multiple contexts. It is theoretical, methodological, creative. Students engage in multiple forms of translation (inverse, intra and inter-lingual) and meet regularly both as a whole class and in individual language-specific groups.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- ITAL 336
- JPN 336
- CHN 336
- GER 336
- KRN 336
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This course presents different methodologies for the study of topics related to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, with a particular focus on discourse analysis techniques. Students will design and complete their own research project on a topic of their preference.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 337
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This course presents different methodologies for the study of topics related to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, with a particular focus on discourse analysis techniques. Students will design and complete their own research project on a topic of their preference.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 337W
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The concepts of utopia and dystopia represent opposing sides of the same coin. This course examines speculative fictions and activist projects through which Spanish, Latin American and Latinx authors, filmmakers, and artists critique the political and social conditions in which they live.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Historical and cultural survey of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) and North Africa through the 16th century. The course focuses on the concept of Convivencia (co-existence) as theorized by modern Spanish and North African historians.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 381
- REL 381
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Advanced study of a topic related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world. Students may take multiple SPAN 385 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- HAL
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Advanced study of a topic related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world, with a strong writing component. Students may take multiple SPAN 385 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- HALW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Advanced study of a topic related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world as seen in English translation.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Advanced study of a topic related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world as seen in English translation, with a strong writing component.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Spanish 400-Level Courses
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This course incorporates a general theoretical frame in linguistics, with a specific focus in discourse analysis and pragmatics, and applies it to electronic communications. Students will develop an intercultural research project by analyzing digital texts in a systematic way
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 405
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This course incorporates a general theoretical frame in linguistics, with a specific focus in discourse analysis and pragmatics, and applies it to electronic communications. Students will develop an intercultural research project by analyzing digital texts in a systematic way
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 405W
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This course examines the history of the Spanish language in terms of both its structural and sociocultural/political development. Students develop research projects based on questions arising in the course.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 406
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This course focuses on the dynamic interaction between language, society, and identity in the contemporary Spanish-speaking word. Students develop research projects based on questions arising in the course.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 407
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Part of the Iberian Studies Summer Program, this course explores how and why language varies in Spain and how variation and multilingualism relate to competing identities and ideologies. Students conduct surveys, interviews, conversation analyses, and work collaboratively on research projects.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 408
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This course examines how narratives about the body, health, medicine, and well-being are constructed, naturalized, and circulated in Latin America.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HLTH 469
- LING 409
- LACS 409
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Upper-level research seminar on topics of Hispanic linguistics and communication, such as history of the language, bilingualism, or translation. Students may take multiple SPAN 410 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 410
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Upper-level research seminar with a strong writing component on topics of Hispanic linguistics and communication, such as history of the language, bilingualism, or translation. Students may take multiple SPAN 410W courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 410W
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This course presents the history and multiple theories of translation, as well as basic methods/techniques and problems of translating between English and Spanish. A portion of class time will be devoted to translation practice and the comparison of multiple translations of a single text.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 411
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This course presents the history and multiple theories of translation, as well as basic methods/techniques and problems of translating between English and Spanish. A portion of class time will be devoted to translation practice and the comparison of multiple translations of a single text.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 411W
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This course provides a descriptive and critical overview of the linguistic practices of differentSpanish-speaking communities in the United States, as well as a methodology for the study of these practices. Special attention is given to the relationship between language and society.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LING 413
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This course explores how cinema has commented on and participated in constructing Mexican national identity. Students will acquire a competence in Mexican film history, the ability to speak and write about film analysis in Spanish, and familiarity with critical approaches to Mexican cinema.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 421
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This course explores how cinema has commented on and participated in constructing Mexican national identity. Students will acquire a competence in Mexican film history, the ability to speak and write about film analysis in Spanish, and familiarity with critical approaches to Mexican cinema.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 421W
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Addresses the historical position and cultural production of Spanish and Latin American Jewry, from medieval Spain to the present. We examine how diasporic Jewish subjects have framed their identity while negotiating the pressures of exile, immigration, antisemitism, and political violence.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 422
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Centered on cultural representations of Madrid, Barcelona, and New York - sites of exchange and circulation among Spaniards, Latin Americans, and Latinos - this course asks how real cities are remembered or imagined by those who live, visit, or immigrate there; focus on performance of urban identities.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course explores exchanges between political, legal, and ethical discourses on human rights in Spain and recent cultural texts. The course will focus on select areas in the human rights arena that have gained prominence in post-Franco Spain.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
This course explores a range of topics and texts related to the theory, practice and experience of medical matters in the Hispanic world of colonial-imperial medicine. Topics may include epidemics; gender and medicine; indigenous medical knowledge; diet and food; and doctors and curander@s.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 425
- HLTH 468
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This course explores a range of topics and texts related to the theory, practice and experience of medical matters in the Hispanic world of colonial-imperial medicine. Topics may include epidemics; gender and medicine; indigenous medical knowledge; diet and food; and doctors and curander@s.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 425W
- HLTH 468W
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This course, taught in Spanish, explores Latin American and Latinx cultural production that uses the family to represent and interrogate questions of cultural identity and transculturation, colonial encounters, abolitionism, nation-building, political repression and historical agency.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 426
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This course, taught in Spanish, explores Latin American and Latinx cultural production that uses the family to represent and interrogate questions of cultural identity and transculturation, colonial encounters, abolitionism, nation-building, political repression and historical agency.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 426W
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This course studies the interplay between gender and genre in Latin American crime fiction and film. We will focus work by women artists and on representations of women and LGBT characters.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 427
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This course studies the interplay between gender and genre in Latin American crime fiction and film. We will focus work by women artists and on representations of women and LGBT characters.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- LACS 427W
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Advanced level workshop focusing on one or more genres of creative writing such as fiction, drama, or poetry, with attention to Spanish-language literary traditions.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Upper-level research seminar on topics related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world. Students may take multiple SPAN 485 courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Upper-level research seminar with a strong writing component on topics related to the language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world. Students may take multiple SPAN 485W courses provided that they focus on different topics.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Fall semester component of the Honors Program. Student and faculty adviser meet regularly to discuss the syllabus agreed upon at the beginning of the term and evaluate progress in research/writing. Spanish 495A does not count as one of the 400-level seminars required for the major.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
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Spring semester component of the research project for students selected by the department for the Honors Program. Includes writing of the Honors thesis, regular meetings between student and faculty adviser, and a public thesis defense.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- WRT
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
-
Advanced individual research on a topic in language, discourse, literature, and/or culture of the Hispanic world over the course of a semester, supervised by a departmental faculty member.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GERs
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Honors Program
Advanced majors with a 3.5 GPA may apply to the Honors Program in Spanish during their junior year. If accepted by the Department, they spend their senior year enrolled in Spanish 495A in the fall and in Spanish 495B WR in the spring.
Study Abroad
The department strongly encourages students to live and study in Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking countries. Students may receive credit toward the major in Spanish for up to twelve credit hours (or six credit hours in the case of the Spanish minor) taken in an approved program of study abroad, and credit toward the Portuguese minor for up to eight credit hours (two courses) taken in approved study abroad programs. These credit limits do not apply to Emory courses taught abroad or courses taught by Emory faculty. Emory University administers its own fall and spring semester programs in Salamanca, Spain, and participates in a consortium of universities to offer additional semester study programs in Latin America (Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Mexico). Emory also administers summer programs in Salamanca, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro. The summer program in Salamanca includes course components taught on a rotating basis in a number of cities around the Iberian peninsula, including Valencia, Seville, and Barcelona.
Advising
Once students declare a major in Spanish, they are assigned an adviser in the department.
Minors in Spanish are advised by the DUS.
Minors in Portuguese are advised by the Director of the Portuguese program.
Language Study
The department works to ensure that students enter the program at the appropriate level. Initial placement is based on the department's assessment of various factors: results of the online Spanish Placement Exam, results of the Spanish AP exams (if applicable), number of years of study in high school, amount of time since last studies were completed, study abroad experience, and previous contact with Spanish speakers. All students who wish to study Spanish at Emory, including native speakers as well as speakers with no previous experience, are required to take the online Spanish Placement Exam (accessible at http://www.spanish.emory.edu/) and to complete the accompanying questionnaire before enrolling in the first Spanish course in the department. After reviewing this and other information, the department emails an official placement to each student at their Learnlink account. Students should not enroll until receiving an official placement. During the first week of classes, instructors confirm that students are accurately placed, or recommend that they be transferred to a more appropriate class.
Internship
The department offers Span 314, Internship in Spanish, for variable credit. The internship is an opportunity for applied learning in a supervised Spanish-speaking work or volunteer environment.
Award
Sigma chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the national Romance language honor society, was installed at Emory in 1930. This society recognizes those students who have completed work in foreign language courses with a 3.7 GPA.
The department also offers awards for writing (Carlos Rojas Award for Excellence in Writing), service (Award for Excellence in Community Engagement) and overall excellence (Emilia Navarro Award for Excellence in Spanish).
Additionally, the department nominates students for the Emory College Language Center's Awards in Spanish and Portuguese.