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.
Global Hispanophone
This seminar examines the Global Hispanophone, a critical approach within Iberian studies that focuses on transnational networks of empire, migration, language, and media in regions of Asia and Africa shaped, past and present, by the legacy of Spanish imperial expansion. The course introduces students to this scholarly framework as a way of analyzing how cultural production evolves beyond the metropole and across postcolonial networks.
Drawing on perspectives from cultural studies, postcolonial and decolonial theory, critical race studies, and theories of cultural circulation and networked exchange, we will examine cultural texts that move across geographic, linguistic, and media contexts, with particular attention to texts produced within and about sites including Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, and the Philippines. Topics of study include the evolution and impact of colonial discourses like hispanidad, the afterlives of empire in contemporary media, the role of film and digital platforms in transnational cultural production, and how networked cultural forms challenge understandings of identity beyond the nation-state.
The seminar will also prompt students to critically examine the field itself, asking how the Global Hispanophone relates to—and potentially diverges from—other postcolonial and decolonial approaches, how it accommodates or obscures difference, and to what extent it de-centers the metropole as an arbiter of cultural relations. At a textual level, the course emphasizes contemporary cultural production, including film, visual culture, and digital media with transnational circulation.

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
Tue 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
Introduction to Sociophonetics
This course offers an introduction to sociophonetics, focusing on its application to Spanish and other related languages. Sociophonetics, at a basic level understood as a melding of experimental phonetics and sociolinguistic theory, explores variation in speech as a fundamental component of human language that is organized linguistically and socially. Sociophonetics is a research area that brings insights from sociolinguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, speech science, phonetics and phonology – sociophonetics has emerged as a separate field of inquiry that is cross-disciplinary and merges interest in acoustic and articulatory variation found in socially situated speech. The research techniques of sociophonetics were initially drawn from those of acoustic phonetics, however these techniques have been expanded to include speech perception. Sociophonetic analysis focuses on a range of speech styles, with an emphasis on socially embedded speech, although lab-based data can also be of interest.
This class has three goals. First, students will acquire the foundational knowledge required to conduct sociophonetic research. This includes an introduction to the field and what defines it, followed by a review of methods used in the field with a special focus on acoustic analysis. Namely, students will learn to conduct basic acoustic analysis that will help them understand research studies and apply it to their own projects. Second, students will learn about sociophonetic research that addresses issues related to the Spanish sound system through discussion of case studies. Third, students will get the knowledge and skills necessary to develop their own projects in sociophonetics. This will include learning how to pose research questions within a framework of research as inquiry and scholarship as conversation; how to evaluate different methodological options for data collection and analysis; and how to interpret the data analysis results within the focus of the project. This last goal is part of an effort to overtly bring information literacy to the course so that students, while not being familiar with all theories or methods in sociophonetics, learn how to obtain and evaluate the information/knowledge they would need for their projects.
This class offers a combination of theory and practice and will require a hands-on approach with some assignments and readings, which will culminate in a final sociophonetic project. Coursework will include regular assigned readings, practice assignments, a critical in-class presentation of an article together with a written reply to it, and a final project where students will apply a sociophonetic approach to a topic of their choice.

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, Quechua and Catalan. 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)