Curriculum Overview
About the Curriculum
The curriculum in Hispanic Studies is designed to deepen and broaden students’ knowledge of the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
As students progress through the course sequence, they are encouraged to pursue their own intellectual interests with increasing complexity and independence.
The Hispanic Studies Program offers the following types of courses, all of them conducted in Spanish:
HISP 1101-2204
Maximum Students: 18
Designed to achieve mastery of the Spanish language and become conversant with Hispanic cultural history.
Maximum Students: 18
Introduces the methods and scope of the discipline, and provides in-depth grammar review in comparative perspective.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2204 or placement
Maximum Students 18
Survey Hispanic cultural history from the 1200s to the present, while fostering familiarity with major currents of literary and artistic production.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2305 or placement.
HISP 3000-3099
Maximum Students: 16
Provide an understanding of cultural developments and debates in specific regions of the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2409 or 2410.
HISP 3100-3999
Maximum Students: 16
Deepen the study of specific aspects of the cultural production from the Spanish-speaking world with particular emphasis on literary or film analysis, often directly linked to the instructor’s research work.
Prerequisites: Spanish 2409 and 2410..
HISP 4000-4003
Available to advanced students who wish to work more closely on a particular topic on which they have conducted research.
Prerequisites: Application and project proposal approved by the department, and at least one Spanish course above 3099