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Fall 2022 Course Listings

All schedule information is tentative. Please see the Registrar's site for the latest information.

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Questions about major/minor requirements, course offerings, or studying abroad? Contact our Undergraduate Advising Head: Professor Lucía Reyes de Deu.

Language Courses

For more information about HISP 10-108 placement/enrollment, please see our Language Programs Placement page. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. González Ros.

HISP 10A Beginning Spanish

(1) M/W/R 10:10 AM–11:00 AM; F 10:00 AM–10:50 AM, González Ros
(2) M/W/R/F 9:05 AM–9:55 AM, Gould

Prerequisite: Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

For students who have had no previous study of Spanish. An introduction to the Spanish language and culture, this course focuses on the acquisition of basic communication skills in Spanish and cultural awareness. Students will actively speak, write, listen, and read in the target language. A variety of media and texts relating to authentic familiar topics will be used. Active participation is essential.

HISP 20B Continuing Spanish

(1) M/T/W/R 11:15 AM–12:05 PM, Mederos
(2) M/T/W/R 9:05 AM–9:55 AM, STAFF
(3) M/W/R 10:10 AM–11:00 AM; T 10:00 AM–10:50 AM, STAFF

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in HISP 10a or the equivalent. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

For students with some previous study of Spanish. Students will continue the development of all language skills (speaking, reading, listening, writing, and culture) using a variety of media and texts relating to authentic familiar topics. The focus of the class is to communicate effectively and to learn more about the cultures of the Spanish–speaking world. Active participation is essential.

HISP 32A Intermediate Spanish: Conversation

(1) M/W/R 12:20–1:10 PM; F 12:45–1:35 PM, Gould
(2) M/W/R 10:10–11:00 AM; F 10:00–10:50 AM, Gould
(3) M/W/R/F 11:15 AM–12:05 PM, STAFF
(4) M/W/R 12:20–1:10 PM; F 12:45–1:35 PM, STAFF
(5) M/T/W/R 9:05 AM–9:55 AM, Mederos
(6) M/W/R 1:25–2:15 PM; T 12:45–1:35 PM, Mederos

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in HISP 20b or the equivalent. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

Students in HISP 32 will bring their proficiency up to an intermediate level. Prepares students to communicate on a variety of topics which are familiar or of personal interest. All language skills will be practiced with a special emphasis on interpersonal communication and cultural competence.

*HISP classes listed below (104 and above) are conducted in Spanish, unless otherwise noted.*

On blue background: HISP 104b: Peoples, Ideas, and Language of the Hispanic World. Image 1: a rally of indigenous peoples, 3 of whom face us in front of banner. One has loudspeaker, the other two cheer. Image 2: cover for “Bebe diferentemente iguales” a song. Image 3: two dancers in vibrantly colored clothing, the woman in ruffles. Image 4: from the film, La Buena vida, of old man lying in hammock. Image 5: brick wall painted white with 3 cartoon figures. The words on wall read: No es: lo que tienes, Lo que haces sino lo que eres which is crossed out and replaced by sos. Below 5 images: Prerequisite: 30-level Hispanic Studies course or equivalent. Consent code required. Participants will expand their language skills in Spanish while deepening their understanding of Hispanic cultures. Students will explore how their identity and those of others is expressed through language, images, and cultural practices.
HISP 104B Peoples, Ideas, and Language of the Hispanic World

(1) M/W/R 10:10 AM–11:00 AM, Castro
(2) M/W/R 12:20 PM–1:10 PM, Castro
(3) M/W/R 1:25 PM–2:15 PM, STAFF

Prerequisite: HISP 32 or 34. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

Participants will expand their language skills in Spanish while deepening their understanding of Hispanic cultures. Students will explore how their identity and those of others is expressed through language, images, and cultural practices.

HISP 105-1: Sustainability. Portrait of Berta Cáceres, painted on a brick wall with Berta Caceres vive written below. The caption reads (assassinated 2016) rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and successfully pressured the world’s largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam. What can we learn from her model of activism? Oral Communication through Cultural Topics, Prerequisite: HISP 104b or the equivalent. Prof. Kristen Turpin How do we persuade others to enact meaningful change? In this special topics section of Hisp 105, students will improve their speaking skills as they explore issues of sustainability in the Spanish-speaking world. We will reflect about the global consequences of individual actions, debate about the feasibility of ecotourism, and tell the stories of indigenous and Latin American climate activists.
HISP 105A Oral Communication through Cultural Topics, Sustainability

(1) M/W/R 1:25 PM–2:15 PM, Castro

Prerequisite: HISP 104b or the equivalent. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

How do we persuade others to enact meaningful change? In this special topics section of Hisp 105, students will improve their speaking skills as they explore issues of sustainability in the Spanish–speaking world. We will reflect about the global consequences of individual actions, debate about the feasibility of ecotourism, and tell the stories of indigenous and Latin American climate activists.

HISP105B.3 Health Photo of 2 pairs of arms, one darker set, one lighter. The darker set is taking the other’s blood pressure. Photo by @rawpixel.com on nappy.co Prerequisite: Hisp104B or equivalent (or permission from the instructor Hisp105A.3 focuses on improving oral communication skills through practical tasks paying special attention to common language and cultural challenges. Students will practice oral presentations, conduct interviews, explain and clarify complex issues, persuade and debate, among other communicative functions. This course is appropriate for students in any field where they would interact with Spanish speakers regularly. For more information, please email Professor González Ros: elenag@brandeis.edu (old: 5 multi-colored blocks on green: HISP 105-3 Medical, Prerequisite: HISP 104 or equivalent; Interactive activities, medical terminology, grammar in context, cultural topics, HSSP, Medical Brigades, Psychology, all students interested in the medical field. More info: Prof. Elena González Ros, elenag@brandeis.edu)
HISP 105A Oral Communication through Cultural Topics, Health

(3) M/W/R 9:05 AM–9:55 AM, González Ros

Prerequisite: HISP 104b or the equivalent. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page).

Students will improve their oral communication skills through active participation in practical tasks in contexts related to the way the Spanish–speaking world views the concepts of health and wellbeing. Students will present information, conduct interviews, persuade and debate, among other communicative functions. This course is appropriate for students in any field where they would interact with Spanish speakers regularly.

On blue background: in white cloud shape is HISP 106B Spanish for Written Communication through Contemporary Culture. Below is pencil in shape of a rocket with words, writing is power, repeated on its smoke-trail. Prerequisite: HISP 105a or the equivalent. Consent code required (please see instructions above). [WI] Students will develop their writing skills in order to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts and for different audiences. Examples may include creative, professional, and academic texts.
HISP 106B Spanish for Written Communication through Contemporary Culture

(1) T/R 2:20 PM–3:40 PM, Reyes de Deu
(2) T/R 3:55 PM–5:15 PM, Reyes de Deu

Prerequisite: HISP 105a or the equivalent. Permission required (please see instructions on our Language Programs Placement page). [WI]

Students will develop their writing skills in order to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts and for different audiences. Examples may include creative, professional, and academic texts.

Upper-Level Courses (above HISP 108)

HISP 111b: Introducción a la literatura Latino américana. América del Sur is outlined in black with south at the top of image and north at the bottom. The lettering is right side up. Below image: Inverted map of America (1936) by Uruguayan painter, Joaquin Torres Garcia. Prerequisite: HISP 106b, or HISP 108a, or permission of instructor. [DJW, NW, Cross-listed with: COML Lit Course in a Language Other than English; IGS Elective in Media, Culture, and The Arts; Elective Course in Latin American and Latino St; Cross-Listed in Music/Cultural Studies Track.] Examines key Latin American texts of different genres (poems, short stories and excerpts from novels, chronicles, comics, screenplays, cyberfiction) and from different time periods from the conquest to modernity. This class places emphasis on problems of cultural definition and identity construction as they are elaborated in literary discourse. Identifying major themes (coloniality and emancipation, modernismo and modernity, indigenismo, hybridity and mestizaje, nationalisms, Pan-Americanism, etc.) we will trace continuities and ruptures throughout Latin American intellectual history.
HISP 111B Introduction to Latin American Literature and Culture

(1) T/F 12:45 PM–2:05 PM, Reyes de Deu

Prerequisite: HISP 106b, or HISP 108a, or permission of instructor. Taught in Spanish. [DJW; Cross-listed with COML, IGS, LACLS, and MUS]

Examines key Latin American texts of different genres (poems, short stories and excerpts from novels, chronicles, comics, screenplays, cyberfiction) and from different time periods from the conquest to modernity. This class places emphasis on problems of cultural definition and identity construction as they are elaborated in literary discourse. Identifying major themes (coloniality and emancipation, modernismo and modernity, indigenismo, hybridity and mestizaje, nationalisms, Pan-Americanism, etc.) we will trace continuities and ruptures throughout Latin American intellectual history.

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ADDITIONAL COURSES, FALL 2022

HISP WILL OFFER 4 MORE CLASSES ON PENINSULAR AND LATIN AMERICAN TOPICS, TAUGHT BY GUEST FACULTY AS ONE-TIME CURRICULAR OFFERINGS.

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