Modern Languages and Literatures – Spanish
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Dean: Dr. Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Humanities Building, Room 475
Phone: (415) 338-1421
Website: mll.sfsu.edu/spanish-program
Chair: Charles Egan
Program Coordinator: Ana Luengo Palomino
Undergraduate Advisors: Gustavo Calderón (A-H), Michael Hammer (I-P), Ana Luengo Palomino (Q-Z)
Graduate Advisor: Michael Hammer
Program Scope
The Spanish program offers a Bachelor of Arts, a minor, and a Master of Arts in Spanish. At the undergraduate level, coursework in linguistics, culture, and civilization are aimed at improving one’s understanding of the language and the people who speak it.
An ever-increasing Spanish-speaking population has made Spanish the second most spoken language in the state of California and other states of the Union. The study and knowledge of this language, therefore, offers career alternatives in practically all fields of work and is an asset when seeking employment.
Professor
Gustavo Adolfo Calderon (1989), Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures. Ph.D. University of Iowa.
Associate Professor
Michael Hammer (2003), Associate Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.
Assistant Professor
Ana Luengo (2015), Assistant Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures. Ph.D. Hamburg Universität.
SPAN 101 First Semester Spanish (Units: 4)
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
SPAN 102 Second Semester Spanish (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
SPAN 150 Don Quixote as Self-Made Superhero: Art and Life in an Unjust World (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2* or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as SPAN 150 and MLL 150. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
SPAN 205 Intermediate Spanish I (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: SPAN 102; placement by an advisor; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
SPAN 206 Intermediate Spanish II (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: SPAN 205*; placement by the advisor; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
SPAN 215 Spanish for Heritage Speakers (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Spanish heritage learner and permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
SPAN 217 Spanish for Health Care Professionals (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of lower-division Spanish or SPAN 215 or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- B2: Life Science
- Social Justice
SPAN 223 Bilingual English and Spanish Newswriting (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Written and verbal fluency in Spanish. Language assessment test.
(This course is offered as JOUR 223 and SPAN 223. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Global Perspectives
SPAN 224 Newswriting Lab in Spanish (Unit: 1)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A2 and A3.
(This course is offered as JOUR 224 and SPAN 224. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
SPAN 301 Advanced Grammar (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Four semesters of lower-division Spanish or equivalent.
SPAN 305 Advanced Composition (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or consent of instructor.
SPAN 306 Advanced Reading and Conversation (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or permission of the instructor.
SPAN 323 Editing and Translation for Bilingual Spanish Journalism (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: SPAN 301* with a grade of C or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JOUR 323 and SPAN 323. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
SPAN 326 Applied Spanish Linguistics: Morphology and Syntax (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or equivalent.
SPAN 341 Introduction to the Reading of Literary Texts (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or permission of the instructor.
SPAN 350 Introduction to Translation (Spanish to English) (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Native fluency in English and moderate competency in understanding, speaking, and reading Spanish.
SPAN 371GW History and Development of the Spanish Language - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
SPAN 401 Culture and Civilization of Spain (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 (may be taken concurrently).
SPAN 405 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or equivalent.
SPAN 407 Food and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or permission of the instructor.
SPAN 521 Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Spanish Medieval Literature
- Literature of Pilgrimage
SPAN 523 19th Century Spanish Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
SPAN 525 The Contemporary Spanish Novel (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
SPAN 531 Creative Writing in Spanish: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 301 or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as SPAN 531 and LTNS 531. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
SPAN 543 Spanish American Literature: Romanticism to Modernism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
SPAN 545 20th Century Spanish American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
Topics:
- Latin American Narrative
- Spanish American Short Story
- Countryside and City in Latin American Literature
- Literature and Barbarism
SPAN 562 Cervantes: The Quijote (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
SPAN 580 Hispanic Women Writers (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
SPAN 595 Senior Survey in Spanish or Spanish American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 341 or equivalent.
Topics:
- Senior Survey in Spanish American Literature
- Senior Survey in Spanish and Latin American Lit
SPAN 615 Applied Linguistics: Principles and Methods in Teaching Spanish (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: MLL 325 and SPAN 301; or graduate Spanish students; or permission of the instructor.
SPAN 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair and instructor.
SPAN 821 Seminar in Spanish Literary Genres (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate Spanish students or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Contemporary Spanish American Novel
- Spanish Theater
- Spanish Lyric Poetry
- The Picaresque
- Spanish American Short Story
SPAN 831 Seminar in Literary Movements or Periods (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Spanish M.A. students; advanced Spanish level; or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Latin American Literature and Identities
- Aesthetics in Modern Latin American Fiction
- Spanish Medieval Literature
- Spanish Renaissance Literature
- Political Commitment and Poetry in Spain
- Historical Memory from a Transatlantic Perspective
SPAN 850 Seminar-Spanish and Latin American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate Spanish students or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Modernization & Borders in Mexican Literature
- Latin America Coming of Age Narrative
- Latin American Bestiaries
- Mass, Multitudes, Populations in Latin Am. Lit
- Realism & Naturalism: A Transatlantic Perspective
SPAN 851 Seminar in Medieval, Early Modern Peninsular, and Colonial Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate Spanish MA students or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Golden Age Spanish Theater
- Medieval Spanish Narrative
- Chronicles of Conquest and Colonial Latin America
- Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Narrative
SPAN 868 Contemporary Literature from a Transatlantic Approach (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate Spanish students or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Historical Memory from a Transatlantic Approach
- Commitment & Culture in the Spanish Speaking World
- A Purple Wave: Feminism and Culture
- LGBT Revolution & Culture in Spain & Latin America
SPAN 880 Seminar in Individual Authors or Works (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate Spanish students or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Cumbres of Spanish Literature
- Cumbres of Spanish American Literature
SPAN 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Units: 0-3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, committee chair, and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
SPAN 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) for the Master of Arts in Spanish and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies.
SPAN 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Spanish students; permission of the graduate major adviser and supervising faculty member. Enrollment by petition.