ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Prerequisites: a score of 0-279 in the department's Placement Examination.
An introduction to Spanish communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, witting, and cultural knowledge. Principal objectives are to understand and produce commonly used sentences to satisfy immediate needs; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where we live, people we know and things we have; interact in a simple manner with people who speak clearly, slowly and are ready to cooperate; and understand simple and short written and audiovisual texts in Spanish. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Begona Alberdi
CULPA: 2 Info -
Instructor:
Reyes Llopis-Garcia
CULPA: 10
h-index: 10
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- 4 points
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1101 or a score of 280-379 in the department's Placement Examination.
An intensive introduction to Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on basic oral interaction, reading, writing and cultural knowledge as a continuation of SPAN UN1101. The principal objectives are to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar matters; describe in simple terms aspects of our background and personal history; understand the main point, the basic content, and the plot of filmic as well as short written texts. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- MWF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Rachel S Stein
CULPA: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Juan Pablo Cominguez
CULPA: 5
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Instructor:
Francisco Rosales-Varo
CULPA: 12
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Instructor:
Jose Placido Ruiz-Campillo
Info - 4 points
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
Prerequisites: SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120 or or a score of 380-449 in the department's Placement Examination.
An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing, and culture as a continuation of SPAN UN1102 or SPAN UN1120. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- MWF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Xavier Llovet Vila
CULPA: 8
h-index: 1
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- 4 points
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2101 or a score of 450-625 in the department's Placement Examination.
An intensive course in Spanish language communicative competence, with stress on oral interaction, reading, writing and culture as a continuation of SPAN UN2101. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- MWF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
- MWF 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- TRF 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Francisca Aguilo Mora
CULPA: 5
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Instructor:
Francisco Meizoso
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Instructor:
Angelina Craig-Florez
CULPA: 14
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- 4 points
SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS
Prerequisites:
heritage knowledge of Spanish
. Students intending to register for this course must take the department's on-line
Placement Examination.
You should take this course if your recommended placement on this test is
SPAN UN2102
(a score of 450-624). If you place below
SPAN UN2102
you should follow the placement recommendation received with your test results. If you place above
SPAN UN2102
, you should choose between
SPAN UN3300
and
SPAN UN4900
. If in doubt, please consult with the Director of the Language Programs.
Designed for native and non-native Spanish-speaking students who have oral fluency beyond the intermediate level but have had no formal language training.
- TRF 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Diana Romero
CULPA: 27 Info - 4 points
ADV LANGUAGE THROUGH CONTENT
REPRESSION RESISTANCE IN IBERI
Prerequisites: SPAN UN2102 or AP score of 4 or 5; or SAT score.
An intensive exposure to advanced points of Spanish grammar and structure through written and oral practice, along with an introduction to the basic principles of academic composition in Spanish. Each section is based on the exploration of an ample theme that serves as the organizing principle for the work done in class (Please consult the
Directory of Classes
for the topic of each section.) This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies. Formerly SPAN W3200 and SPAN BC3004. If you have taken either of these courses before you cannot take SPAN UN3300. All Columbia students must take Spanish language courses (UN 1101-3300) for a letter grade.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Iria Ameixeiras Cundins
Info - 3 points
HISPANIC CULTURES I (SP)
Prerequisites: L" course: enrollment limited to 15 students. Completion of language requirement, third-year language sequence (W3300).
Provides students with an overview of the cultural history of the Hispanic world, from eighth-century Islamic and Christian Spain and the pre-Hispanic Americas through the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period until about 1700, covering texts and cultural artifacts from both Spain and the Americas.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Alexandra V Mendez
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Instructor:
Patricia E Grieve
CULPA: 15 Info - 3 points
HISPANIC CULTURES II (SP)
This course surveys cultural production of Spain and Spanish America from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Students will acquire the knowledge needed for the study of the cultural manifestations of the Hispanic world in the context of modernity. Among the issues and events studied will be the Enlightenment as ideology and practice, the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, the wars of Spanish American independence, the fin-de-siècle and the cultural avant-gardes, the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century (Spanish Civil War, the Mexican and Cuban revolutions), neoliberalism, globalization, and the Hispanic presence in the United States. The goal of the course is to study some key moments of this trajectory through the analysis of representative texts, documents, and works of art. Class discussions will seek to situate the works studied within the political and cultural currents and debates of the time. All primary materials, class discussion, and assignments are in Spanish.
This course is required for the major and the concentration in Hispanic Studies.
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Omar Duran-Garcia
Info - 3 points
LABOR CULTURE 20THC LATIN AMER
- W 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Karen Benezra
CULPA: 4 Info - 3 points
COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
A COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ACCOUN
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Reyes Llopis-Garcia
CULPA: 10
h-index: 10
Info
- 4 points
IBERIAN COLLECTIVE MEMORY
This class is at once an introduction to the material archive and scholarly practices that characterized early modern Iberian antiquarianism and an exploration of how modern political polemics have transformed the meaning of that archive. Our first of two principal goals will be to examine the works of sixteenth-century peninsular antiquarians such as Pedro de Medina and Ambrosio de Morales, who catalogued and studied buildings, monuments, landscapes, neighborhoods, ruins, manuscripts, coins, relics, and myriad other sorts of artifacts. The compilations produced by these scholars did not simply function as inventories of ancient and medieval antiquities, which local, regional, or imperial apologists might then celebrate as a source of pride. They also established these antiquities as “sites of memory,” to borrow a term from the French historian Pierre Nora. By experimenting with different ways to document and interpret the peninsula’s multiconfessional past, early modern antiquarians moreover demarcated the conceptual territory upon which conservative apologists for a Catholic Spain and liberal proponents of religious and cultural pluralism have subsequently clashed. In order to trace this modern debate over the legacy of pre-modern material culture, which is the second main goal of this class, we will balance our early modern sources with interdisciplinary scholarship on collective memory and the anthropology and sociology of religion. Readings include early modern texts and visual materials by Francisco Bermúdez de Pedraza, Rodrigo Caro, Pablo de Céspedes, Pedro Díaz de Ribas, Pedro de Medina, Ambrosio de Morales, and Lucius Marineus Siculus, as well as scholarship by Eric Calderwood, Astrid Eril, Barbara Fuchs, Maurice Halbwachs, Andreas Huyssen, Susan Martín-Márquez, Pierre Nora, and Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar, among others.
- W 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Seth R Kimmel
CULPA: 7
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- 4 points
SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Students register in this course while preparing their M.Phil. examinations and prospectus--usually in the fall and spring of their third year.
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Instructor:
Jesus Rodriguez-Velasco
CULPA: 1 Info - 3-6 points