| Catalan Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
| Barcelona: the City and its History (Gr.1 & Gr.2) | No language requirements | This course is an introduction to the city of Barcelona by studying its past and analyzing its present. |
| 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
El curso es una introducción a la ciudad de Barcelona a través del estudio de su pasado y el análisis de su presente. | |
| Arte y Artistas (Gr.1 & Gr.2) | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course proposes to complement a theoretical overview of Spanish art with a practical approach to the works of art. |
| Lengua y Cultura Catalanas | More than 2 semesters recommended | The objective of this language introduction and Catalan culture course, with a clear communicative focus on linguistic and sociocultural competence, is allow students to communicate in the Catalan society |
| Nacionalismos en la Europa Actual: una Aproximación a partir del Caso Catalán |
Highly recommended to have more than 3 semesters | Students will learn about the different types and approaches to nationalism. They will use them to analyze the Catalan and other Spanish and European cases (programs, social base, politics, strategies) and discuss their present and foreseeable future in an integrated Europe. |
| Barcelona/Madrid. La Literatura y el Cine frente a la Ciudad Contemporánea | More than 2 semesters recommended |
El curso quiere abordar un doble problema: por un lado, cómo pensar la ciudad contemporánea desde su representación artística (en la literatura y el cine, también en la pintura, el cómic o la televisión); por el otro, cómo situar esa reflexión en el debate actual sobre nacionalidad, europeísmo, globalización. |
| Hispanic Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
| Between Tolerance and Conflict: Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula (Gr.1 & Gr.2) | No language requirements | The course seeks to introduce Spanish history as a history of a space and time in which three monotheistic religions have coexisted for centuries. |
| Literatura Española Contemporánea | More than 2 semesters recommended | Bring students closer to the Spanish literature of the 20th century, through the reading and comments in some detail of the chosen texts |
| More than 2 semesters recommended | El objetivo de este curso es acercar los estudiantes al conocimiento de la poesía hispánica, desde los orígenes medievales hasta el presente, a través de una selección de textos que serán objeto de lectura y comentario detallados. | |
| El Quijote y el Pensamiento Filosófico Español del S.XX | Highly recommended to have more than 3 semesters | This twelve-week course offers a brief overview of the greatest Hispanic philosophers of the 20th century |
| Imágenes de España en el Cine Contemporáneo (Gr.1 & Gr.2) | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course offers an introduction to Spanish cinema from the beginning of democracy in Spain, from the seventies until today. |
| Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain | No language requirements | El curso Sociedad y Política en la España Actual está fundamentalmente dedicado al análisis de las relaciones existentes entre la sociedad y los principales actores políticos del sistema |
| 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
El curso Sociedad y Política en la España Actual está fundamentalmente dedicado al análisis de las relaciones existentes entre la sociedad y los principales actores políticos del sistema | |
| Comunicación y Sociedad en España y Europa | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course intends to show the functioning and structure of the media in Spain. For that purpose, sessions will alternate theory and practice in order to reflect on the general communication system and its peculiarities. |
| More than 2 semesters recommended | This seminar is addressed to foreign university students that have an advanced or proficiency level of Spanish and that intend to improve their command of the oral language in academic or formal contexts. | |
| Contemporary Spanish Art | No language requirements | The objective of this course is to offer a survey approach to the history of artistic developments in Spain from Goya to our days. |
| European Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
| No language requirements |
The course aims to provide U.S. students with basic knowledge about the European Union (EU). It covers the four main areas of study concerning this topic: the historical evolution of the process of European integration, institutional set-up and specific policy-making procedures, basic economics issues at stake, and the state of EU's main policies as of today. |
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| Ancient Mediterranean: Colonial Encounters and Imperialism |
No language requirements | This course will examine the nature and complexity of interactions between the regions of the Mediterranean during the second and the first millennia BC. |
| No language requirements | This course provides a survey of the representation of Spain in Anglo-American letters throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. | |
| Comparing Media: Anglosaxon & Latin Tradition | No language requirements | |
| NEW: Europa del Este a través de sus Ciudades (Viajes Culturales y Visiones desde España) | More than 2 semesters recommended |
| Spanish Language Courses |
| Beginners |
| Intermediate |
| Advanced |
| Proficiency |
| Catalan Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
| Barcelona: the City and its History (Gr. 3 & Gr.4) | No language requirements | This course is an introduction to the city of Barcelona by studying its past and analyzing its present. |
| 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
El curso es una introducción a la ciudad de Barcelona a través del estudio de su pasado y el análisis de su presente. | |
| Arte y Artistas (Gr.3 & Gr.4) | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course proposes to complement a theoretical overview of Spanish art with a practical approach to the works of art. |
| Lengua y Cultura Catalanas | More than 2 semesters recommended | The objective of this language introduction and Catalan culture course, with a clear communicative focus on linguistic and sociocultural competence, is allow students to communicate in the Catalan society |
| Nacionalismos en la Europa Actual: una Aproximación a partir del Caso Catalán |
Highly recommended to have more than 3 semesters | Students will learn about the different types and approaches to nationalism. They will use them to analyze the Catalan and other Spanish and European cases (programs, social base, politics, strategies) and discuss their present and foreseeable future in an integrated Europe. |
| Barcelona/Madrid. La Literatura y el Cine frente a la Ciudad Contemporánea | More than 2 semesters recommended |
El curso quiere abordar un doble problema: por un lado, cómo pensar la ciudad contemporánea desde su representación artística (en la literatura y el cine, también en la pintura, el cómic o la televisión); por el otro, cómo situar esa reflexión en el debate actual sobre nacionalidad, europeísmo, globalización. |
| NEW: Modern Catalan Literature | No language requirements | This course is an introduction to Catalan literature that, following the traditional literary periods, adopts complementary perspectives in the analysis of canonical works by focusing on issues such as gender roles, the relationship between literature and other artistic forms, the concept of national identity, the impact of the Civil War and the experience of exile, the use of the fantastic or the uncanny, and the function of collective memory. |
| Hispanic Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
| Between Tolerance and Conflict: Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula (Gr. 3) | No language requirements | The course seeks to introduce Spanish history as a history of a space and time in which three monotheistic religions have coexisted for centuries. |
| Literatura Española Contemporánea | More than 2 semesters recommended | Bring students closer to the Spanish literature of the 20th century, through the reading and comments in some detail of the chosen texts |
| More than 2 semesters recommended | El objetivo de este curso es acercar los estudiantes al conocimiento de la poesía hispánica, desde los orígenes medievales hasta el presente, a través de una selección de textos que serán objeto de lectura y comentario detallados. | |
| Imágenes de España en el Cine Contemporáneo (Gr.3 & Gr.4) | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course offers an introduction to Spanish cinema from the beginning of democracy in Spain, from the seventies until today. |
| Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain | No language requirements | El curso Sociedad y Política en la España Actual está fundamentalmente dedicado al análisis de las relaciones existentes entre la sociedad y los principales actores políticos del sistema |
| 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
El curso Sociedad y Política en la España Actual está fundamentalmente dedicado al análisis de las relaciones existentes entre la sociedad y los principales actores políticos del sistema | |
| Comunicación y Sociedad en España y Europa | 1 semester required 2 semesters recommended |
The course intends to show the functioning and structure of the media in Spain. For that purpose, sessions will alternate theory and practice in order to reflect on the general communication system and its peculiarities. |
| More than 2 semesters recommended | This seminar is addressed to foreign university students that have an advanced or proficiency level of Spanish and that intend to improve their command of the oral language in academic or formal contexts. | |
| Contemporary Spanish Art | No language requirements | The objective of this course is to offer a survey approach to the history of artistic developments in Spain from Goya to our days. |
| NEW: Mitos Literarios y Filosofía en la Tradición Europea. Don Juan. Comedia y Tragedia en la Tradición Española. | Highly recommended to have more than 3 semesters |
| European Studies | Spanish Language pre-requisites |
Course Description |
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An Introduction to the European Union: NOT OFFERED THIS TERM |
No language requirements |
The course aims to provide U.S. students with basic knowledge about the European Union (EU). It covers the four main areas of study concerning this topic: the historical evolution of the process of European integration, institutional set-up and specific policy-making procedures, basic economics issues at stake, and the state of EU's main policies as of today. |
| Ancient Mediterranean: Colonial Encounters and Imperialism |
No language requirements | This course will examine the nature and complexity of interactions between the regions of the Mediterranean during the second and the first millennia BC. |
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Angloamerican Travellers in Spain: NOT OFFERED THIS TERM |
No language requirements | This course provides a survey of the representation of Spain in Anglo-American letters throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
| Comparing Media: Anglosaxon & Latin Tradition: NOT OFFERED THIS TERM | No language requirements | |
| Transatlantic Perspectives in Literature: Modern Narratives in Spain and the Americas | No language requirements | This course aims to offer a comparative analysis of well-established narrative texts in the light of four main theoretical approaches in today's literary criticism. |
| Goya y el Arte en la Europa de las Revoluciones | Highly recommended to have more than 3 semesters | Proporcionar visiones e interpretaciones renovadas de la carrera y la figura de un artista como Goya, de situarlo en el contexto de su tiempo y de releerlo desde la perspectiva de la modernidad y las vanguardias. |
| Hispanic / Latino Literatures in the USA | No language requirements | |
| NEW: Movimientos Sociales y Mundo Contemporáneo: Estados Unidos, Europa y España (1950-2009) | More than 2 semesters recommended |
| Spanish Language Courses |
| Beginners |
| Intermediate |
| Advanced |
| Proficiency |