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SPANISH 3242S Migration & Resettlement in Central Ohio: A Community-Based Learning Course
WeFr 11:10AM - 1:00PM
This course compares aspects of displacement & resettlement in newcomer communities with an emphasis on Central Ohio. Students compare experiences of communities with ties to Latin America & other regions of the world (e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East). Through work with local advocates, students examine how resettlement is experienced differently depending on national origin & legal status. Course does not apply to the Spanish major or minor programs.
Prereq: GE foundation race, ethnicity and gender div course. Not open to students with credit for EthnStd 3242S. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course, High-Impact Practice Service Learning. Cross-listed in EthnStd.
Course Descriptions and Pre-Requisites
Complete course descriptions and pre-requisites are listed in the official OSU Course Catalog. Students may also search specific term Spanish offerings through the Registrar's Schedule of Classes.
Undergraduate Level Course Offerings
PORTUGUESE 2330 Introduction to Brazilian Culture
WeFr 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Integrated, multidisciplinary overview of modern Brazilian culture in terms of its visual, plastic, musical, literary, dramatic, and popular arts within socio-economic and political context.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Portgese 330. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course
SPANISH 2242 Introduction to Latinx Studies
TuTh 9:35AM-10:55AM
Introduction to Latinx studies; history, politics, and cultural production of Latinx communities in the U.S. and its borderlands.
Prereq: GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for EthnStd 2242, or CompStd 2242, or 2322. GE cultures and ideas and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed EtnStd and CompStd.
SPANISH 2320 Don Quixote in Translation
TuTh 9:35AM-10:55AM
Intro to Cervantes's masterpiece, Don Quixote. Students explore the novel through critical reading, writing, and class discussion. The course surveys the most salient features of Baroque Spanish art, and introduces major themes and narrative techniques included in the novel. An informed reading of DQ fosters the awareness of homologous artistic features and social issues in contemporary society.
GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
SPANISH 2380 Reinventing America
WeFr 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to Latin American film traditions; analysis of genres, filmmakers, and alternate aesthetics; focus on relation of film to social, political, and economic processes.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 380. GE VPA and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
SPANISH 3242S Migration & Resettlement in Central Ohio: A Community-Based Learning Course
WeFr 11:10AM - 1:00PM
This course compares aspects of displacement & resettlement in newcomer communities with an emphasis on Central Ohio. Students compare experiences of communities with ties to Latin America & other regions of the world (e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East). Through work with local advocates, students examine how resettlement is experienced differently depending on national origin & legal status. Course does not apply to the Spanish major or minor programs.
Prereq: GE foundation race, ethnicity and gender div course. Not open to students with credit for EthnStd 3242S. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course, High-Impact Practice Service Learning. Cross-listed in EthnStd.
SPANISH 3689 Words Across the World
Language, at the heart of our social life, drives much of what humans do: converse, convey beliefs & views, label, categorize, include & exclude people. We'll critically examine how we use language to interact with our lived environments (LE) & analyze & discover ways in which words are used & manipulated to impact our LE & how changes & developments in our LE can have a direct effect on language.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for German 3689 or NELC 3689. GE theme lived environments course. Cross-listed in German and NELC.
SPANISH 3450/H Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture in Spanish
Multiple sections available.
Required course for Spanish majors and minors. An introduction to literary and cultural analysis of texts in Spanish. This course presents strategies for reading and analyzing literary and cultural texts from various Spanish speaking countries to prepare students for more advanced courses in the Spanish program.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3403, 3413, 4603, or 4613. Not open to students with credit for 3450H.
SPANISH 4542 - Taco Planet: Food, Sustainability & Latin(x) American Cultures
TuTh 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Examines the history, policies, visual representations, culinary techniques, and literatures that bring together Latin(x) American identity, expressive cultures, and culinary practices. Students will visit local businesses and complete instructional kitchen class gatherings to inventory how they can contribute to more sustainable and ethical consumer choices. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: 2242, or CompStd 2242, or 2322, EthnStd 2242, or permission of instructor. GE theme sustainability course
SPANISH 4556 - Modern Spanish American Literatures
TuTh 2:20PM - 3:40PM
This course includes a modern and contemporary panorama of Spanish American Literatures from Modernism in the 1880s to Present. It studies the formation of the canon and subsequent questionings and revisions, including the Avant-garde, the Fantastic, Magic Realism, Testimonial, & Postmodernism, through a diverse array of genres such as poetry, essay, short stories, drama, testimonial, or short novel.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H
SPANISH 4560H - Introduction to Spanish American Culture
WeFr 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Major elements in the culture of the peoples of Spanish America.
Prereq: Honors standing; and a grade of C- or above in 3450H; and GPA 3.4 or above.
SPANISH 4561 - Introduction to the Culture of Spain
WeFr 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Major developments in the culture of Spain.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H.
SPANISH 4567 AND 4567H - Spanish Mosaic: Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia and Andalusia
TuTh 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Explores the fragmentation and renegotiation of Spanish cultural and political identity in tension with its peripheral "nations": Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Andalusia.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H
SPANISH 4582 - Latinx Cinema: Filmmaking, Production & Consumption
TuTh 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Explores how films by and about Latinxs respond to the U.S. Latinx experience. Analyzes how representational strategies (in terms of race, sexuality, ethnicity, gender, and class) and the deployment of formal devices (such as narrative structure, lighting, cinematography, sound, editing, and mise-en-scene) give various shapes to Latinx experiences and identities.
Prereq: Second-level writing course, or permission of instructor.
SPANISH 5201 - Spanish in the Health Professions
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to Spanish discourse about health and wellness within the cultural contexts of populations in the US and Latin America. Highlights the complex relationships between language, culture, and power in discourse on health and wellness.
Prereq: 3403, or Grad standing and permission of instructor
We know that patients and clients who receive culturally responsive treatment and services have greater satisfaction, greater trust in their providers, and improved health outcomes. Students in this course will have the opportunity to develop advanced linguistic and cultural skills that will allow them to use Spanish in health interactions, considering the sociocultural contexts of client encounters. A special focus will be placed on culturally responsive counseling skills, including medical and motivational interviewing. Readings are interdisciplinary (e.g., nursing, speech-language pathology, medicine, multicultural psychology) and will include a combination of peer-reviewed research articles, podcast episodes, testimonios, and popular media. Specific skills to be developed include 1) responding appropriately to dialect and register variation and 2) discourse strategies for active listening, patient activation, and building a therapeutic alliance in Spanish.
SPANISH 5620 - Gender and Power in the Americas
Th 3:55PM - 6:40PM
Taught in Spanish, the course focuses on the interpretation of gender and power in hemispheric Latin American and U.S. Latino/a cultural production.The seminar promotes inquiry in the areas of gender and power, performance studies, and the problems and prospects of Latinos as peoples shaped by the legacies of colonial, neoliberal, and patriarchal social orderings.
Prereq: 3450.
Focuses on the interpretation of gender and power in hemispheric Latin American and U.S. Latinx cultural production. This seminar contributes to the Latin American cultural and literary studies and Latinx literatures, cultures, and languages by promoting inquiry in the areas of gender and power, performance studies, and the problems and prospects of Latin American and Latinx peoples shaped by historical and contemporary circumstances through the lens of feminist theory and practice. In each unit we will discuss the ways in which gender is established through the frameworks of colonial and patriarchal social orderings and glean an understanding of our own positionality within the continuum of gendered bodies, sexuality, and societal norms govern our experience of these categories. The weekly organization emphasizes the analysis of texts and cultural artifacts from a critical perspective that locates the examined work within embodied trajectories.
SPANISH 5650/E - Seminar in Iberian Literatures and Cultures
TuTh 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Intensive study of a major theme, author, literary, or cultural problem related to the Iberian Peninsula. Required for students completing the Iberian Concentration of the Spanish major.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H, plus any two of: 4551, 4551E, 4552, 4552H, 4561, 4561H, 4564, 4567, 4567H, 4568, 4581, or 4595.02. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs
SPANISH 5660/E Seminar in Latin American Literatures and Cultures
WeFr 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Intensive study of a major theme, author, literary or cultural problem related to Latin America. Required for students completing the Latin American Concentration of the Spanish major. A maximum of 1 course taught in English may be counted toward the Spanish Major program with a Latin American Literatures & Cultures Concentration.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H, plus any two of: 4515, 4516, 4555, 4555E, 4556, 4558, 4560, 4560H, 4565H, 4570, 4580, 4595.03, or 5640. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs
SPANISH 5670/E Seminar in LatinX Literatures and Cultures
WeFr 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Intensive study of a major theme, author, literary, or cultural problem related to LatinX languages, literatures and cultures. Required for students completing the LatinX track of the Spanish major. Additional courses may be considered for the Concentration requirement with dept approval. Student is not to exceed 2 total courses taught in English for this Concentration of the Spanish Major.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3450 or 3450H, plus any two of: 4542, 4557.10, 4557.20, 4558, 4570, 4582, 4689S, 5201, 5202, 5203, 5389, 5461, 5620; Anthrop 3419; CompStd 3360, 4804; English 4588; HCS 3380. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
SPANISH 3404 Spanish Phonetics
Multiple sections available.
The fundamental principles of phonetic analysis are introduced in a simple and concise manner to show how Spanish sounds are produced, how they fall into patterns, and how they change in different environments. Major attention is devoted to practice with corrective exercises, introductory training in phonetic transcription and, to a lesser extent, the problems of teaching pronunciation.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 2202, or 2213, or Spanish Seal of Biliteracy. Concur: 3401, 3403 or 3413.
SPANISH 4430/H Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
WeFr 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Introduction to the analysis of Spanish from the perspective of modern linguistic theory.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 3401 (401), or 3401H (401H) and 3404 (404). Not open to students with credit for 4534 (604), 4534H (604H), 4430H (530H), or 430. FL Admis Cond course
SPANISH 4537 Spanish Psycholinguistics
WeFr 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Overview of child language acquisition, second language acquisition and child and adult language disorders in Spanish-speaking populations.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 4430 (430) or 4430H (530H). Not open to students with credit for 537. FL Admis Cond course
SPANISH 4538 Language Variation in Spanish
TuTh 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Survey of linguistic variation across the Spanish-speaking world, including geographical and social factors.
Prereq: A grade of C- or above in 4430 (430) or 4430H (530H). Not open to students with credit for 538. FL Admis Cond course.
CATALAN 5501 Catalan for Spanish Speakers I
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Rapid introduction to Catalan language. Intended for students with at least High Intermediate-level Spanish skills.
Prereq or concur: Spanish 3401, 3403, or 3404, or equiv; or permission of instructor.
QUECHUA 5501.01 Beginning Quechua I: Classroom
TuWeThFr 10:10AM - 11:05AM
Quechua 5501.01 (501) is a beginning language course for students with no previous study experience in Quechua. This course will be comprehensive, integrating culture and language from the southern Quechua family spoken in Peru.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 5501.51 or 501 or to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit. GE for lang course. GE world languages course.
QUECHUA 5503.01 Intermediate Quechua I: Classroom
TuWeThFr 11:15AM - 12:10PM
For students who have taken Quechua 5502 (502) or who have previous basic knowledge of Quechua at the beginning/intermediate level. This course will be comprehensive, integrating culture and language from the southern Quechua family spoken in Peru.
Prereq: 5502.01; or permission of instructor. Not open to students to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit. GE for lang course. GE world languages course
QUECHUA 5505.01 - Advanced Quechua I; Classroom
TuWeTh 9:05AM - 10:00AM
Quechua 5505.01 is an advanced language course intended for students with experience in Quechua. This course is comprehensive, integrating culture and language. It will be useful for students that want to travel to the Andean countries or who have an interest in studying Quechua language, culture and society. The variety taught is from the southern Quechua family spoken in Bolivia and Peru.
Prereq: 5504.01 or permission of instructor.
PORTGSE 3401 Advanced Portuguese Grammar
TuTh 12:45PM - 2:05PM
In-depth examination of difficult points of Portuguese grammar; emphasis on comprehension of key grammatical concepts in the language. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.
Prereq: 1103, or 5502, or Portuguese Seal of Biliteracy; or permission of instructor.
PORTGSE 5501 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I
WeFr 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Rapid introduction to Portuguese language intended for students with at least high intermediate-level Spanish skills. Undergraduate and Graduate students with high-intermediate to advanced language skills in other Romance Languages may seek instructor permission to enroll.
Prereq or concur: Spanish 3401, 3403, 3404, or 3413, or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Portgse 1101.01, 1102.01, 1103.01, or equiv. GE for lang course
PORTGSE 5650 - Studies in Literatures and Cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World
We 12:45PM - 3:30PM
Intensive exploration of a specific topic or problem; topic varies, for example: modern Brazilian novel, Luso-African literature, Portuguese poetry since 1974.
Prereq: 3450 (P450) and one 4500 (500) level literature and/or culture course; or 5502 (502) and Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 650. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
After the Future: Brazilian Literature in the 21st Century
This course examines Brazilian literature from the turn of the 21st century to the present, asking how writers have imagined, contested, and reassessed the promises of globalization, digital culture, democracy, and social transformation. From early cyber-literary experimentation and blog culture to contemporary narratives shaped by political crisis, environmental collapse, and struggles over race, gender, and power, the course explores how literature responds to moments of hope, rupture, and disillusionment. Readings are organized around key thematic constellations rather than chronology, inviting students to reflect on how literary form registers historical change. (The course is open to both graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Reading knowledge of Portuguese is required. Discussions and written assignments may be completed in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, depending on each student’s academic trajectory, research interests, and program requirements.)
PORTGSE 3191 Internship & Career Exploration
Internship for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain the internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Enrollment in another academic department or college level internship course is not permitted during the same term. This course does not apply to the Portuguese Major or Minor program.
Prereq: 1103, or 5502, or Portuguese Seal of Biliteracy, and GPA of 2.50 or above, and Soph, Jr, or Sr standing; and permission of department. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
PORTGSE 5191 Internship in Portuguese
Use of advanced Lusophone linguistic & cultural skills in a professional training context or industry for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain an internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Submission of a completed Internship Enrollment Application & Supervisor Agreement is required. Graduate students must obtain faculty advisor approval and confirm work hour commitment and duties each week of the internship term for enrollment in the appropriate number of credit hours. A maximum of 3 cr may be applied to the undergraduate major or minor program with Undergraduate Studies Committee approval.
Prereq: 3450, and GPA of 2.50 or above, and Soph, Jr, or Sr standing, and permission of department. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SPANISH 3191 Internship & Career Exploration
Internship for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain the internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Completion of Spanish 2506 and/or Spanish 3005 is recommended, but not required. Enrollment in another academic department or college level internship course is not permitted during the same term. This course does not apply to the Spanish Major or Minor program.
Prereq: 1103, or 1113, or Spanish Seal of Biliteracy, and GPA of 2.50+, and Soph, Jr, or Sr standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SPANISH 5191 Internship in Spanish
Use of advanced Spanish linguistic & cultural skills in a professional training context or industry for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain an internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Submission of a completed Internship Enrollment Application & Supervisor Agreement is required. Spanish 3005 or 5689S recommended, but not required. Graduate students must obtain faculty advisor approval and confirm work hour commitment and duties each week of the internship term for enrollment in the appropriate number of credit hours. A maximum of 3cr may be applied to the undergraduate major and/or toward the Immersion Component, or minor program with Undergraduate Studies Committee approval.
Prereq: 3450 or 3450H, GPA of 2.50 or above, Soph, Jr, or Sr standing, and permission of department. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SPANISH 5201 - Spanish in the Health Professions
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to Spanish discourse about health and wellness within the cultural contexts of populations in the US and Latin America. Highlights the complex relationships between language, culture, and power in discourse on health and wellness.
Prereq: 3403, or Grad standing and permission of instructor
We know that patients and clients who receive culturally responsive treatment and services have greater satisfaction, greater trust in their providers, and improved health outcomes. Students in this course will have the opportunity to develop advanced linguistic and cultural skills that will allow them to use Spanish in health interactions, considering the sociocultural contexts of client encounters. A special focus will be placed on culturally responsive counseling skills, including medical and motivational interviewing. Readings are interdisciplinary (e.g., nursing, speech-language pathology, medicine, multicultural psychology) and will include a combination of peer-reviewed research articles, podcast episodes, testimonios, and popular media. Specific skills to be developed include 1) responding appropriately to dialect and register variation and 2) discourse strategies for active listening, patient activation, and building a therapeutic alliance in Spanish.
SPANISH 5689S Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential Course
We 2:30PM - 5:15PM
During the 2nd term of the semester, students will be completing fieldwork hours, meeting with the instructor on an individual basis, and preparing a final project for presentation.
Interaction with Hispanic and LatinX community organization representatives, educators and business leaders in Ohio; intensive & extensive practice with Spanish as spoken by native and heritage speakers from the U.S. & abroad. Fulfills the Experiential Component of the Spanish Major.
Prereq: 3450 or 3450H
Graduate Level Course Offerings
SPANISH 6700 - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis
We 3:55PM - 6:40PM
Introduction to literary and cultural theory and methods of analysis; emphasis on the study and articulation of critical concepts.
Prereq: Grad standing
SPANISH 7660 - Topics in Iberian Cultures
Tu 12:45PM - 3:30PM
Analysis of Iberian cultures through the study of selected topics in literature, film, and the arts; topics vary.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
SPANISH 5201 - Spanish in the Health Professions
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to Spanish discourse about health and wellness within the cultural contexts of populations in the US and Latin America. Highlights the complex relationships between language, culture, and power in discourse on health and wellness.
Prereq: 3403, or Grad standing and permission of instructor
We know that patients and clients who receive culturally responsive treatment and services have greater satisfaction, greater trust in their providers, and improved health outcomes. Students in this course will have the opportunity to develop advanced linguistic and cultural skills that will allow them to use Spanish in health interactions, considering the sociocultural contexts of client encounters. A special focus will be placed on culturally responsive counseling skills, including medical and motivational interviewing. Readings are interdisciplinary (e.g., nursing, speech-language pathology, medicine, multicultural psychology) and will include a combination of peer-reviewed research articles, podcast episodes, testimonios, and popular media. Specific skills to be developed include 1) responding appropriately to dialect and register variation and 2) discourse strategies for active listening, patient activation, and building a therapeutic alliance in Spanish.
SPANISH 5620 - Gender and Power in the Americas
Th 3:55PM - 6:40PM
Taught in Spanish, the course focuses on the interpretation of gender and power in hemispheric Latin American and U.S. Latino/a cultural production.The seminar promotes inquiry in the areas of gender and power, performance studies, and the problems and prospects of Latinos as peoples shaped by the legacies of colonial, neoliberal, and patriarchal social orderings.
Prereq: 3450.
Focuses on the interpretation of gender and power in hemispheric Latin American and U.S. Latinx cultural production. This seminar contributes to the Latin American cultural and literary studies and Latinx literatures, cultures, and languages by promoting inquiry in the areas of gender and power, performance studies, and the problems and prospects of Latin American and Latinx peoples shaped by historical and contemporary circumstances through the lens of feminist theory and practice. In each unit we will discuss the ways in which gender is established through the frameworks of colonial and patriarchal social orderings and glean an understanding of our own positionality within the continuum of gendered bodies, sexuality, and societal norms govern our experience of these categories. The weekly organization emphasizes the analysis of texts and cultural artifacts from a critical perspective that locates the examined work within embodied trajectories.
SPANISH 6700 - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis
We 3:55PM - 6:40PM
Introduction to literary and cultural theory and methods of analysis; emphasis on the study and articulation of critical concepts.
Prereq: Grad standing
SPANISH 7470 Mapping Modern and Contemporary Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Th 3:55PM - 6:40PM
Study of significant socio-cultural moments, issues, problematics, and concepts in Latin American literatures and cultures from the late 19th century to the contemporary period.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
Latin American Cognitive and affective Mapping: Modernity and Coloniality: Cartografía cognitivo-afectiva de América Latina: modernidad y colonialidad
En este curso diseñaremos una cartografía cultural de la compleja realidad latinoamericana, mediante un enfoque transdiciplinario capaz de dar cuenta de los procesos políticos, sociales y étnico-raciales a través de los cuales se han ido configurando las formaciones geo-culturales modernas en América Latina. Nos concentraremos particularmente en la plasmación histórica de determinados momentos en los cuales se materializan las matrices constitutivas de cada formación geo-cultural durante el siglo XX. A partir de diversas teorías de Darcy Ribeiro, Ángel Rama, Jesús Martín Barbero, Néstor García Canclini, Beatriz Sarlo, Aníbal Quijano, Nelly Richard y Rita Segato, discutiremos distintas instancias de transculturación en la literatura, el cine, la música, las artes plásticas, la arquitectura, las prácticas rituales, con el propósito de aprehender la dialéctica entre lo regional y lo local, lo nacional y lo transnacional, lo elitista y lo popular, el folklore y el pop, la industria cultural y la sociedad civil, las subculturas y las contraculturas, lo emergente y lo residual, la modernidad y las tradiciones. El objetivo es relevar un aparato teórico-conceptual básico y trazar un mapa cognitivo-afectivo desde los cuales aprehender la profusa diversidad de los procesos históricos y culturales de las sociedades latinoamericanas.
SPANISH 7780.22 Andean Music Ensemble
We 5:30PM - 7:35PM
In this course students learn to play and perform music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. The course explores various musical genres within the Andean region. Students study techniques and methods for playing Andean instruments and learn to sing in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara:
This course is designed to use performance as pedagogy—in this case, music making as an entry point into learning about Andean languages and cultures. The ensemble embraces Andean traditions of participatory music making and introduces students to alternative language- and music-learning approaches that engage with Indigenous practices and decolonial pedagogies.
Students learn how to perform music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina; sing in Spanish, Quechua, Kichwa and Aymara; explore Andean musical and performance aesthetics; and learn about the cultural background and social significance of the songs. We explore various genres including the Peruvian huayno, the Ecuadorian sanjuanito, Bolivian sikuriadas (panpipes ensemble tunes) and tarkeadas (wooden flute ensemble tunes), and more. We experience instruments like zampoñas or sikuris (Andean panpipes), tarkas (Bolivian festival flutes), quenas/kenas (notched mouthpiece flutes), charangos (Andean string instruments), guitars, bombo (Andean bass drum), chakchas (goat hooves rattles), cajón peruano and quijada (Afro-Peruvian percussion).
There are no auditions and no requirements for prior musical experience or language proficiency. The repertoire changes each semester. This course counts toward the Quechua FLAS Fellowship course requirement and up to 3 credits of the SPPO Graduate Workshop requirement. Learn more about the Andean Music Ensemble at OSU, see videos and listen to our recordings on the SPPO website
Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs or 10 completions. Cross-listed in Music.
SPANISH 5389 - US Latino Languages and Cultures
Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:55-5:15 PM
This course focuses on the languages of Latino communities in the United States. We will discuss the diversity of Latino experiences in the US and the central role of language in the development of a “Latino” identity, as well as its role in local understandings of ethnicity, gender, and social class, among other categories. Course material is drawn primarily from ethnographies of language, which provide a richly contextualized approach to the relationship between language(s) and culture(s). Previous coursework in Latino Studies and/or Sociolinguistics is desirable.
Prereq: 5201 or 4430/H, or equiv, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
SPANISH 7320 Spanish Syntax and Semantics
Fr 11:00AM - 1:45PM
Introduction to structural and semantic characteristics of Spanish in light of recent theoretical frameworks in linguistics.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
This course introduces graduate students to formal semantic theory. We study how the meanings of complex expressions are compositionally derived and how semantic systems model speakers’ knowledge of meaning. Students receive training in the core tools of the field, including types, lambda notation, and model-theoretic interpretation.
We work primarily within the framework of Heim & Kratzer (1998), using it as a basis for analyzing a range of empirical phenomena and for understanding how formal systems can be extended and evaluated. Emphasis is placed on explicit analysis and argumentation.
While our primary object of study will be Spanish, we will treat it as a window into the universal properties of human language. Throughout the semester, we will engage in crosslinguistic comparison, explore the syntax-semantics interface, and discuss how formal tools can be applied to diverse linguistic phenomena.
SPANISH 8330 Studies in Spanish Synchronic Linguistics
We 5:30PM - 8:15PM
Investigation of selected topics in synchronic Spanish linguistics (formal problems in Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicology). Individual topics not repeatable.
Prereq: 7320 or 7340 (depending on topic), or permission of instructor
Advanced Seminar on Linguistic Anthropology in the Andes
This course examines recent literature in linguistic anthropology in the Andean region (Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia). We will examine topics including contact between and among indigenous languages and speakers; historical and contemporary links between the Andes and neighboring regions; transnational indigenous mobilization; rural-to-urban and international migration; racialization and discrimination; indigenous language documentation, policy, and education; Andean Spanishes and their relationship with Quechua; and connections between language, development, and the environment.
This course is being planned as a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) class and some portions of the course will (hopefully) include online interaction with graduate students at a Latin American university. Due to its status as a COIL class, the course will be taught in Spanish with readings in both Spanish and English.
SPANISH 8340 - Studies in Synchronic Spanish Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology
TuTh 12:45PM - 2:05PM
Investigation of theoretical concepts in phonetics, phonology, and morphology and how they have been applied to the analysis of the Spanish language.
Prereq: 7340 (734), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs
CATALAN 5501 Catalan for Spanish Speakers I
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Rapid introduction to Catalan language. Intended for students with at least High Intermediate-level Spanish skills.
Prereq or concur: Spanish 3401, 3403, or 3404, or equiv; or permission of instructor.
QUECHUA 5501.01 Beginning Quechua I: Classroom
TuWeThFr 10:10AM - 11:05AM
Quechua 5501.01 (501) is a beginning language course for students with no previous study experience in Quechua. This course will be comprehensive, integrating culture and language from the southern Quechua family spoken in Peru.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 5501.51 or 501 or to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit. GE for lang course. GE world languages course.
QUECHUA 5503.01 Intermediate Quechua I: Classroom
TuWeThFr 11:15AM - 12:10PM
For students who have taken Quechua 5502 (502) or who have previous basic knowledge of Quechua at the beginning/intermediate level. This course will be comprehensive, integrating culture and language from the southern Quechua family spoken in Peru.
Prereq: 5502.01; or permission of instructor. Not open to students to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit. GE for lang course. GE world languages course
QUECHUA 5505.01 - Advanced Quechua I; Classroom
TuWeTh 9:05AM - 10:00AM
Quechua 5505.01 is an advanced language course intended for students with experience in Quechua. This course is comprehensive, integrating culture and language. It will be useful for students that want to travel to the Andean countries or who have an interest in studying Quechua language, culture and society. The variety taught is from the southern Quechua family spoken in Bolivia and Peru.
Prereq: 5504.01 or permission of instructor.
PORTGSE 5501 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I
WeFr 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Rapid introduction to Portuguese language intended for students with at least high intermediate-level Spanish skills. Undergraduate and Graduate students with high-intermediate to advanced language skills in other Romance Languages may seek instructor permission to enroll.
Prereq or concur: Spanish 3401, 3403, 3404, or 3413, or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Portgse 1101.01, 1102.01, 1103.01, or equiv. GE for lang course
PORTGSE 5650 - Studies in Literatures and Cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World
We 12:45PM - 3:30PM
Intensive exploration of a specific topic or problem; topic varies, for example: modern Brazilian novel, Luso-African literature, Portuguese poetry since 1974.
Prereq: 3450 (P450) and one 4500 (500) level literature and/or culture course; or 5502 (502) and Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 650. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
After the Future: Brazilian Literature in the 21st Century
This course examines Brazilian literature from the turn of the 21st century to the present, asking how writers have imagined, contested, and reassessed the promises of globalization, digital culture, democracy, and social transformation. From early cyber-literary experimentation and blog culture to contemporary narratives shaped by political crisis, environmental collapse, and struggles over race, gender, and power, the course explores how literature responds to moments of hope, rupture, and disillusionment. Readings are organized around key thematic constellations rather than chronology, inviting students to reflect on how literary form registers historical change. (The course is open to both graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Reading knowledge of Portuguese is required. Discussions and written assignments may be completed in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, depending on each student’s academic trajectory, research interests, and program requirements.)
PORTGSE 5191 Internship in Portuguese
Use of advanced Lusophone linguistic & cultural skills in a professional training context or industry for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain an internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Submission of a completed Internship Enrollment Application & Supervisor Agreement is required. Graduate students must obtain faculty advisor approval and confirm work hour commitment and duties each week of the internship term for enrollment in the appropriate number of credit hours. A maximum of 3 cr may be applied to the undergraduate major or minor program with Undergraduate Studies Committee approval.
Prereq: 3450, and GPA of 2.50 or above, and Soph, Jr, or Sr standing, and permission of department. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SPANISH 5191 Internship in Spanish
Use of advanced Spanish linguistic & cultural skills in a professional training context or industry for academic credit under employer supervision, with enrollment and grade evaluation by a faculty sponsor and program coordinator in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese. Student must obtain an internship and submit signed employer and department agreement prior to the start of the internship term. Submission of a completed Internship Enrollment Application & Supervisor Agreement is required. Spanish 3005 or 5689S recommended, but not required. Graduate students must obtain faculty advisor approval and confirm work hour commitment and duties each week of the internship term for enrollment in the appropriate number of credit hours. A maximum of 3cr may be applied to the undergraduate major and/or toward the Immersion Component, or minor program with Undergraduate Studies Committee approval.
Prereq: 3450 or 3450H, GPA of 2.50 or above, Soph, Jr, or Sr standing, and permission of department. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SPANISH 5201 - Spanish in the Health Professions
TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM
Introduction to Spanish discourse about health and wellness within the cultural contexts of populations in the US and Latin America. Highlights the complex relationships between language, culture, and power in discourse on health and wellness.
Prereq: 3403, or Grad standing and permission of instructor
We know that patients and clients who receive culturally responsive treatment and services have greater satisfaction, greater trust in their providers, and improved health outcomes. Students in this course will have the opportunity to develop advanced linguistic and cultural skills that will allow them to use Spanish in health interactions, considering the sociocultural contexts of client encounters. A special focus will be placed on culturally responsive counseling skills, including medical and motivational interviewing. Readings are interdisciplinary (e.g., nursing, speech-language pathology, medicine, multicultural psychology) and will include a combination of peer-reviewed research articles, podcast episodes, testimonios, and popular media. Specific skills to be developed include 1) responding appropriately to dialect and register variation and 2) discourse strategies for active listening, patient activation, and building a therapeutic alliance in Spanish.
SPANISH 5689S Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential Course
We 2:30PM - 5:15PM
During the 2nd term of the semester, students will be completing fieldwork hours, meeting with the instructor on an individual basis, and preparing a final project for presentation.
Interaction with Hispanic and LatinX community organization representatives, educators and business leaders in Ohio; intensive & extensive practice with Spanish as spoken by native and heritage speakers from the U.S. & abroad. Fulfills the Experiential Component of the Spanish Major.
Prereq: 3450 or 3450H
SPANISH 7801 College Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese
TuTh 11:10AM - 12:30PM
Methods and techniques for teaching Spanish and Portuguese language at the college level. Three-week intensive workshop prior to beginning of semester followed by a 2-hr seminar during semester.
Prereq: Teaching associate in Spanish and Portuguese, or permission of instructor.
The primary objective of this course is to support new Graduate Teaching Associates (GTAs) in their role as instructors in the second language classroom. The initial weeks will provide guidance and practice in immediate matters such as classroom management (e.g., lesson planning, record keeping, student behavior, etc.) and assessment (e.g., testing, proctoring, grading both on paper and online, etc.). Subsequent weeks will focus on the principles and practices of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) as well as key constructs from second language (L2) acquisition theory. Students will complete worksheets and write brief expository essays about the content of readings and in-class discussions. They will create and exchange activities and assessments grounded in the principles of CLT for use in their own classrooms. Finally, they will observe and analyze classes taught by experienced L2 instructors in our SPPO Language Programs (LPs), which include Spanish, Spanish for Heritage Learners, Portuguese, and Quechua. These combined course elements aim to increase instructor awareness, confidence, and performance, and they provide a solid foundation for well-informed instructional decisions in our LPs and beyond
SPANISH 8893 - Hispanic Linguistics Colloquium
Fr 2:20PM - 3:40PM
Forum for presentation of research in Hispanic linguistics; introduction to professional issues in workshop format.
Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. This course is progress graded (S/U)
SPANISH 8894 - Literatures and Cultures Colloquium
Fr 2:20PM - 3:40PM
Forum for presentation of research in Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures; introduction to professional issues in workshop format.
Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. This course is progress graded (S/U)