Baylor SPA: Spanish
SPA 1301: Elementary Spanish
3 credit hours · 21 sections · 482 open seats · Laura Fraga, Hayden Holman, Allyson Irom, Julio Aguilar
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on departmental placement exam or departmental approval. Introduction to SPA language and cultures; practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, readin…
SPA 1302: Elementary Spanish
3 credit hours · 25 sections · 565 open seats · Rosario Colchero-Dorado, Laura Fraga, José Luis Escorcia, Hayden Holman and 3 more
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1301, appropriate score on departmental placement exam, or departmental approval. Introduction to Spanish language and cultures; practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (li…
SPA 1304: Elem Spa for Heritage Speakers
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 42 open seats · Rosalie Barrera, Marco Tulio Bittencourt
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on departmental placement exam or departmental approval. Intended for students who have prior exposure to Spanish but have not studied the language formally. Improvement of Spanish as used in the academic and professional wor…
SPA 1412: Accelerated Elementary Spanish
4 credit hours · 2 sections · 38 open seats · Scott Spinks, Joan Barrett
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on departmental placement exam or departmental approval. An intensive course in first-year college Spanish especially for students with two-three years of high school Spanish. Covers the content of SPA 1301 and 1302 in only …
SPA 2304: Interm Spa for Heritage Spkrs
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 76 open seats · Rosalie Barrera, Adam Marquez, Marco Tulio Bittencourt
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1304, appropriate score on departmental placement exam, or consent of instructor. Designed for students who have prior exposure to Spanish but may not have studied it formally. Review of grammar, exploration of SPA-speaking cultures, and p…
SPA 2310: Intermediate Spanish
3 credit hours · 19 sections · 433 open seats · Gustavo Costa, Joan Barrett, Isabel Colorado-Edwards, Julio Aguilar and 4 more
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1302 or 1412 or appropriate score on departmental placement exam or departmental consent. Practice in three communicative modes at intermediate-level proficiency: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listen…
SPA 2320: Exploring SPA-Speaking World
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 40 open seats · Leslie Harkema, Stephen Silverstein
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2310, appropriate score on departmental placement exam, or departmental consent. An exploration of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with continued practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish at the intermediate …
SPA 2321: Interm Spa for Health Prof
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 54 open seats · Isabel Colorado-Edwards, José Luis Escorcia, Julio Aguilar
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2310, SPA 2304 or SPA 2412 or appropriate score on departmental placement exam or departmental consent. Development of intermediate level skills in comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural interpretation with an emphasis on …
SPA 2412: Accelerated Intermediate SPA
4 credit hours · 1 section · 21 open seats · Scott Spinks
Prerequisite(s): SPA 1412 or placement into SPA 2310 or 2320 and departmental approval. Intensive intermediate Spanish course geared toward strong language learners. Content of Spanish 2310 and 2320 in one semester. Continued development of Spanish language s…
SPA 3001: Span for Health Cert Project
Variable credit hours · 2 sections · 14 open seats · Allyson Irom, Karol Hardin
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2321 and 3302. An individually driven project to be carried out in tandem with a Spanish course at the 3000 or 4000 level. Subject matter must be health-related and the project must be completed in Spanish. Approval of the Director of the …
SPA 3302: Justice and Latin America
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 72 open seats · Guillermo Garcia-Corales, Moises Park, Mark McGraw
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2304, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2324 or 2412; or appropriate score on departmental placement exam; or consent of division director A bridge course between second-year SPA and more advanced courses in major/minor; development of oral and written pr…
SPA 3304: Adv Spa for Heritage Speakers
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 36 open seats · Patricia Escamilla
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2304, appropriate score on departmental placement exam, or consent of instructor. Designed for students who have prior exposure to Spanish but may not have studied it formally. Readings and discussion about Spanish-speaking communities wor…
SPA 3305: Intro to Hispanic Literature
3 credit hours · 4 sections · 72 open seats · Alex McNair, Leslie Harkema, Rafael Climent-Espino, Paul Larson
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3301, 3302 or 3304; or consent of division director. Readings of representative authors and genres (poetry, prose fiction, drama, and essay) from around the Spanish-speaking world. Includes an introduction to literary research in Spanish.
SPA 3309: Intro to Spanish Linguistics
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 36 open seats · Falcon Restrepo Ramos
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3301, 3302, or 3304; or consent of division director. An introduction to the study of language and linguistics in general and of the sounds, structure, and meaning of Spanish in particular.
SPA 3311: Latin American Culture and Civ
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Lilly Souza-Fuertes
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3302, 3304, or consent of division director. Latin American history and culture.
SPA 3356: Modern Latin American Lit
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Guillermo Garcia-Corales
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3305 or consent of division director. Representative works of Latin American literature from 1880 to the present.
SPA 3V9R: Research
Variable credit hours · 1 section · 0 open seats
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Undergraduate research undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.
SPA 4001: AVANT SPA Testing
Variable credit hours · 1 section · 1 open seats · Gabrielle Miller
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3302 OR SPA 3304; SPA 3305; Must be declared Spanish major or Spanish secondary major. The AVANT Spanish Language Proficiency Test is a mandatory exit interview for Spanish majors and secondary majors before graduation. AVANT provides st…
SPA 4315: Methods Foreign Lang Teaching
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats
Cross Listings: Cross-listed as: FRE 4315; GER 4315
SPA 4321: Adv Span for Health Prof
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 36 open seats · Esther Hur, Karol Hardin
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2321; 3001; 3302 or 3304; and consent of instructor. In-depth experience with Spanish in medical contexts, including a community service-learning component, with emphasis on oral and aural proficiency. Must be taken in residence at Baylor …
SPA 4330: Advanced Spanish Communication
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Paul Larson
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3301, 3302 or 3304; or consent of division director. Develops fluency in Spanish communication by focusing on advanced grammar, vocabulary, and cultural understanding.
SPA 4363: Cervantes
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Alex McNair
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3305 or consent of division director. Study of the major works of Cervantes with emphasis on Don Quixote, the cultural milieu of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain, and the views of present-day literary critics. Lectures, class discu…
SPA 4388: Food and Culture in Latin Amer
3 credit hours · 1 section · 13 open seats · Rafael Climent-Espino
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3305; or consent of division director. A study of an author, work, period, genre, or other current topic in Hispanic literature or a topic related to Hispanic culture. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
SPA 4389: Ling Spn Health Comm
3 credit hours · 1 section · 15 open seats · Karol Hardin
Prerequisite(s): SPA 3302 and 3309 or consent of instructor. A study of a topic related to the Spanish language or a field within Hispanic or Lusophone Linguistics. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
SPA 4V90: Art in Spain
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 3 open seats · Gabrielle Miller
Prerequisite(s): Consent of division director. Independent study in Spanish language and literature in consultation with a professor. Examination and term paper. With content changed, this course may be repeated once for credit.
SPA 5304: Structures of Spanish
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Esther Hur
Spanish word order, sentence formation, phrasal structures, and constructions that differ from English. Introduction to morphology and syntax.
SPA 5334: Lat Amer Romanticism-Modernsm
3 credit hours · 1 section · 18 open seats · Lilly Souza-Fuertes
This course is designed as a survey of the Latin American novel, short story, poetry and theatre from the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century.
SPA 5388: Cecilia Valdés and Cuba
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 23 open seats · Stephen Silverstein, Rafael Climent-Espino
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. A study of an author, work, period, genre, or trend of Hispanic literature or of an aspect of the Spanish language. May be taken more than once as topic changes from semester to semester.
SPA 5389: Topics in Hispanic Lang - Ling
3 credit hours · 1 section · 3 open seats · Karol Hardin
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. A study of topics related to the Spanish language or a field within Hispanic or Lusophone Linguistics. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.
SPA 5V90: Independent Study
3 credit hours · 1 section · 1 open seats · Moises Park
Prerequisite(s): Consent of division director.
SPA 5V99: Thesis
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 3 open seats · Rafael Climent-Espino, Stephen Silverstein
Research, data analysis, writing, and oral defense of an approved master's thesis. At least six hours of SPA 5V99 are required.