CTLN101
Beginners’ Catalan This course introduces students to Catalan language and culture. It seeks to foster students’ linguistic, communicative and cultural competence in Catalan while exposing them to the main sociocultural aspects of the Catalan-speaking regions of Spain. Aligned with CEFR level A1 objectives. Prerequisites: No prerequisites Note: Credit will be granted for only one of […]
SPAN303
Conversational Spanish for Advanced Speakers Expands the comprehension and communicative skills of upper-level students and heritage speakers through topics drawn from Hispanic culture and current events. Aligned with CEFR level B1 objectives. Prerequisite: One of SPAN 207, SPAN 302. Or placement test for heritage speakers. Language of Instruction: Spanish
SPAN203
Intensive Elementary Spanish SPAN 203 is a 3-credit Intensive Elementary Course that combines learning objectives of two existing courses, SPAN 201 and 202. This course is designed for highly motivated learners with previous experience in Spanish or other Romance languages, and offers the opportunity to review the linguistic, cultural and communicative topics at the elementary […]
SPAN103
Intensive Beginners’ Spanish SPAN 103 is the first of a six-credit sequence of Intensive Spanish offered by the FHIS Department. The course, which is designed for highly motivated learners with previous experience in Spanish (i.e., BC Grade 11 or 12 Spanish) or other Romance languages, reviews the fundamentals of the Spanish language and expands on […]
RMST280
Love and Revolution Love is a central virtue of human kind that frames some of the most significant relationships and roles we will experience in our lifetime, particularly during times of change. From guerrilla movements and political upheaval to intimate acts of resistance and desire, we will examine how love in its various enactments—patriotic, romantic, […]
RMST306
Language Contact and Multilingualism in the Romance-Speaking World This course is about language contact and multilingualism in communities where different varieties of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and other Romance-languages are spoken. Since the field of contact linguistics is inherently sociolinguistics, we pay equal attention to the social and linguistic settings of contact, as well as […]
RMST373
Don Quixote and Errant Subjects in a Global Context Discover Cervantes’s masterpiece, Don Quixote (1605), through close readings covering topics that range from gender, race, translation, economic crises, to religious turmoil and social inequality. By applying an interdisciplinary approach, Cervantes’s works will be discussed in relation to the artistic and historical context of renaissance and […]
ITAL380
Italian Food Cultures Cross-listed with RMST350 Italy is world-renowned for its food cultures and Italians put great care into food preparation, consumption, and appreciation. It’s no wonder that Italian food-related themes permeate the country’s cultural life and beyond. This course examines cultural representations of Italian or Italian-derived foods and the role that they play in […]
SPAN501
[Cross-listed with FREN 512B] Cultural Mobilities in Theory and Practice Cultural mobility can be defined as mobilities relayed in and of cultural products, events, and phenomena. The concept can be viewed as part of a recent, influential critical movement to foreground mobility in social sciences and in the humanities and arts. According to Tim Cresswell […]
ITAL378
Colonial and Postcolonial Italy Often considered the “least of the Great Powers” by its European colonial counterparts, Italy had nurtured expansionist ambitions since its Unification in 1861. At its peak, during fascism, the Italian Empire annexed parts of Libya, Greece, Albania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, in addition to a concession in Tianjin, China. But soon […]